Mazda has long been a purveyor of great sports cars, like the MX-5 and the rotary-powered RX-7. There was also the ill-fated ...

The MX-3 GS won its lone Car and Driver comparo, despite its middling 7.4-second sprint to 60 mph. You'd gratuitously change gears to sample its rod-linkage shifter. Its top speed was 127 mph, and ...

In 1983, Mazda launched the rear-wheel steering-bearing MX-02 concept car as a follow-up to the Mazda MX-81 Aria, and several other cars have featured the MX designation in their names since.