Wide and muscular, this Mazda RX-7 is the very first build taken on by a young Takumi Igei, who, by chance, was inspired to build something of his own by a pop-up car meet that he never even knew ...

Born way back in 1992, the third-generation Mazda RX-7 (a.k.a. the iconic FD) has remained popular ever since with rotary engine fans. It should be noted that a model from 1993 – the same year as the ...

The most popular series-production car with a rotary engine is the RX-7 series, which spans three generations from 1978 through 2002. During this period, the Hiroshima assembly site produced 811,634 ...

The third-generation Mazda RX-7 FD turned low mass into a weapon, pairing a featherweight body with a powertrain and chassis that punished sloppy drivers as quickly as it rewarded smooth ones. Rather ...

The rotary engine is one of the least common powerplants ever developed, primarily as it doesn't conform to the usual design of an internal combustion engine. Rather than use cylinders and pistons ...

The Mazda RX-7 did things differently. In the 90s, the way of big Japanese sportscars was to go into innovation overdrive, with the results often translating into excess heft. The Nissan 300ZX had its ...

Back in what seems like another automotive era, Japan used to make some truly great sports cars, like the Toyota MR2 and Supra, the Honda Prelude, the Nissan 300ZX and, of course, the beloved Mazda RX ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...