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 ...

Bruno started at Top Speed in 2022 and now serves as Senior Editor for ICE while also training writers across CarBuzz, HotCars, and TopSpeed. A car and motorcycle enthusiast, he enjoys writing about ...

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 ...

Japanese classic cars are pretty rare, since the industry only really got off the ground in the 50s. However, there are a few old Toyotas and Mazdas that enjoy a cult following, like the 2000GT that ...

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 ...

It's been nearly a decade since a production car was powered by a rotary engine, but Mazda has revealed it still makes the engine. In a story posted to the Classic Mazda section of its Japanese ...

Interested in owning an obscure piece of Mazda rotary history? This 1986 Luce sedan, which came from the factory with a turbocharged 13B Wankel engine, just popped up for sale on eBay. You should buy ...

You hear endless myths about the Mazda RX-7, from breathless praise of its “magic” to horror stories about blown apex seals. Strip away the fanboy noise and you are left with a very specific kind of ...

The last example of Mazda’s venerated rotary engine left the company’s Hiroshima factory last Friday, bringing to an end 45 years of rotary-engine production. Felled by a lethal combination of ...