Mazda's Wankel rotary powerplant boasts a proud and storied endurance racing career that began and ended in truly spectacular fashion. The rotary first took to a European circuit in anger in 1968, ...

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 ...

Could there possibly be a rotary engine with 12 rotors? The answer is yes, and here's everything we know about it including ...

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 ...

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 ...

This year marked the 30th anniversary of Mazda winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the rotary-powered 787B. To celebrate the occasion, MZ Racing is offering a detailed 1:6 scale model of 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 ...

It’s been a tumultuous three years for Mazda. Firstly, the Hiroshima-based carmaker celebrated the 30th anniversary of the launch of its Guinness Book record-holding MX-5 sports car in 2019. Then last ...