Mazda put on display its latest concept car RX Vision at the Tokyo Motor show held last year. The company is expecting for the future production of 16X Rotary Engine that is a going to be a specially designed Grand-Tourer-Style vehicle.
A spokesman for Mazda Car Company revealed that Mazda is working on a rotary engine that would represent its next generation. For this purpose, 100 plus engineers are working on this project.
The first production of the Mazda launched in Mazda Cosmo in 1965 had most of its motor heads equipped with an indifferent Piston-less internal unit for combustion. The Japanese made engine got its usage stopped in 2012 when the engine’s problems including emission, torque yield and fuel economy could not be sorted out and RX-8 also lost its place.
All different Car Brands have their defining characteristics like Toyota is easy on the pocket, Volvo is safe and sound, and Minis are just mini. But none of them probably would have stuck with the same engine attributes for as long as Mazda has. Rotary Engines somehow got associated with the identity of the company and became impossible to remove.
Mazda says, “Working to figure out the problems has never ended. In the coming years, Mazda is hoping to bring a phenomenal change”.
Jeremy Barnes, Director, Public Relations & Brand Experience at Mazda North American Operations said that the company has a distinctive passion for rotary engines.
Talking of Mazda users, Barnes said, “People are keenly waiting for the return of Mazda’s engines with necessary modifications to make it vibration free specially”.
How a Piston-Less Rotary Engine Works
Engineering Challenges are indefinite
Nothing can be said about the exact launch date of this special car with a special engine. The engineering challenges are indefinite and we all know how such problems led to the end of an earlier try made to build the 13B Engine.
The effort in this situation is intended to up the displacement from the existing 1.3 to 1.6 liters to boost the torque but the problem of emission would still remain there. The actual problem lies in the fundamental structuring of the rotary engines and that needs to be made smoother to get less dirty emissions as those of the modern day cars.
Rotary Engines of Mazda got banned for Racing in 1991
According to Barnes, in 1991, some new parameters were made after rotary 787B won Le Mans, but they didn’t ban the rotary from the racing sector. These rules, somehow, declared the rotary as an uncompetitive engine”. The Mazda continued to make entries into racing despite the fact that they had to compromise on their indigenous rotary engine. If the speculations are to be believed, there are significant chances that endurance racing will once more see a powerful Mazda rotary engine.
Mr. Barnes indicated an optimistic view of it at the end by saying, “It’s possible if we can make a significant breakthrough.”
Mazda RX Vision (concept car)
Last year Mazda showed off its RX Vision concept car which will house the new piston-less engine. Here are some pictures from the event.
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