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well dammit. Mazda rotary on 'Pause'...

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Old 07-14-21, 04:07 PM
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well dammit. Mazda rotary on 'Pause'...

https://www.motortrend.com/news/mazd...707B9AF20E2860

Seems our little beer kegs can't catch a break. Even as a lowly battery extender...


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Old 07-14-21, 05:30 PM
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I'd rather they wait until they're serious about the Rx-9, aka Vision. This, coming from a guy that just bought a brand new CX-5 Grand Touring Reserve. For the record, I bought a Mazda6s V6 after test driving an Rx-8 when they were brand new and being unimpressed. I waited a long time to be unimpressed,
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Indeed, I thought the MX30 with range extender would be nice. I really don't get the point of them without the extender, its range is 125 miles advertised.
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Damn, it did start!

 
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can't help but wonder if the rage the rotary community had for this hybrid not being a pure gas burning ICE had an effect on this.
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Yes, I fear the Rotary engine is dead for good! Just like the two stroke engine... RIP, enjoy them while you can!
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@7aull and the counter, https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/rep...-are-not-true/

It appears that everyone is copy/pasting from the same single source. Why would Mazda announce it a couple months ago only to say just kidding? Why announce it at all? I'm new to bleeding edge automotive news so maybe this is commonplace.
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Great Q Yeti. No idea.

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Old 07-20-21, 04:03 PM
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Waffles - hmmm good

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All I knowis that straight six they are talking about would also be cool. We shall see what happens.
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
All I knowis that straight six they are talking about would also be cool. We shall see what happens.
Agreed.
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