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As soon as it comes to\u00a0Mazda\u00a0bringing back rotary power, fans have been catching at the straws and considering in anything liking the slightest aroma of a rumour from \u201cunnamed sources closest to Mazda.\u201d But now, we have it from a named company executive.<\/p>\n
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Speaking to Australia\u2019s\u00a0Wheels Magazine<\/em>, Mazda\u2019s Technical Research Centre and Integrated Control System Development boss, Mitsuo Hitomi, made known that the automaker is working on a new rotary engine. Hitomi said progress of the rotary has focused on fixing some of the well-known inadequacy of the engine, such as apex seal wear and oil consumption. He also recognized that it isn\u2019t possible to achieve the same emissions levels as a conventional engine in a rotary.<\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot improve the rotary engine to the current conventional engine emissions,\u201d he further added. \u201cWe are investigating various kinds of emission systems to ensure ideal conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This focal point on fuel burn efficiency was afterwards repeated by Mazda\u2019s head of product strategy, Hidetoshi Kudo, who told\u00a0Wheels<\/em>\u00a0the automaker was looking at alternative ignition technologies to remedy the problem.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re still continuing development of the next-generation rotary engine,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cannot improve the rotary engine to the current conventional engine emissions,\u201d and that\u2019s partially why he says the rotary will likely be teamed to an electric motor and batteries, for emissions reasons.It\u2019s also worth considering that at the very same event the rotary was totally absent from Mazda\u2019s so-called Zoom Zoom 2030 road map. It\u2019s probable not even Mazda knows if a new rotary is possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In an effort to make the rotary cleaner and more efficient, Mazda is exploring the \u00a0laser and plasma ignition to help construct a cleaner burn. In spite of the engine\u2019s shortcomings, Hitomi says \u201crotary is very important to Mazda.\u201d We hope they make it work.<\/p>\n \u201cAs you know, flame propagation is an issue in rotary engines. We are looking at laser ignition and plasma ignition, but laser is very expensive,\u201d explained Kudo.<\/p>\n Kudo also believed rotary engines were \u201cvery important\u201d to\u00a0Mazda<\/em>\u00a0before pointing out that 2020 is the automaker\u2019s 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the Basis of these announcements, it appears probable that a rotary-engined Mazda could arrive around that time to mark the automaker\u2019s centenary year. We\u2019ve payed attention to rumors that Mazda could be getting ready to show an early draft of a so-called \u2018RX-9\u2019 sports car at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show in October, but we stay unconvinced such a product will be shown so soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Regardless of when the next rotary-engine Mazda reaches its destination, we can in any case take comfort in the fact that it is certainly happening. Who says the combustion engine is on its way out?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As soon as it comes to\u00a0Mazda\u00a0bringing back rotary power, fans have been catching at the straws and considering in anything liking the slightest aroma of a rumour from \u201cunnamed sources closest to Mazda.\u201d But now, we have it from a named company executive. Speaking to Australia\u2019s\u00a0Wheels Magazine, Mazda\u2019s Technical Research Centre and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/autodeals.pk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/imageshandler-300x225.jpg\")
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