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- Date:
- 11 November 2010
- Category:
- Technology
- Asked by:
- Mr Adam J
- Answered by:
- Craig Bennett; Product Manager
Thanks for your question Adam, we are very proud of the way Mazda has developed the Rotary engine and our current RX-8 vehicle. In 1967 Mazda revealed its first rotary-engine-powered vehicle, the Cosmo Sport 110S, and over the years we have progressed significantly in speed and acceleration. In the rotary engine the rotor turns in a steady continuous motion, so it does not have to overcome the inertia that exists when components change direction or speed. The engine undertakes three separate jobs at the same time; therefore the rotor is doing the work of three pistons at once, leading...
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