rotary engine percentage?
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rotary engine percentage?
me and my subaru buddies were talking about cars yesterday, and as i told them how much i knew about piston engines (NOTHING!! besides basics) we came across an interesting question, what's the percentage of rotary engines over all other engines? in cars only, not counting motorcycles nor airplanes, just automobiles. . .. i know percentage will be bigger in japan but i wanna know percentage in u.s. only...in case anyone has that info handy :P
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i'd say its probably 5 percent. for every 100 cars i see driving i usually only see 5 RXs. and it changes depending on where you go. if you go to a club meet it might be close to 100% haha. just kidding. i'd say its probably 5 - 20?
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i'm going to have to go ahead and guess something like 0.1% or less.
Think about it: if it is 1%, one out of one hundred cars on the road would have to be an rx2/3/4/5/7/8 or nsu or whatever. Considering mostly rx7's and rx8's, that seems awfully high.
Consider (and I don't mean to offend here) populations outside of large cities. I take 'rural' wisconsin as an example. Hardly any of the vehicles there are imports. Hardly any of the vehicles that are car, are sportycars.
At my office, there are two rotaries in the lot from time to time: my 79 and an rx8. Two out of ~350 cars. Across the road, at the mfg facility, there are easily twice as many cars parked, and zero rotaries. Now, this is one data point, but it's a start.
I sure wish there were more like 5% or so, if only so more people would be trained on maintaining the motors....
cheers,
Think about it: if it is 1%, one out of one hundred cars on the road would have to be an rx2/3/4/5/7/8 or nsu or whatever. Considering mostly rx7's and rx8's, that seems awfully high.
Consider (and I don't mean to offend here) populations outside of large cities. I take 'rural' wisconsin as an example. Hardly any of the vehicles there are imports. Hardly any of the vehicles that are car, are sportycars.
At my office, there are two rotaries in the lot from time to time: my 79 and an rx8. Two out of ~350 cars. Across the road, at the mfg facility, there are easily twice as many cars parked, and zero rotaries. Now, this is one data point, but it's a start.
I sure wish there were more like 5% or so, if only so more people would be trained on maintaining the motors....
cheers,
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