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Ever since the RX-8 was (rather unceremoniously) put out to pasture, Mazda has been telling anyone who will listen that the rotary engine is still alive and well deep within the bowels of R&D. It has ...

Mazda is using the 2025 Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo to show its sustainable and empathetic side—and another tease of a forthcoming plug-in hybrid with a rotary engine—with the global unveil of two ...