They say that automobile racing began the moment that the second car was built. Moving from horse races must have been a huge step back in the day. Even though most people feel that motorsports peaked back in the '80s, we still have a lot of events going on to this day. And the British Touring Car Championship has been around since 1958!
Mazda’s rotary engine may have gone dodo quite some time ago. That won’t stop die-hard fans of the quirky little motors from lusting after every single vehicle they managed to find themselves inside. The cream of the crop for most people is the venerable FD RX-7, the one we’ve found for you today also happens to be a one-owner example that’s spent its entire life in California.
This year’s SEMA Show is going to be absolutely wild. The event will take place in Las Vegas, November 2-5, and will feature a wide variety of highly customized cars and trucks. One exhibitor that’s looking to steal the show is Toyo Tires, bringing us a total of 32 world-debut vehicles.
Although its powertrain choice made it a potential niche sports car, the trio of Mazda RX-7 generations was more than successful by Wankel rotary engine standards. But unfortunately, its story ended almost two decades ago.
Sometimes one doesn’t need a quirky design to make itself noticed in the automotive world. For Mazda, it suffices to stuff inside the engine bay a lightweight Wankel rotary engine.