Although production of the mass-produced Wankel engine ended when the last 2012 Mazda RX-8 rolled off the assembly line, the Japanese automaker hasn't given up development of its signature rotary ...

On June 22, 2012—10 years ago this week—the last Mazda RX-8 rolled off an assembly line in Hiroshima, Japan. Later that day, a launch party kicked off for the Tesla Model S, the company’s first ...

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 ...

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The RX-8 gets but one change for 2011-- Aurora Blue Mica paint has been dropped from the R3 trim. After a thorough freshening for 2009, the RX-8 gets very few changes in 2010. The Touring model was ...

Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2009-2011 RX-8 and 2006-2007 MazdaSpeed6 vehicles. Fuel may leak from the fuel pump mounting rings. Dealers will install new fuel pump ...

Mazda officially launched the oddball RX-8 in 2003, just one year after the great RX-7 officially died in Japan. But whereas the RX-7's stature has only grown to near-mythic status in the past few ...

Call it resilience or sheer stubbornness, but Mazda still wants to include rotary engines in its future lineup. Of course, making that happen has been a challenge, to say the least. On their own, ...

We have been living under the impression that Mazda has never built a convertible RX-8. If not, what is this then? The answer is simpler than it seems. To mark the 20th anniversary of the model, the ...

The Mazda RX-8 met its demise back in 2012 with no follow-up act in sight, but it’s surprising how it continues to be a darling among tuners. Enter an Indonesian body shop that decided to give its ...