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Let me start with reciting the background story. The Wankel engine, which is sometimes called the rotary engine is…
Feb 12 2019
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The rotary engine, an engine whose mechanical novelty distracts from questions about its usefulness, revs extremely…
Dec 3 2018
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These days Mazda is equally known for what it will do as it is for what it won’t do. It will give us a gorgeous new 2…
Sep 12 2017
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For those of you grew up with Fast dreams and Furious visions filling your world of wheels, I’m about to describe a…
Aug 29 2017
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Internet icon Hert ran one of the gnarliest turbo-LS swapped drift cars in the drifting world, and recently made the…
Dec 7 2015
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Oct 27 2015
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The Tokyo Motor Show kicks off this week and all eyes are on Mazda, anticipating the sports car concept they’ve been…
Oct 16 2015
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Might. MIGHT. I’ve been burned before on this one, so I’m having a hard time believing it. But Australia’s Motoring,…
Nov 7 2014
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West German NSU launched the Wankel rotary-engined Ro80 in 1967. Their revolutionary sedan won the European Car of…
Jul 16 2014
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Imagine! A world in which you can own a small, cheap, rear-wheel drive sports car that burns not the finite…
Jun 24 2014
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This is a four-rotor Mazda 767B. It does not sound like a car. It sounds like if aliens were cutting Earth in half…
Nov 19 2013
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Some sad news today for fans of sports cars powered by spinning triangles: Mazda's new CEO says it will come back…
Oct 30 2013
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The Tokyo Motor Show has always been a place full of zany surprises. But 50 years ago this week, the company that…
Jul 28 2013
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Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you…
Feb 10 2013
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Welcome to Forgotten Cars, where we highlight fascinating cars and engines that are obscure, unrecognized and lost…
Sep 13 2012
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This is New Zealand's Mad Mike Whiddett in his four-rotor RX-7 unlocking the Super Most Excellent Drifting…
Jun 12 2012
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Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mazda B2000 is described by its seller as a True Sleeper. That's because under its…
Apr 8 2012
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Pickup trucks are usually the featured vehicles of hard luck tales put to music, but in this case of this vintage…
Aug 24 2011
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We received some bad news this week. Mazda's rotary engine died again, while the Toyota Camry just keeps on living.…
Dec 18 2010
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114 years ago last week, Stephen M. Balzer patented the first rotary-engine. Sometimes confused with the Wankel…