The Mazda 787B delivers one of motorsport’s most legendary soundtracks with its R26B 4-rotor engine screaming to 9,000 RPM ...

Experience the legendary Mazda 787B as its iconic four-rotor rotary engine screams through the course with an unforgettable ...

The Mazda 787B was the first Japanese car to win Le Mans, taking a hard-fought victory in 1991. After being immediately retired from racing as rotary engines were banned at Le Mans starting in 1992, ...

Nothing quite like 2.6 liters of screaming, 4-rotor, Le Mans-winning greatness to get the blood flowing. This is Johnny Herbert at Circuit de La Sarthe in 2011, piloting the Mazda 787B he drove to ...

It might be hard to believe, but a Japanese manufacturer has taken the overall win at Le Mans just one time. This is the car that did it. Welcome to Better Than Coffee, your daily dose of car sounds ...

Antony Ingram March 30, 2012 Comment Now! The Mazda 787B race car was an instantaneous legend. Driven to victory in the 1991 Le Mans 24 Hour race, it remains both the only Japanese car ever to win the ...

This year's four-day celebration of motor racing’s yesteryear at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will feature hundreds of ...

Mazda Motorsports will headline the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion with a landmark gathering of iconic race cars — ...

In 1991, Mazda became the first and to this day only Japanese automaker to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans using the 787B you see above. It was also the first and only rotary-powered car to ever win the ...

Really, the movie script writes itself. The plucky outsider, doing things their own way and with a fraction of the money the big boys have. The elite, who dominate the sport and divide the spoils ...

Mazda's Wankel rotary powerplant boasts a proud and storied endurance racing career that began and ended in truly spectacular fashion. The rotary first took to a European circuit in anger in 1968, ...