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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Feb 4, 2025 · The Mazda engine codenamed 16X is expected to replace the RX8. Mazda’s RX8 model, which was the brand’s flagship for many years, started being phased out of production …

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 …

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 …

The New Mazda 16x Rotary Engine should further popularize this offbeat combustion engine which features (as rotaries always have) a compact design with an exceptional power-to …