Mazda's one of the few brands left that stress that they make cars that are still fun to drive apart from everything else.
This insane 26B quad-rotor Mazda RX-7 revs to 11,000 RPM while shooting huge flames under full throttle. Built for maximum ...
After working predominantly as a freelancer at CarHP/CarIndigo, Amreetam joined the TopSpeed team as a journalist in September 2021. In a world where SUVs are booming, he favors sedans and adores BMWs ...
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 ...
I absolutely adore that in 2023, people are not only modifying Mazda RX-7s, but that fresh and creative builds are still appearing on this iconic platform. This yellow third-gen (FD) RX-7 was ...
After sleeping on their ’80s and ’90s hits for decades, Japanese carmakers have woken up to their classic models’ followings in a big way. Vehicles that were formerly up a creek without a throttle ...
The oil crisis of the early 1970s nearly forced Mazda to abandon rotary engine designs due to their fuel consumption, at a time of downsizing in the industry. But the existing 12A engine family that ...
Four months after Mazda’s never-say-die racing team won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, the company unveiled their new flagship sports car at the 29th Tokyo Motor Show. The third-generation RX-7 was and ...
When one thinks of rotary engine-powered cars, the Mazda RX-7 is definitely the first that comes to mind. Few cars in history have been so closely associated with their power plants as the RX-7 has.
Mazda's timing was perfect. In the late 1970s, British and Italian sports car makers were hanging by their fingernails, C3 Corvettes were aging ungracefully, Datsun's lovable Z-Car was evolving into ...
It was a warm summer morning in Long Beach, and I had just pulled up to The Hoonigans' new headquarters on an unrelated matter. The lone vehicle in the parking lot was a blacked-out Bluebird school ...