The Mazda RX-8 is a unique Japanese sports car from the 2000s with a rotary engine. Despite reliability issues, it's set to ...

Since its introduction in 2004 the Mazda RX-8 has been something of an enigma -- a lightweight sports car with a pair of tiny rear doors, a 1.3-liter, high-rpm engine boasting 255 horsepower but just ...

REMEMBER Mazda's early-1970s commercial: "The piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, but the Mazda goes hmmmmmm"? That fun ad sent a powerful message that Mazda's ...

Car enthusiasts said their last goodbyes to the Mazda RX-8, as well as the rotary sports car as a whole, back in 2012 when Mazda discontinued it. While the RX-8 took a different approach to that ...

It featured an all-wheel drive system, a 13B twin-rotor Wankel screaming out 300 horsepower, and a modified Weber 51 IDA carburetor. But before it could ever turn a wheel in anger, the class was ...

Engine swaps generally connotate a smaller engine being replaced by a bigger one. But what if instead of a larger engine, you wanted one that was altogether different? One that worked in a manner ...

Automotive Mike is back with a peculiar video of the RX-8, the final Mazda with a rotary engine and an old Mazda given that it’s been discontinued in 2012 after a production run of approximately ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...