Mazda says is not working on the RX-9, despite reports

It has been confirmed that Mazda is not planning a hybrid RX-9 sports car, which would be powered by a gasoline-fueled rotary engine mated to an electric-drive system from Toyota. Actually, the rotary engine at Mazda may not even continue. The Mazda RX-8 is nearing the end of production. For the first four months of the
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Joe_Limon - 6/2/2011 11:56:55 AM

+1 Boost

Wasn't Mazda working on a replacement rotary with dual stage direct injection?

chewy - 6/2/2011 3:14:38 PM

+1 Boost

The 16-X or something from what I remember. Would be wasteful to scrap it unless they never got very far in its development.