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Mazda Brought Back The Rotary Engine!
Mazda's rotary engine, discontinued in 2012 with the RX-8, is making a comeback in the MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV. The new engine is a compact 830 cm3 single-rotor generator, adapted to meet modern needs.
Just as teen fashion from the ’90s has resurfaced at your nearest Target ( Why??? ), everything old is apparently new again.
Mazda stopped selling pickup trucks in the U.S. in 2009 after it and long-time partner Ford started going their separate ways ...
A little over a year ago, the rotary engineering team was reinstated. Although Skyactiv-X hasn’t been the roaring success Mazda had hoped, the plan is to “efficiently expand the area of SPCCI ...
Mazda will not give up on the rotary engine. The appeal of the spinning triangles must have hypnotized the entire engineering department more than 50 years ago, and so they keep trying to make ...
We’ve already reported on the company’s planning for what will become the fifth-generation Miata, but Mazda is also intent on putting the larger, rotary-engined model that was previewed by the ...
Mazda is already planning the fifth generation of the evergreen sports car, and there are no plans to stray from the formula.
Since then, Mazda has been dabbling in new rotary developments with the single-rotor 830-cc range-extending motor used in the MX-30 R-EV. While the automaker has yet to confirm what kind of rotary ...
Mazda says the new Skyactiv-Z technology is ‘close to the ... of the learnings regarding emissions control can be applied to rotary engines, too. As well as refining the combustion process ...
Although the CX-5 rides on a previous version of Mazda's Skyactiv platform, not the one used by newer models such as the Mazda 3 and CX-50, we expect it to continue utilizing this older ...
Mazda's Skyactiv is no different, as the Japanese manufacturer offers a raft of advanced technologies intended to improve fuel efficiency and driving dynamics. It can be a confusing concept to ...