It’s official. Rotary is back. Earlier this month, at the Tokyo Auto Show, Japan’s largest car customization show, Mazda held a press convention where President Masahiro Moro said that “on February 1, we will launch the rotary engine development group. “
Reading between the lines, that’s like saying we are bringing back the rotary sports car. And while Mazda does have the rotary hybrid MX-30 R-EV crossover now—where the rotary engine acts purely as a generator to charge batteries—for Moro to come out at this juncture and announce the launch of such a new rotary R&D group only a year and a bit after the company revealed the drop-dead gorgeous rotary-hybrid Iconic SP concept at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show—hints at a sports car that will be powered by a rotary engine—that is not relegated to the role of a generator as in the MX-30.
In fact, Mazda makes fun of us with rotating concepts for a decade now, first with the incredible concept of Rx vision of the jaw and awarded in 2016, which will be followed in 2023 through the Spanish hybrid RP RP as eyebrows as eyebrows, hybrid rotary. concept.
According to Moro, one of the main reasons why Mazda bit the ball and made the decision to resurrect the rotary force unit was due to the positive reaction of the media and the automotive public to the 2023 program. “I’m deeply touched by all the help and encouragement I gained from the [iconic SP] Sports Car compact concept. Said.
Mazda’s new project also appeases those who were not at all thrilled when Mazda brought back a rather unimpressive version of the rotary engine—not as a propulsion system that powered something sporty like an RX-8, but as a generator to charge the batteries in the MX-30 R-EV crossover range-extender hybrid which surfaced in 2023.
Moro’s assignment refers to the conspicuous of a new one that I published in August last year. According to Mazda at the time of launching the emblematic SP, the new rotating coupe would use the same fundamental hybrid formula as the MX-30, however, it would have two 830cc rotors instead of the unmarried rotor of the MX-30 and it would make it produce a lot more scheduled of 350 HP in total. And unlike MX-30, the force would be channeled towards the rear wheels, as a true sports car.
“In order to breakthrough the challenges of the carbon neutral era, rotary engine engineers who have acquired a broad technical perspective that transcends the boundaries of cutting-edge internal combustion engine technology will reunite,” Moro added. That sounds very much to me like his team is in the process of radically redefining the rotary powertrain to significantly reduce emissions and fuel consumption while boosting power considerably.
The hybrid formula would also allow the engine to be absolutely cut, allowing the car to work exclusively in its electric motor. Therefore, of all bread crumbs that remain through Moro about its new R&D rotary organization and the EMS -SP design team, the new generation rotating sports car will be that: a car that leads to Through its rotary engine that can only paintings in a variety of other fuels, however, at the same time, obtain the help of dual electric motors, allowing the car to go to the strictest emissions.
Expect to see the iconic SP, under a more hands-on call, no doubt launching in the past 2026 or early 2027 for around $50,000.
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