“Last year, Mazda celebrated its 100th anniversary, and since our founding we have relentlessly taken on new challenges. Our commercialization of the rotary engine and subsequent win of the pinnacle ...

The Mazda 787B may not have been the fastest prototype to participate in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. In fact, it certainly wasn't, with a qualifying time 12 seconds slower than that of the pole ...

The Mazda 787B is one of history's most legendary motorsport cars. The 787B is extremely important for the Japanese car culture and industry because it represents Japan's first Le Mans win. By the ...

Every car that's won the 24 Hours of Le Mans has had a conventional piston engine—except one. That's the Mazda 787B, which won the legendary French endurance race in 1991, after 17 years of trying. As ...

In 1991, Mazda became the first and to this day only Japanese automaker to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans using the 787B you see above. It was also the first and only rotary-powered car to ever win the ...

The iconic Mazda 787B that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 will take part in a demonstration run at this year’s event, running from June 7-11 at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe in France. When the ...

June 23, 2021 marked the 30th anniversary of Mazda winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 and to commemorate that momentous motorsport achievement, the automaker has launched a special website ...

The Mazda 787B was the first Japanese car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and remains the only rotary-powered car to win the legendary endurance race. The race-winning car has been mostly idle since ...

Only one American-built car had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race by 1976, the Ford GT40 Mk. II, so many American carmakers ...