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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:13 PM
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New Rotary Patent?

http://www.motoring.com.au/new-mazda...tented-101926/
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 10:14 PM
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Pro-tip; today is 4/1.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 10:38 PM
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http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...DN/20160084158
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 10:41 PM
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Thats what I thought at first. Then I looked it up through the US Patent office. Applied for March 24th. If you're right, hell of a joke from Mazda.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 10:50 PM
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"the patent application outlines in minute detail a 'Rotary piston engine mounted on vehicle', which is rotated 180 degrees so the exhaust port is now on top of engine and the intake is at the bottom."

WTH. I'm in some sort of alternate universe. Next they'll say it's a hybrid, or worse an electric autonomous
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 11:02 PM
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I have no idea what to make out of it, or whether to even take it seriously.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 11:10 PM
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Its not serious until you see it on the showroom floor
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 11:11 PM
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I meant in terms of april fools
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Old Apr 2, 2016 | 06:37 AM
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Filed on August 12, 2015.

This is no April fools joke...
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