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Type	Family	Name	Displacement (cc)	Years
V2	V-twin		356 577	1960–1963
I4	OHV		358 586 782 987 1169	1961–1974
	xC	PC TC UC D5 1600 VC 1800	985 1272 1416 1490 1590 1769 1797	1965–1984
	E	E1 E3 E5	1136 1296 1490	1980–1986
	F	MA FE F2 FS RF FP	1970 1998 2184 1991 2200 1839	1979–1999
	G	G6 G5 GY	2606 2500 2494	1989–1999
	B	B1 B3 B5 B6 B8/BP	1138 1324 1498 1597 1839	1987–
	Z	Z5 ZL ZM	1489 1498 1598	1995–
	MZR	ZJ ZY Z6 L8 LF L3	1349 1498 1598 1798 1999 2261	1995–
V6	J	JF J5 JE	2000 2500 2954	1986–1994
	K	K8 KF KJ KL	1845 1995 2300 2497	1991–2002
Wankel	Mazda	L8A 10A 12A/12B 13A 13B 20B 26J/26B RENESIS	798 982 1146 1310 1308 1962 2622 1310	1963–

Mazda makes both piston and Wankel "rotary" engines. This page summarizes the various engine families and variations.

Even though Mazda is better known for their Wankel "rotary" engines, the company has been manufacturing piston engines since the earliest years of the Toyo Kogyo company. Early on, they produced overhead cams, aluminum blocks, and an innovative block containing both the engine and transmission in one unit. This section summarizes piston engine developments. Note that Mazda has produced many piston engines, but only V-twin, straight-4, and V6 configurations.

Like other Japanese makers, Mazda produced a short-lived line of V-twin engines for their tiny keicars of the 1960s. These were essentially motorcycle engines, and were superseded by water-cooled straight-4 engines in less than five years.

• V-twin - Half-liter air-cooled V2 (1961-1963)

Mazda's strength since the 1960s has been in its line of straight-4 engines. Beginning with a tiny 358 cc keicar engine, one of the smallest ever made, Mazda continues to this day to be a leading developer of this type of engine. Today's MZR family has become one of the most common four cylinder powerplants in the industry, powering Ford and Mazda cars.

• OHV engines - 300 cc–1.2 L OHV I4 (1961–1974)
• xC engines - 1.0 L–1.8 L SOHC I4 (1965–1983)
• E family - 1.1 L–1.5 L SOHC I4 (1980–1986)
• F family - 1.8 L–2.3 L SOHC/DOHC I4 (1979–1999)
• G family - 2.5 L–2.6 L I4 (1989–1999)
• B family - 1.3 L–1.8 L SOHC/DOHC I4 (1987–present)
• Z/MZ family - 1.25 L–2.3 L DOHC I4 (1995–present)
  • MZI - Ford Zetec SE
  • MZ-CD - Ford/PSA Duratorq
• Keicar engines - Suzuki-made I4
• Diesel - 1.4 L–4.6 L I4
• YF - 2.0 L I4 for Mazda Tribute

Mazda has created three families of in-house V6 engines. Today, however, their primary engine is a Ford design.

• J family - 2.0 L–3.0 L 90° V6 (–1995)
• K family - 1.8 L–2.5 L 60° V6
• Diesel - 4.1 L–5.5 L ZB/ZC V6
• AJ/MZI - 2.5 L and 3.0 L V6 - The Mazda version of the Ford Duratec DOHC V6. The 3.5 L MZI is the new Ford Cyclone engine.

Mazda is the only producer of successful Wankel engines, positioning them as a prime sports car powerplant. All of Mazda's Wankels are based on their first design of the 1960s, though there have been significant developments over the four decades since.

• Wankel family - 1.0 L-2.0 L Wankel (1967–present)
  • 10A - 1.0 L (1967–1973)
  • 10B - 1.0 L (1968–1972)
  • 13A - 1.3 L (1970–1972)
  • 12A - 1.1 L (1970–1985)
  • 13B - 1.3 L (1973–2002)
  • 20B - 2.0 L three-rotor (1990–1996)
  • RENESIS - 1.3 L (2004–)

• Rotary Engine Illustrated - Animations of Rotary Engines, Pictures, Videos, etc.