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Someone Put a Tesla Motor in an RX-7 and It Actually Works

The Mazda RX-7 is a 1990s icon of Japanese sports cars. Known for its distinctive rotary engine sound, this classic has returned with a significant update. A 1993 RX-7 recently appeared on a classic ...
The Drive

New 3D Engine Sim Can Synthesize Super Realistic Exhaust Sounds in Real Time

YouTuber AngeTheGreat has made some impressive engine simulators in the past. Everything from rotary engines to inline-sevens can be tested digitally, but they’ve always been in two dimensions. This ...
The Drive

This Turbocharged 12-Rotor Engine Revs to 9,000 RPM With a Noise That Rips Space-Time

While Rob Dahm’s garage is no stranger to monstrous rotary engines, including four-rotor units cranking out more than 1,000 horsepower, this one is mind-bending. Here we have a massive, ...
Motor Trend

FD Mazda RX-7 - Rotary Engine Relationship

"I really can't remember having any issues with this car." Yeah . . . when was the last time you heard someone with a Mazda RX-7 say that? Or better yet, someone with a rotary motor? It isn't any ...
Autoblog

The Engine That Almost Killed Mazda — and Why It’s Still Alive Today

The rotary was the most radical rethink of the combustion engine in over a hundred years — and it paid the price for being different. Mazda introduced the innovative Wankel rotary engine in the 1967 ...