Discover how Mazda’s 13B-MSP Renesis evolved, its tech breakthroughs, and the issues that defined it, plus how it connects to today’s new single-rotor 8C engine.

There are many different forms of internal combustion engines, but most use the same basic principle. Explosions in the combustion chamber move pistons up and down to spin a crankshaft. That ...

How does one improve upon something seemingly perfect? By stepping up the game and proving there is more to be had. You've probably seen this rare '94 Mazda RX-7, as it has appeared at the 2016 and ...

What started with the Mazda Cosmo Sport of the ‘60s, hit the peak with with the 787B racecar and ended with the RX-8 may be making a comeback. According to an Australian automotive publication, Mazda ...

Typically, when we think of the Wankel rotary engine as a whole, we first think of Mazda. Back in the early 1960s, Mazda was keenly interested in developing the rotary engine, specifically the Wankel ...

Announced on April 1 – the symbolism might have escaped the maker – the Roadpacer was essentially an imported Premier with a Mazda 13B Wankel engine. Annual reports had the Roadpacer "standing on top ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

When one thinks of rotary engine-powered cars, the Mazda RX-7 is definitely the first that comes to mind. Few cars in history have been so closely associated with their power plants as the RX-7 has.

John is a Michigan-based nerd who is a sucker for the Lions and, appropriately, the Pistons. His previous day job was producing local TV news. He fell in love with cars thanks to a 1967 Ford Mustang ...

The world’s car companies’ great drive to Wankel-style rotary engines in the 1960s and early ‘70s was massive—and largely a dead end. NSU, the company that created the Wankel, won plaudits with its ...