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'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, ...

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 ...

Celebrating 20 years since it became the first and only Japanese car manufacturer to win the 24-Hours of Le Mans race, Mazda decided to offer a special treat to visitors of this year’s event, and has ...

Mazda Motorsports will headline the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion with a landmark gathering of iconic race cars — including, straight from Japan, the legendary 1991 24 Hours of Le ...

Against all odds, Mazda won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans with its rotary-powered 787B. But a quiet regulatory concession ...

The Mazda 787B was the first Japanese car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and remains the only rotary-powered car to win the legendary endurance race. The race-winning car has been mostly idle since ...

To celebrate its 20th anniversary of its historic Le Mans win in 1991, the Mazda 787B will make an appearance at this year's 24-hour race. As the first and only Japanese manufacturer to take the win ...

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 ...

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is one of the most widely known motorsports facilities in the world, and now a large Mazda race car mural will only add to its popularity. Painted on plywood boards, the ...

Even before the 787B made Mazda the first Japanese manufacturer and second manufacturer from outside of Europe to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the brand’s four-rotor prototypes were iconic. Nothing ...