Talk:Mazda Wankel engine

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[edit] Almost died in the 70's

Just how did going all rotary almost kill mazda? --Gbleem 23:45, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Rotaries are small, powerful engines, but they are fuel pigs. The big fuel crunch hit just the time Mazda was about to make the change, and they moved back to piston engines just in time. The new rotaries are far more fuel-efficient - I hope to see a resurgence of them soon. Denni ☯ 01:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's a new company (Spun off in 1998), that produces Wankel style rotary engines. They are fuel efficient and very clean. They are called Freedom-Motors, and here is the website: http://www.freedom-motors.com/ Danball1976 03:39, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sales graph scale

The chart of yearly and cumulative sales has one (or both) of its scales showing the wrong numbers. Apparently in 1973 1.6 million (!) rotary vehicles were sold, but the cumulative figure up to 2000 is betweern 250,000 and 300,000. --203.132.65.166 07:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)