A rotary-powered Ford Mustang, with up to 250 hp? You betcha! Created in 1965, the one-off Mustang was quite a thing. This is its story.

Mazda vehicles were sold around the world for decades, but it took an American aircraft company interested in the Mazda Cosmo ...

In June 1991, the automotive world witnessed an incredible underdog story that would go down in history as one of the most astonishing feats in motorsport. The Mazda 787B, a car powered by a unique ...

For Mazda, the story is less cut and dried. Developing rotary engine technology was key to the company not getting swallowed up by Nissan or Toyota during the industry consolidation that went on in ...

Meanwhile, Japan's Mazda introduced its very first car model in over a decade to run on a rotary engine. After the discontinuation of the RX-8 back in 2012, in 2023, Mazda released the MX-30 R-EV, ...

The first rotary engines were primarily used for aircraft during World War I, ... Its launch marked Mazda's first rotary engine offering since it discontinued the Mazda RX-8 in 2012.

Japan’s Mazda was once the world’s only automaker to use Wankel rotary engine tech in its cars. In late 2023 it released its first model in more than a decade to run on a rotary engine.

The rotary engine hasn’t been a primary propulsion system for Mazda since the end of the RX-8 in 2012. That car didn’t give the rotary the best sendoff, either, as it suffered from several issues.