rotary engines were mass produced before piston engines were used in the standard automobile. If wankel engines came out instead of ford motors in the early 1900s. And if 90% of cars were rotary engine powered all these years. Do you think we would have a better automobile overall than we did?

 

No.

-Ted

 

In that world, Mazda would be the only piston powered CO.

So no RX-7 .. Who would care about the other cars then?

 

90% of commuters would use public transportation.

 

in that world the rx7 would have a piston engine. and switching over to the dark side would be putting a rotary in the rx7... whoa. that's crazy

 

...there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky....

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I think the piston IC engine was a progression from piston steam engines. Could a rotary be used as an external combustion steam engine?

 

If everyone drove Wankel cars (LoL! Right, driving rotary...), I probably wouldn't drive an FC, but one of those rare Otto engine powered cars with the interesting complecated engine design.

 

people only WANt convenience these days. shortcuts. loopholes. ect. we re few rotary owners who are willing to sacrifice for our loving hobbies/pride.

 

u guys aLl know rotary isn't any convinenent in any way

 

Every city would have as much smog as L.A.

And L.A. would be toxic and unsurvivable for all living creatures, including plants.

Catalytic Converter companies would be as big as Apple.

 

Well if rotaries were basically the standard that means more companies would be more effort into perfecting them so I feel the rotary would have evolved into something much more reliable like what we have with piston motors today.

Of course the exact opposite could also occur but think about it. Since piston motors are the standard naturally most of the R&D in engine development is going to go to piston motors...so if rotaries were standard I'm sure it would be a similar situation.


..but I still have to agree with most of the above posts haha

 

ya the world would be dead from all the pollution and gas would be 8 dollars a gallon from all the usage!!

 

...the sky would be black...

 

Global warming would have consumed us all by now

it would be nice to think that by now someone would have made a Eco Friendly Hybrid rotary.

and Germans would rule the world

 

Haven't you seen the Matrix! There would be killer robots, and crazy lightning storms, and horrible actors that think they knew kung-fu.... It would be MADNESS!!!!!

 

+1

I couldn't have said this better myself. I try to get everyone to convert. More interest = more development.

 

Love it. I just wish they spent more time making the rotary engine reliable and fuel efficient, had more people working on it for longer, more models and I think competition could have forced them to make the engine better. I love the rx7 no matter what though.

 

Then this would be Px7club.com lol

 

In this world, Initial D: the Trueno would have a rotary engine and the RX7 would have a 4AGE 20v; the internal engine animations would be that of piston engine in Fast and the furious....

 

We would be driving PX-7s. As such we would be enjoying torque and awesome fuel mileage lol

 

Hmm... I'm gonna go with "a better rotary engine due to more R&D" For 1000 Alex.

The 16X, the Hydrogen RX-8, multi side port... All things that would've happened sooner.

What is... Nirvana? lol

 

why the **** would you make this thread?

 

 

 

then f1 cars would be powered by rotary engines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!