The beep is back. It’s not exactly the tingly, joy-buzzer siren of the late, lamented RX-7 but rather a clear, solid tone that announces you’ve reached the rarefied redline of 9000 rpm. To fans of the ...

What makes a modern sports car? We wring out a trio of distinctly different approaches to making power, connecting apexes, and accommodating passengers. [Editor's Note: This story first appeared in ...

Mazda discontinuing its model RX-8 marked the end of its prolific sports-car lineup, which produced cultural icons like the fan-favorite RX-7. With the RX-7's success spanning three generations, its ...

It has been 10 years since I've first driven a rotary-powered car. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was given the keys to the last edition of the Mazda RX-8. I had a full tank of gas at my ...

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 ...

There are a lot of good, well-documented reasons not to buy a used Mazda RX-8. We’ll briefly mention a couple of them before moving on to why those real problems might not mean Mazda’s last rotary ...

Welcome to another installment of Cars Of Future Past, a series here at Jalopnik where we flip through the pages of history to explore long-forgotten concepts and how they had a hand in shaping the ...

Mazda wasn’t the only company to pursue the humorously titled Wankel rotary engine. Regardless, the power plant has been a trademark of Mazda’s technical ...