The Renault R5 Turbo, a mid-engine rally homologation special based on a front-wheel drive hatchback, is not a subtle car to begin with. It might be even less subtle with an unusual engine in its ...

Mazda isn’t only working on a next-generation rotary engine, but a turbocharged one at that. According to a recent report from Motoring, the new RX-7 will make its debut in 2017 and the Japanese ...

Whenever I have to attend various social events without knowing anyone there, there's one thing that is bound to keep me from getting bored. Finding someone who's at least partially into cars can turn ...

While the 1971 Toyota Corolla exudes old-school JDM charm, this particular TE27-generation Corolla called the "Boogeyman" is wildly different. It comes with a rotary engine from a Mazda and a ...

Initially Mazda was said to be developing a naturally aspirated engine based on the Mazda RX-8's 16X design with a laser ignition. Now the Japanese automaker has reportedly added a twin-scroll turbo ...

At last week's Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda unveiled a new sports-car concept called the RX-Vision. Beneath the car's sleek bodywork was what will likely be the first production Mazda rotary engine since ...

I'm happy and proud to say that over the past 15 years, I've seen a fair share of crazy engine swaps, particularly due to my interest in the world of drifting. And seeing that I'm a rotary owner ...

Mazda has long had a knack for crafting beautiful concept cars, and at the Japan Mobility Show, it reminded everyone of that talent by revealing two of them. The standout is the Vision-X Coupe, a ...

According to the folks at Motoring, Mazda is not only working on a new rotary based engine but it also plans to turbocharge the Wankel. In a with powertrain assistant manager Tetsushi Marutani, he ...

Oil consumption and apex-seal wear plagued the earliest examples. New seal materials and revisions to the exhaust porting helped solve these problems, but then as emissions regulations phased in, the ...