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Is Mazda Really Bringing Back The Rotary Engine? Here's What The Company Says

The rotary engine has been a Mazda staple since 1967. It powered one of the most famous and eccentric Japanese sports car line-ups, the RX-series, until 2012 when Mazda discontinued pure ...
Torque News

Mazda RX-Vision Coupe May Have Remained A Concept, But Someone Else Made A Road-Legal Variant

Mazda has been promising a new flagship rotary sports car for well over a decade now, and despite a few stunning concepts ...
TopSpeed

Mazda's Rotary Engine Efforts Are Alive And Well

Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...
Motor Trend

Mazda's Rotary-Engine RX-7 Successor Almost Ready, But Next Miata's a Few Years Away

The Mazda Iconic SP sports car concept was first shown at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show. The two-seater in Viola Red with 2+2 interior space was promised as a production car, similar in design, in the ...
Autoblog

The Engine That Almost Killed Mazda — and Why It’s Still Alive Today

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...
Motor Authority

Mazda Iconic SP concept designer hints at production model with rotary engine

Mazda continues to hint strongly at a production version of the Iconic SP concept The Iconic SP debuted at the 2023 Tokyo auto show Power comes from electric drive system with rotary engine serving as ...
Jalopnik

Mazda's Rotary Engine Is Back In A New Concept, But Now It's Trying To Go Green

After years of rumors and experimentation behind closed doors, the Mazda rotary engine is officially back. The Vision X-Coupe, a plug-in hybrid concept showcased at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, has ...
Inside EVs

An Electric Mazda Miata Successor Is In The Works–With A Rotary Gas Engine

Mazda says the Iconic SP concept was designed to be turned into a production car. The two-door sports car is powered by an extended-range powertrain. A two-rotor Wankel gas engine acts as a generator ...
Autoblog

Mazda isn't ready to give up on combustion engines just yet

With the Skyactiv-Z engine and a rotary-powered Iconic SP on the way, Mazda is doubling down on greener gas-powered innovation. As many automakers rush to embrace electric vehicles, Mazda is standing ...
TopSpeed

How The Upcoming Mazda RX-9 Will Keep The Spirit Of The Rotary Engine Alive

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 ...
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The Engine That Almost Killed Mazda — and Why It’s Still Alive Today

The engine in question was the Wankel rotary, named after German engineer Felix Wankel, who first patented the concept in 1929. Instead of pistons moving back and forth, the rotary engine used a ...