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Mazda is the automotive industry’s most persistent contrarian. While everyone else chased turbochargers and electrification, Mazda perfected a naturally aspirated petrol engine, brought back the rotary, and built a small SUV that handles better than cars costing twice as much. It has never been the biggest, the fastest, or the most profitable — but it has consistently been the most interesting Japanese manufacturer to follow, and the one most likely to do something unexpected purely on principle. Cars & Code covers Mazda with genuine appreciation for a brand that keeps finding ways to matter.
2 articles about Mazda
In the early 1970s, the automotive world briefly went mad for the Wankel rotary engine. Mercedes-Benz investigated it. Citroën built a car around it. NSU staked its future on it. General Motors spent $50 million acquiring a licence. The rotary…
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The rotary engine drinks too much fuel? We will engineer a thermal reactor and make it more efficient.…
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