The Mazda 787B carved its name into motorsport history in 1991 as the first Japanese car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall. Even more legendary was its powertrain, a screaming 2.6-liter ...

Mazda 787B remains one of the most legendary endurance race cars ever created with its screaming 2.6 litre four rotor rotary ...

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, ...

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, ...

The Mazda 787B features the legendary R26B 4-rotor engine, delivering an extreme rotary engine note at 9,000 RPM. This video ...

The Mazda 787B is one of history's most legendary motorsport cars. The 787B is extremely important for the Japanese car culture and industry because it represents Japan's first Le Mans win. By the ...

The length of an intake runner has a pretty significant effect on the way an engine delivers power. In simple terms, longer runners help generate better low-end torque, short runners provide high-rpm ...

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 ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran May 20, 2011 Comment Now! Back in 1991, when the McLaren F1 supercar had just been born and the Persian Gulf War was still raging, Mazda was working on a new endurance racer, one ...

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 ...

Mazda Motorsports has got a new video for rebuilding the 787B’s engine, and I refuse to think this is just about nostalgia. It must be a hint.