Mazda is developing two sports cars, including an RX-7 successor and next-gen MX-5. The rotary-powered model may debut next year with a range-extender hybrid powertrain. The upcoming MX-5 is still ...

Mazda is determined to see the “R” in “RX” live up to its name. For the Japanese automaker, the R in the RX nameplate refers to rotary, which means it would be uncouth for the company to create a new ...

Ever since the demise of the RX-8 almost 10 years ago, Mazda has been rumored to launch a worthy successor to its rotary-powered sports car. They even went as far as previewing how such a model could ...

We've been hearing about the possibility of a new, RX-8-succeeding rotary-powered Mazda sports car for years now. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda has finally breathed fresh life into those rumors, ...

Rotary engines don’t feel like a thing of the past, but in terms of production cars powered by the high-revving intricacies, they’ve been gone for a while. A decade ago on June 21, 2012, the last ...

Mazda is taking a glimpse into the future of its RX sports car family with the RX-VISION Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. A modern-day RX-7, you say? Well, that’s what we think too, but for now, it’s ...

The Mazda RX-7, especially the third-generation model, is largely responsible for making the rotary engine popular. It's arguably the most iconic Mazda out there, but that's because we forget about ...

The Mazda RX-7 Spirit R arrived as a carefully judged farewell, the final and most focused expression of Mazda’s rotary ...

With the midengine Corvette now a reality, we are finally free to focus our speculative energies on that other long-rumored sports car: the revived, rotary engine-equipped Mazda RX-9 (or whatever this ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran August 22, 2011 Comment Now! Mazda has reportedly ceased production of its RX-8 sports car, the only rotary-powered vehicle currently on the market, and possibly the last. The ...

The most noteworthy feature of Mazda’s new RX-8 sports car is in the end its least critical feature. To wit: Mazda has resurrected the rotary engine, last seen in the company’s landmark RX-7 sports ...

Mazda Motor Corp. has shaken the dust off its mothballed rotary engine and packaged it into a futuristic-looking sports car with old-fashioned underpinnings. The RX-Vision, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor ...