Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...

The Mazda Iconic SP concept of the 2023 Japan Mobility Show was the sign of a new Mazda sports car that we’ve been awaiting for a decade—no, two. The Wankel rotary-powered, popup headlight-equipped ...

After years of false hope, Mazda is finally building a mass production model with a rotary engine. That’s something that hasn’t occurred in over a decade as the RX-8 was discontinued in June of 2012.

Rotary engines tend to conjure images of a few famous sports cars, yet a surprising number of coupes, sedans, concepts, and even workhorses quietly packed spinning triangles under their hoods. By ...

Car enthusiasts said their last goodbyes to the Mazda RX-8, as well as the rotary sports car as a whole, back in 2012 when Mazda discontinued it. While the RX-8 took a different approach to that ...

Ever since the demise of the RX-8 back in 2012, Mazda enthusiasts have been craving for a rotary engine. There have been numerous talks over the years about a possible comeback of the rotary mill, ...

A new set of patent drawings published in a Japanese blog and brought to our attention by Jalopnik, suggests that Mazda could be working on a sportscar that looks like a production version of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. At the Japan Mobility Show two years ago, Mazda unveiled a ...

Rotary-engine fans in North America are spinning with glee--at 9000 rpm. Why? Because not since the '95 model year, when the last twin-turbo 255-horsepower rotary-powered Mazda RX-7s were sold here, ...

Mazda discontinuing its model RX-8 marked the end of its prolific sports-car lineup, which produced cultural icons like the fan-favorite RX-7. With the RX-7's success spanning three generations, its ...

During the Japan Mobility Show 2023, Mazda unveiled what is essentially a cross between its MX-5 Miata roadster and the “Iconic” RX-7 FD. Aptly named the Iconic SP, the concept vehicle features a ...