2017 marks fifty years since Mazda produced its first Wankel ... Yet it doesn’t shade the engine itself, which endows the RX-3 with surprising pace and, thanks to a straight-through exhaust ...
The Mazda RX-8 is high on the "I wish they'd bring ... and the 232-horsepower 1.3-liter rotary engine. Unfortunately, the car ...
Based on the Mazda Grand Familia/808, the Savanna/RX-3 were sportier options that used rotary engines in place of the standard four-cylinder units. Available as a coupe, sedan or wagon ...
For reference, Mazda’s last sports car hero model, the RX-8 discontinued in 2012, produced 170kW/211Nm from its 1.3-litre rotary engine, while the older RX-7 made use for a twin-turbocharged ...
In the Eighties a Mazda 323, fitted with a 10,000 r/min three-rotor Wankel engine, took the fight to Audi's Quattro. It was ...
No, the real reason is that, as we discovered a couple of years back, the RX-3 is huge fun to drive. Granted, Mazda’s UK heritage fleet example is fitted with a later 12A engine from an RX-7 ...
It comes with a rotary engine that has a 1.3-liter displacement and was originally ... This particular 2004 Mazda RX-8 has been with its original owner ever since it left the showroom floor ...