Welcome to Forgotten Cars, where we highlight fascinating cars and engines that are obscure, unrecognized and lost to the passage of time.

This is New Zealand's Mad Mike Whiddett in his four-rotor RX-7 unlocking the Super Most Excellent Drifting Achievement: the backwards entry drift. It's like a cloud of furious bees, going backwards.

Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mazda B2000 is described by its seller as a True Sleeper. That's because under its unassuming hood there now spins a lusty 13B. The question is, would paying this sleeper's price keep you up at night?

Pickup trucks are usually the featured vehicles of hard luck tales put to music, but in this case of this vintage commercial it's a 1973 Mazda RX3 wagon.

We received some bad news this week. Mazda's rotary engine died again, while the Toyota Camry just keeps on living. Here's why we should care about the rotary engine, and why no one reads magazines about toasters.

114 years ago last week, Stephen M. Balzer patented the first rotary-engine. Sometimes confused with the Wankel Rotary used in vehicles like this 1980s Mazda Rx-7 Spec B Rally, Balzer's design was vastly different. (H/t to all for the correction) (Photo Credit: exfordy)

I’ve turned 30 today. My wife and her mother got me a set of bespoke cufflinks in the shape of Wankel engine rotors. Life is officially awesome.

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You say picking one of two choices hurts your brain? Fine! We'll give you four choices today!

Like the Porsche 944, we were surprised by how poorly many RX-7s fare in the 24 Hours Of LeMons (though the succeed/fail breakdown seems to be an all-or-nothing sort of deal, with few falling in the middle third of the standings). Fuel system ailments and fragile suspensions seem to be the weak points.

In 1991, a Day-Glo-colored Mazda beat Mercedes and Jaguar to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the only rotary-powered car to date achieving the feat. Come and listen to its mad shriek.