The history of the Mazda company has several interesting pages related to rotary engines: light sports coupes of the 1960s, victories at Le Mans, the legendary RX-7 sports car. But since the 2010s, when the last versions of the Mazda RX-8 were released, the history of the rotary engine has turned into just “history”: lots of talk about the future, but no production implementation.

But soon everything may change! After all, the Mazda company is preparing a rotary version of the Mazda MX-30 model.

Rotor and Mazda are back together! But it's not what you thought
Rotor and Mazda are back together! But it's not what you thought
Rotor and Mazda are back together! But it's not what you thought
Rotor and Mazda are back together! But it's not what you thought

In general, it seems that the Mazda MX-30 SUV has become one big experiment for the Japanese. Unusual body with additional rear doors (Mazda RX-8 had them). The first serial electric car from Mazda. A strange design that does not really match the current Mazda model line. And now there is also a rotary version. Moreover, the developers promise that the rotary engine will not drive the wheels directly, but will be used as a “range extender” in combination with an electric motor and a battery – a kind of Range Extender.

But how will it actually be and what will be the technical specifications of the new product? We will find out soon – the debut of the rotary version of the Mazda MX-30 is scheduled for January 13.