Combination car nuts/Monty Python fanatics can't hear the words "Wankel rotary engine" without imagining John Cleese's pompous English accent turning it into a dirty phrase. For the power-lusting ...

A hybrid revival of the Mazda Cosmo makes sense in today’s market—here’s what Mazda would need to nail to bring back the ...

In the mid-1960s, the automotive world was on the brink of a revolution. Traditional piston engines had dominated the ...

Fifty years ago today, Mazda sent a shockwave through the industry by offering for sale the world's first rotary powered sports car—the beautiful and futuristic Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S. Despite its ...

Whirring strangely, a gleaming, otherwordly coupe backs carefully out of a garage filled with legends. The car keeps company with the greats — an Aston-Martin DB4, a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, a Jaguar ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. This year, Mazda is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its ...

The space-age-inspired Cosmo 21 prototype was built to be a rotary-powered sports car based on the Mazda Miata NB, and it was a magnificent piece of design - and a model Mazda should have built in ...

When you take a look back at the extensive timeline of the automobile, there are plenty of brands that have a particular affinity with a certain type of engineering solution or technology. Think of ...

Although it showed plenty of promise during development, the rotary engine was never widely used. Rotary (or Wankel) engines are renowned for smoothness, but they chew through fuel and lack torque ...