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Mazda halts production of rotary engine sports car

Postby snwtoy » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:28 pm

Love em or hate em, this is interesting news

Mazda Motor Corp. has canceled production of its RX-8 rotary engine sports car, citing falling sales and stringent global emissions standards.

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Postby RomanV » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:26 pm

Not the first time?
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Postby rollaholic » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:55 pm

wonder if this means no new rx7, again?
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Postby Akane » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:23 pm

why act surprised?
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Postby Mr Ree » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:28 pm

Again?
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Postby AE82 FXGT » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:53 am

I would love it if they put the L3T from he new Mazda3 MPS in that body/chassis
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Postby dnalunchie » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:36 am

AE82 FXGT wrote:I would love it if they put the L3T from he new Mazda3 MPS in that body/chassis


yeah man that would make an RX8 worth buying.
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Postby Lith » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:42 am

Sadly, unsurprising - they just didn't do anything interesting with the motor... which you have to do if you are going to give it the negatives of having a rotary, don't expect reliability or fuel efficiency. So now they are no doubt not going to release something which could stir peoples interest and might actually sell well :(
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Postby Akane » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:37 pm

Well the Renesis did improve fuel efficiency and reliability compared to RX7's 13B REW, but that's not saying much.
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Postby AE86less » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:40 pm

It's not even very good looking imo.

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Postby cogent » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:45 pm

Akane wrote:Well the Renesis did improve fuel efficiency and reliability compared to RX7's 13B REW, but that's not saying much.

hi im akane and I missed the point completely
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Postby cogent » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:45 pm

mazda halts production of rx8; future of rotary engine in question, cogent unconsolable.
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Postby Akane » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:44 pm

cogent wrote:
Akane wrote:Well the Renesis did improve fuel efficiency and reliability compared to RX7's 13B REW, but that's not saying much.

hi im akane and I missed the point completely


Obessed with rotary much? The point is that the rotary engine cannot overcome it's limitations as of now, which is ever tighter emissions regulations. Mazda is doing the right thing, cutting their losses and putting RX anything on halt. Everybody saw it coming, but you act all surprised. Go hug your "rota" to sleep bro.
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Postby Adamal » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:35 pm

For those who didn't read the full article:

And the RX-8's demise may not be the end of the rotary engine at Mazda. A source says engineers in Hiroshima are still working on the next generation, 1.6-liter rotary engine, code-named 16X, that is said to have lower emissions, better fuel economy and more power.
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Postby 3T-Rona » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:07 pm

Adamal wrote:For those who didn't read the full article:

And the RX-8's demise may not be the end of the rotary engine at Mazda. A source says engineers in Hiroshima are still working on the next generation, 1.6-liter rotary engine, code-named 16X, that is said to have lower emissions, better fuel economy and more power.


sounds like an oxymoron....
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Postby Adamal » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:15 pm

Its possible when the design increases thermodynamic efficiency.
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Postby Snoozin » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:57 am

'RX8' and 'sports car' in the same sentence?!

World's gone mad.
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