Apr 5, 2016 · Since the Renesis II 16X engine program was introduced at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda has insisted that its engineering team had been working feverishly to bring a new rotary up to modern...

Aug 16, 2013 · We now have enthusiastic confirmation that this next-gen rotary engine is really and truly going forward. It is still referred to as 16X and has several priorities. First is to lower fuel...

The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. [7] Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel, a German engineer. Over the years, displacement has been increased and turbocharging has been added.

Nov 2, 2007 · To mark the occasion, we have begun development of the direct injection 16X, a 1600 cc (800 cc x 2) powerplant with a new trochoid chamber shape aimed at further improving thermal efficiency and boosting torque at all engine speeds.

Feb 1, 2024 · In June 2023, the company resumed mass production of vehicles with rotary engines for the first time in approximately 11 years since the end of production of the Mazda RX-8 in 2012. Currently, the Mazda MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV, the 12th model that mounts a rotary engine, has been introduced in Japan and Europe.

May 16, 2016 · Powertrain: Mazda acknowledges that 50 engineers have toiled eight years developing a new 16X two-rotor engine. The company even filed a patent for a new rotary engine earlier this year. Direct...

Nov 5, 2007 · This year, Mazda puts another marker on the history of the Mazda rotary engine with the RENESIS 16X, the successor to the 13B-MSP in the Mazda RX8. The new 16X rotary engine uses new...

Oct 19, 2010 · A top Mazda powertrain executive said today that the 1.6-liter rotary engine, called the 16X, is about 30 percent more fuel-efficient than the current rotary engine used in the RX-8 sporty car.

Nov 30, 2018 · Skyactiv-X combines ultra-high compression, a small supercharger, complex combustion timing, technologies derived from diesel engines and a mild hybrid system that Mazda claims to deliver better...

Feb 8, 2016 · Using forced induction once again for the rotary engine, after a small break with the naturally aspirated (and lacking in torque) RX-8, has been on the cards for quite some time. This, however, is...