9,000 RPM and 19 pounds of boost makes for a potent little platform, especially in a tiny lightweight platform like the NA-generation Mazda Miata. This isn't the first time a rotary engine has been ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

In its standard form, the Mazda 13B Rotary engine has two rotors that make a distinct 'brap-brap' while at idle, and a 9,000 RPM scream on full tilt. It's a two-stroke dream of an engine with a cult ...

The Mazda Miata is beloved for being tiny and light, a combination of qualities most modern automakers seem to avoid like the plague. It's never been the fastest car, but who really needs that? It's ...

Over a decade ago, Ken Block broke the Internet when he released his famous Gymkhana videos. It takes more than that these days for jaws to drop, and a reduced attention span isn't helpful, either. It ...

Wankel engines first saw use in production cars as early as 1964 — and not even in a Mazda, but rather in an NSU. That little single-rotor powerplant quickly evolved into the more typical two-rotor ...

Maybe you’ve heard about Rob Dahm’s insane 12-rotor engine that runs three turbos? Well, this is kind of like the opposite. It’s his single-rotor Miata, which he’s been building and featuring on his ...

John is a Michigan-based nerd who is a sucker for the Lions and, appropriately, the Pistons. His previous day job was producing local TV news. He fell in love with cars thanks to a 1967 Ford Mustang ...