Rx9 ?
Has anyone heard about the next rotary? I read somewhere Mazda was planning the next generation. The article claimed that they are going to invert the engine. Think this is true or BS?
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Nope. Haven't heard a thing. There aren't even any posts about it on here...
https://www.rx8club.com/general-auto...ncepts-259962/ https://www.rx8club.com/general-auto...engine-268104/ Honestly, I seriously doubt it will happen. If Mazda does make another RX, I'd put my money on a high-performance hybrid. |
I don't know for sure if motor1.com is a "reliable enough" source, but here are two articles that I found while searching a couple minutes ago:
Apparently there was a leaked RX-9 render from mazda: you can see it here I'm not 100% sure I believe what I see. I haven't found any other site that mentions anything about it. And it looks like some fan-made hybrid design between a Porsche Cayman and a Mazda 3. It also seems that Mazda has filed a patent on a new "rotated" engine design: https://www.motor1.com/news/62035/mazda-patents-a-new-rotary-engine-could-produce-400-hp/]you can read about it here[/url] here you can see the official filed patent on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website I'm pretty sure we will se a rotary-powered car in the next few years. Especially since Mazda succesfully developped a compression-ignition piston engine(which means some of the technology could have been brought to the rotary engine). I'm stoked! |
The inverted engine is just a leaked patent.
No idea when or how it's gonna happen. Even if it's a pure ICE engine, expect at least Corvette price range rather than fully loaded Honda Accord price range(which RX-8 was at). |
i take delivery of mine next month, first one in the states
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Itzsoreal - the Mazda RX-9. More clickbait: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/m...-7-141269.html
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i take delivery of my rx9 next month, its got a 3 rotor turbo sky active r direct injection freaking laser ignition and a 6spd m/t. 450hp/400lb
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Originally Posted by 200.mph
(Post 4911433)
i take delivery of my rx9 next month, its got a 3 rotor turbo sky active r direct injection freaking laser ignition and a 6spd m/t. 450hp/400lb
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Originally Posted by wannawankel
(Post 4911427)
Itzsoreal - the Mazda RX-9. More clickbait: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/m...-7-141269.html
Originally Posted by 200.mph
(Post 4911433)
i take delivery of my rx9 next month, its got a 3 rotor turbo sky active r direct injection freaking laser ignition and a 6spd m/t. 450hp/400lb
Mercedes can make inline 4 turbos make 400BHP, so the HP/L advantage for rotary is diminishing. |
Originally Posted by wannawankel
(Post 4911427)
Itzsoreal - the Mazda RX-9. More clickbait: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/m...-7-141269.html
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Laser ignition is soooooo last century.
The new hotness is laser injection with nuclear magnetic resonance ignition. |
2018:
Originally Posted by 200.mph
(Post 4868088)
i take delivery of mine next month, first one in the states
Originally Posted by 200.mph
(Post 4911433)
i take delivery of my rx9 next month, its got a 3 rotor turbo sky active r direct injection freaking laser ignition and a 6spd m/t. 450hp/400lb
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Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
(Post 4911466)
Laser ignition is soooooo last century.
The new hotness is laser injection with nuclear magnetic resonance ignition. |
Originally Posted by BigCajun
(Post 4911472)
1.2 gigawatts?
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Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
(Post 4911473)
1.2, 1.21, whatever it takes.
:pat: |
and still going ...
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I mean, in this case it's completely baseless speculation from faux autojournos that need page clicks.
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Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
(Post 4911589)
I mean, in this case it's completely baseless speculation from faux autojournos that need page clicks.
Some of them look like something Mazda would actually design, while this looks like Mazda front facia slapped on a Porsche. There was that other one that looked more like a Maserati than it looked like a Mazda. |
I want Mazda to go crazy like Renault did a couple of decades ago: Put an engine driving the rear wheels in the middle of a hatchback.
https://www.torque.com.sg/features/r...of-notre-dame/ |
Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
(Post 4911596)
I want Mazda to go crazy like Renault did a couple of decades ago: Put an engine driving the rear wheels in the middle of a hatchback.
https://www.torque.com.sg/features/r...of-notre-dame/ VW had a GTI with a W12 engine with a MR setup. Granted, it was a one-off thing, but the Clio V6 wasn't exactly common with its asking price. https://www.topspeed.com/cars/volksw...2-ar35742.html |
One-off vs homologation
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Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
(Post 4911601)
One-off vs homologation
Either way, I don't expect Mazda to do something like that with how broke they are. |
Originally Posted by UnknownJinX
(Post 4911605)
It's just that VW probably didn't bother because nobody will
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Originally Posted by Loki
(Post 4911625)
Fixed.
The whole point of a hot hatch is practical and affordable fun. No one will pay US$80k+(W12 Phaetons used to cost US$90k+, so just a guess here) for a hot hatch that's not even practical anymore, especially when you can pick up a mid-engine C8 Corvette for US$60k+ that can smoke this thing(2.9 seconds vs. 3.7 seconds 0-60). |
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