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Although its powertrain choice made it a potential niche sports car, the trio of Mazda RX-7 generations was more than successful by Wankel rotary engine standards. But unfortunately, its story ended almost two decades ago.

Mazda announced today it would offer a more extensive variety of SUVs in all markets: the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80, and CX-90. It also promised the plug-in hybrid version of the MX-30 for the first half of 2022. What all that will allow it to achieve is a flexible production system, as revealed by Automotive News. In any scenario, that sounds like a competitive advantage, but with the EV shift, it is also a way to stay alive if it makes the wrong bets.

We hebben weer een reden om te geloven in een productieversie van de Mazda RX-Vision. Moeten we zo'n coupé niet gewoon eens omarmen?

Mazda RX-3 Hits 201 MPH at the Drag Strip, Sets Radial Rotary Speed Record 3 Jun 2021, 13:16 UTC · by Drag racing might not be as big in Australia as it is in the United States, but the folks Down Under run some pretty cool events and build some of the hottest dragsters out there. And its the place to be if you like the high-pitch screams of rotary engines. 1 photo Rotary-powered dragsters are actually quite common in Australia. The countrys proximity to Japan saw many Wankel-powered Maz...

autoevolution With a design that seems to combine a classic supercar with a spaceship, the RX500 is one of Mazdas most innovative cars ever built. Although it never made it into series production, the rotary-powered concept inspired one of the best-selling Matchbox models of the 1970s. It continues to captivate the minds of car enthusiasts all over the world even today, more than half of century since its initial release. Mazda RX500: The Futuristic Concept That Inspired a Hugely Popular 1970s ...

Watch This See-Thru Rotary Engine Run in Slow Motion on Three Types of Fuel 14 May 2021, 17:55 UTC · by The inline configuration is arguably the most common automotive engine design for plenty of reasons, including simplicity and the low cost of producing these motors. We also have plants with the cylinder banks arranged in a V, flat mills, boxers, and oddballs such as the VR and W. 5 photos The oddity to rule them all, however, is the pistonless rotary engine that converts pressure into...

autoevolution 17 Feb 2021, 17:42 UTC · by 20 photos Coupé body, gullwing doors, direct fuel injection, checkered seats. Also, we should add the name of Rudolf Uhlenhaut. These details will probably make you think about the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL/W 198 from 1954. Even if everything listed here fits, very few people might remember another car, shown some 16 years later: the Mercedes C 111-II. And it’s hard to believe they spent such an extensive amount of work on this car just to make it...

theyre accused of plotting to blow up the nato summit in chicago. >> and who is the fairest of them all? it could be the one born a man. hello, everyone. im don lemon. thank you so much for joining us. world leaders are converging on the u.s. this weekend for two huge global gatherings making decisions that could affect all of us. the nato summit gets started tomorrow in chicago. the g-8 summit already under way in camp david, maryland, where leaders of the world are trying to hammer o...

debt problems. lets bring in our chief business correspondent ali velshi who is watching all of this. were about to know any minute now, ali, how much the stock will go for. >> bottom line is they could take hours. we think it will come out very, very quickly. the top of the range is $38, all indications are that facebook is oversubscribed. there are more people who want to buy the stock than there are stocks available and as a result theyre going to the high end of the range and they ...

Out like fan blades. at some point in this particular planes life, and it was born in 1957 i believe, this particular airplane. they took that rotary engine off the front and put a turbine in, a jet engine, spinning a propeller and gave it a narrower snout, a sleeker look and a lot more power at a lighter weight. it was a nice airplane. and -- >> shepard: you could land it on the water. >> land it on the water, on a runway. you can land it on -- you land them on skis if you put skis on them. it ...