Mazda halts production of rotary engine sports car

snwtoy · Post by **snwtoy** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:28 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.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 29979/1117

RomanV · Post by **RomanV** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:26 pm

Not the first time?

rollaholic · Post by **rollaholic** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:55 pm

wonder if this means no new rx7, again?

Akane · Post by **Akane** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:23 pm

why act surprised?

Mr Ree · Post by **Mr Ree** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:28 pm

Again?

AE82 FXGT · Post by **AE82 FXGT** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:53 am

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

dnalunchie · Post by **dnalunchie** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:36 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.

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:42 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

Akane · Post by **Akane** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:37 pm

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

AE86less · Post by **AE86less** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:40 pm

It's not even very good looking imo.

I'm not upset.

cogent · Post by **cogent** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:45 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

cogent · Post by **cogent** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:45 pm

mazda halts production of rx8; future of rotary engine in question, cogent unconsolable.

Akane · Post by **Akane** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:44 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.

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:35 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.

3T-Rona · Post by **3T-Rona** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:07 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....

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:15 pm

Its possible when the design increases thermodynamic efficiency.

Snoozin · Post by **Snoozin** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:57 am

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

World's gone mad.