And so the ball was set rolling for a new, long phase in Mazda's history of rotary-powered sports cars. Today, the name Cosmo may remind us of an episode of the hit TV series Seinfeld. But back in ...

Mazda's drivetrain and powertrain assistant manager wants the company's revived rotary engine to be turbocharged. "Personally, I think that a rotary with some turbo or compressor would be good ...

It featured a two-door berlinetta (meaning "little saloon ... lessons. Mazda was the first company to bring rotary power to the mass market. The Japanese automaker released the Cosmo in 1967 ...

Forty years ago, the first vehicle powered by a rotary engine debuted as the Mazda Cosmo Sport. Since then, Mazda has manufactured nearly two million rotary-powered vehicles.