Mazda rotary concept

[jpf]

The Tokyo concept is mighty attractive.

It should be built...will it?

[jpf]

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/27/mazda-rx-vision...

Look at the pictures!

It has to be built.

Anyone?

[rotarymazda]

> Mazda says that, while production of the powerplant is "on hold,"


I appreciate rotaries but fuel economy and emissions mean I have little hope of seeing a new production model.

The engine size and low mounting point means you can built a front-engined, RWD body that doesn't look like the typical modern blobs on the roads. My street-ported rotary MX5 gets 240bhp so an optimised 1.6 (16X engine) should get 300bhp with the need for forced induction. Probably not enough these days unless the car is very light.

Triple rotors get more power but mpg is horrific.

[cptsideways]

It'll be a hybrib drivetrain if it gets the go ahead, they have been tinkering for years with such tech. The rotory will be a genset I think you will find.

[The Flying Ox]

rotarymazda said:

> Mazda says that, while production of the powerplant is "on hold,"


I appreciate rotaries but fuel economy and emissions mean I have little hope of seeing a new production model.

The engine size and low mounting point means you can built a front-engined, RWD body that doesn't look like the typical modern blobs on the roads. My street-ported rotary MX5 gets 240bhp so an optimised 1.6 (16X engine) should get 300bhp with the need for forced induction. Probably not enough these days unless the car is very light.

Triple rotors get more power but mpg is horrific.

I thought the whole thing from this was redesigned rotor housings and other advancements that pretty much solved previous issues with heat/mpg/reliability, and gave 400bhp from a twin-rotor 1.6L?

I've always said I'd never buy a new car, but if what I've heard is true then I'll buy a RX9 (or whatever it's going to be called).