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All auto manufacturers have their own special trademark that makes them unique from the others. Subaru for example is famed for its burbling Boxer engine, and Porsches will always have that evergreen styling feature that is somehow still acceptable in the eyes of today, even though it does not have that much difference from the ones back in the 60’s. These features are still with them today, and it is what gave them an identity that none other has.
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Unfortunately for Mazda, they had just lost one of their iconic trademarks that had made them stand out from the others. On 22<sup>nd</sup> June 2012, they bid goodbye to the famous rotary engine as the last of its kind rolled out from the assembly line after being produced by them since 1967. To be precise, the assembly line that made the RX-8’s Renesis engines was idled, and there are no plans for the moment in having it to restart its production.
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It was a challenge for Mazda to keep on using the rotary engine as it does come with high fuel consumption and poor emissions. Even so, Mazda has been working hard in solving/reducing the matters, and there were even some rumors that they are developing a new type of rotary engine called the 16X. Of course, such rumors are immediately squashed with this devastating news, and it will probably need a miracle for this small yet powerful powerplant to make a comeback into the motoring world.
Sources:
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/27/mazda-builds-final-rotary-engine/">http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/27/mazda-builds-final-rotary-engine/</a>
<a href="http://thecarguys.my/2012/06/bye-bye-rotary-engine/">http://thecarguys.my/2012/06/bye-bye-rotary-engine/</a>
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All auto manufacturers have their own special trademark that makes them unique from the others. Subaru for example is famed for its burbling Boxer engine, and Porsches will always have that evergreen styling feature that is somehow still acceptable in the eyes of today, even though it does not have that much difference from the ones back in the 60’s. These features are still with them today, and it is what gave them an identity that none other has.
<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rx7_savanna.jpg"><img title="rx7_savanna" src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rx7_savanna-600x474.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="474" /></a>
Unfortunately for Mazda, they had just lost one of their iconic trademarks that had made them stand out from the others. On 22<sup>nd</sup> June 2012, they bid goodbye to the famous rotary engine as the last of its kind rolled out from the assembly line after being produced by them since 1967. To be precise, the assembly line that made the RX-8’s Renesis engines was idled, and there are no plans for the moment in having it to restart its production.
<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rx8_r3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-32723" title="rx8_r3" src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rx8_r3-600x399.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/renesis.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-32720" title="renesis" src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/renesis-600x399.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /></a>
It was a challenge for Mazda to keep on using the rotary engine as it does come with high fuel consumption and poor emissions. Even so, Mazda has been working hard in solving/reducing the matters, and there were even some rumors that they are developing a new type of rotary engine called the 16X. Of course, such rumors are immediately squashed with this devastating news, and it will probably need a miracle for this small yet powerful powerplant to make a comeback into the motoring world.
Sources:
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/27/mazda-builds-final-rotary-engine/">http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/27/mazda-builds-final-rotary-engine/</a>
<a href="http://thecarguys.my/2012/06/bye-bye-rotary-engine/">http://thecarguys.my/2012/06/bye-bye-rotary-engine/</a>
