Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Moonman62

The Wankel did make it to market, but it took years and almost bankrupted Mazda, who were finally able to get the seal technology it required.

The Wankel design was revolutionary, but seal technology was not advanced enough for production... not until a junkyard’s worth of experimentation by Mazda and false starts with crappy cars MX2 & 3 I think it was...

Finally, by the RX7, they got it right.

This guy should pop one of these into his own car and drive it himself. I would!
Fingers crossed...


28 posted on 10/26/2012 2:14:35 AM PDT by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: Bon mots

Maybe they finally got it "right" but it's still a commercial failure.

31 posted on 10/26/2012 9:36:55 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson