The rotary engine has been absent on the frontline for quite some time, and it's on the way back. But not with Mazda.

Mazda was not the first car manufacturer to put a rotary engine in their cars, but they are the ones that made them popular. Everyone knows about the Mazda’s obsession with rotary engines, they even ...

After years of rumors and experimentation behind closed doors, the Mazda rotary engine is officially back. The Vision X-Coupe, a plug-in hybrid concept showcased at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, has ...

Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro has introduced the new Vision-X Coupe at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo. It’s a stylish four-door coupe created for 2035. The company kept details about the styling brief, ...

Mazda has never been scared to try something different, and its 1990s luxury coupe embodies this approach as well as any ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

Back in 2023, Mazda first teased that the rotary engine could be destined for another lease on life with the RX-7-like Iconic SP Concept. Two years later, Mazda is back with another sporty concept ...

Ever since the RX-8 was (rather unceremoniously) put out to pasture, Mazda has been telling anyone who will listen that the rotary engine is still alive and well deep within the bowels of R&D. It has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. At the Japan Mobility Show two years ago, Mazda unveiled a ...

The Mazda 787B carved its name into motorsport history in 1991 as the first Japanese car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall. Even more legendary was its powertrain, a screaming 2.6-liter ...

Mazda is using the 2025 Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo to show its sustainable and empathetic side—and another tease of a forthcoming plug-in hybrid with a rotary engine—with the global unveil of two ...