A Mazda RX 7 FD3S powered by a 4 rotor 26B engine revs to an incredible 11000rpm, delivering razor sharp rotary tones and pure high rev sound. No music — only raw rotary engine noise.

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, ...

The Mazda RX-7 is a 1990s icon of Japanese sports cars. Known for its distinctive rotary engine sound, this classic has returned with a significant update. A 1993 RX-7 recently appeared on a classic ...

Every once in a while, a revolutionary new design or concept takes the automotive industry by storm. In the 2020s, it's been electric vehicles, but just a few decades earlier, the rotary engine was ...

One of the most important factors of a true driver's car is the noise it makes. Most engine notes can be described by a growl or a hum. But the engine in the Mazda RX-7 sounds like a nest of angry ...

How many rotors are too many? While most Mazda engine builders and tuners wouldn’t dare to build an engine with more than four rotors, a company out of New Zealand has built a six-rotor engine for the ...

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 ...

Badar enjoys driving cars, writing about cars, watching movies and anime about cars; basically, he loves cars! He has a deep passion for and vast knowledge about JDM cars. He also has a penchant for ...

Hybrids got a whole lot more interesting this week when Toyota, Subaru and Mazda announced they were working together to keep the combustion flame alive, but make it burn more cleanly. Ordinarily, ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...