Hi guys, got a piccture of this logo on the bumper. Thought I'd like to post this!


What do you think?

 

ya i see those all the time here, i dont think they would ever power school buses with a rotary though. all the parents would wonder why there kids came home every day smelling like gas. lol

 

Probably not. A few buses have been powered by turbines, though.

Check out this Wikipedia entry on gas turbines – it's pretty cool.

 

..."that Little Wankel was acting up on the bus again..So I gave him a good kick in the **** and told him to sit down"...

 

Cool HiWire...thanks for sharing the turbine technology.

Imagine a combo setup..Rotary and Turbine hybrid, then Turbocharged!


That will be awesome but say goodbye to fuel consumption...but say HI to super power RX-7!

 

From the article, I thought the human-portable microturbine and Mitsubishi's new 60% thermally-efficient turbine were signs that turbine engines might become more common in the near future. They probably won't be running on gasoline, though.

 

Mazda : Minibus Edition | Great Cars of Mazda

 

^ Must be a prank... I particularly like the part where they say "...quietness of a rotary vehicle."

 

Well folks, I believe the reason they mention "quietness of a rotary vehicle" which hints the RX-Series of cars here.

Then they go on saying it passes all the emissions standard with rotary engines being more efficient.

Well I believe in MINIBUS or bus standards where each of the typically pollutes the environment and being less efficient (burns more dino drink), rotary will shine in here because it uses similar technologies and thus similar properties of emissions and efficiency...not to mention the quietness too!


But in automobile standards which are ever more strict in terms of emissions and efficiency...especially Califonia and Australia, it cost too much for Mazda to surpass that.

So they ony selling in Japan market for the remaining years....too costly for Mazda is the main thing.

 

A rotary with an OEM exhaust (and back at that time, thermal reactor) system is quiet, and Mazda was ahead of other manufacturers at the time in emissions due to the thermal reactor system. Their claims are perfectly reasonable when compared to the typical clattering engines powering mini-busses of the day (and even today).

 

Yes indeed, I will have to agree. Good insight towards this explanation.


Right on...and Mazda Rotary technology is just second to none! They put so much into it and hope they will continue to thrive as they figure out more how they can build upon this technology for efficiently and reliably.

 

Clearly, our minibuses should upgrade to 20B-REW engines. Buy in bulk, save on fleet purchases.