Does mazda mx 5 have a rotary engine. Mazda tend to use the rx tag on all rotary models although there were some japan market rotary engined cosmo models during the 1980s so the 1970s rx 3 the various. Over the years displacement has been increased and turbocharging has been added. Mazda officially announces that it will make another car with a rotary engine in 2020. But the new patent suggests a major leap in rotary design further down the road.
Mazda in fact has already revealed plans next year for the electric suv mx 30 that will incorporate a rotary engine for the first time since 2011 when the rx 7s successor rx 8 ended production due to falling sales. Its not a rotary engine. Mazda is covering all its bases with that long awaited first ev technology that only mazda can do in a rotary range extender and a stock standard hybrid and not a plug in. Mazda rotary engines have a reputation for being relatively small and powerful at the expense of poor fuel efficiency.
Wankel engines were invented in the early 1960s by felix wankel a german engineer. Mazda has confirmed that there will be a successor to the. The engines became popular with kit car builders hot rodders and in light aircraft because of their light weight com.