Mazda Takes A Break From Rotary Engine Tech - Insider Car News
It’s the end of a 45-year era as the last rotary engine departed Mazda’s factory in Hiroshima recently, as reported by Car and Driver. » Related: BBR Gives the NC Miata a 225-Horsepower Swan Song Mazda toyed with the technology, fine-tuning it throughout the years. Changes in fuel consumption and emissions standards put the company in a bad spot, even though it made some dramatic changes with the design of the 13B-MSP, or the Renesis engine that powered the RX-8. Even though it could pump out 222 horsepower... Considering how important fuel economy has been to car shoppers in recent years, it’s a wonder Mazda stuck with the rotary engine for as long as it has. Even though no rotary engines are currently being produced by Mazda, there is supposedly a light at the end of the tunnel. Hints from Mazda’s Twitter feed, which have been dropped here and there over the past few years, indicate that the company is working on a new kind of rotary engine that uses Skyactiv engineering principles. Source: www.insidercarnews.com
