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 ...
Born way back in 1992, the third-generation Mazda RX-7 (a.k.a. the iconic FD) has remained popular ever since with rotary engine fans. It should be noted that a model from 1993 – the same year as the ...
Explore the story of the Mazda RX-7 FD, the final and longest-running generation of the iconic rotary-powered sports car.
The world of tuned Mazda RX-7s is a saturated landscape, overflowing with wannabe speed demons. But every now and then, a rebel emerges like this Texan. The second-gen RX-7 isn’t content with the ...
Few car-related subjects can be more polarizing than the rotary engines, with people either worshiping them or just plain hating them. I’m sure that rotary fans out there will instantly roll their ...
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One of the most important factors of a true driver's car is the noise it makes. Most engine notes can be described by a growl or a hum. But the engine in the Mazda RX-7 sounds like a nest of angry ...
It was a cold and damp November morning in 2003 when an Intercity Lines semi-truck pulled up in front of my house in southeastern Michigan. The bounty that was to be unloaded from the 18-wheeler into ...
Mazda has been building new parts for the original MX-5 Miata for a couple of years and even offers a full restoration service over in Japan. Now it's expanding the parts program to the RX-7, ...
At October's Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda highlighted its next generation Sky Series of powertrains, proof that the Japanese automaker sees a long future for gasoline and diesel engines. Its press ...
"I really can't remember having any issues with this car." Yeah . . . when was the last time you heard someone with a Mazda RX-7 say that? Or better yet, someone with a rotary motor? It isn't any ...
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 ...