Paul,

Bad news.  Today on the radio and  in the news was a report that
Mazda is stopping production of the rotary engine.

Strange news.  About four months ago they were saying the new 16X
fuel mileage was exceeding their piston engine line-up.

What gives?  You can put me back on the list now.

Doug in Japan

Not really bad news. They stopped selling RX7's in the US back in
1995 until 2004. It did not affect us as there are at least
a couple of hundred thousand RX8 engines out there somewhere.
Nobody is buying new cars in the states and Mazda is just trying
to stay alive. This won't change until we vote the crazy idiot
out of office. Perhaps they should only stay in office 2 years
instead of 4.

Paul Lamar


I wonder if Mazda could be persuaded to produce the new engine in limited
numbers to sell as a crate motor for marine or other uses?

Murry I Rozansky

They can not afford to fill Hayes shop with parts :-))).

Dale Davies


Maybe their stopping production on the Rx 8 rotary engine and mean to
continue R&D on
the 16x for future placement in a production vehicle.Mazda is committed to
the rotary but
to continue to produce the Rx-8 engine when your major markets have dryyed
up for the
RX-8 , is to expensive to do in this economy ; especially if
you're entending to replace it
in a couple of years.
clifton younger