Believe it or not, the rotary engine that put Mazda on the map isn’t a Japanese design. The Hiroshima-based automaker relied on the Germans at NSU, and themselves took inspiration from the design ...

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 ...

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When the Mazda Cosmo Sport broke cover in Japan in May 1967, its combination of drop-dead good looks and the world's first production rotary engine placed it in a segment all its own, lending it ...

If I had a dime for every different car I've driven, I might be able to afford the four-night minimum stay at a Monterey-Peninsula hotel during the Pebble Beach weekend. Very few of my squillion ...

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31 Jul 2020, 15:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In an alternate universe where the Cosmo Sport would have been made in bigger numbers, the aftermarket scene may have modified it to resemble this ...

The Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S turns 50 this year, and the company has big plans to celebrate it. After all, the little sports car is quite special to Mazda; it was the first mass-produced sports car to ...

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 ...

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 ...