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Published on November 10th, 2011 | by Daniel Sherman Fernandez

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The Rotary Engine Was On Its Way Out But Now It May Be Back

Mazda, which started selling rotary-engine cars in 1970, will phase out the rotary engine next year when the last RX-8 sports car rolls off the line. But the company says there are two ways the rotary could be resurrected. The conventional way would be to build an improved version, with better fuel economy and more low-speed torque (which is going to be tough to do as they have already trying for years to do this), a characteristic weakness of the current rotary. The second, something Mazda has never before mentioned publicly would be to use the rotary as an onboard generator for an extended-range electric vehicle similar to the Chevrolet Volt.

Mazda plans to unveil its first petrol-electric hybrid in 2013, although it is based on Toyota technology and is expected to be closer to the Prius than the Volt. If Mazda can salvage the rotary, which Mazda first took to market in Japan in its Cosmo Sport in 1967, Yamanouchi wants to keep that tradition alive. “The rotary engine is a symbol for those of us at Mazda,” he said. “I am hoping to revive it together with our new eco technology.” Well we wish Mazda all the luck.


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