Ebonisana namafayela e-Automobile Reason, uthole izindatshana ezimbalwa ezikhuluma ngozongena esikhundleni se-Mazda RX-7 noma i-RX-8, ephawula ukubuya kwenjini yakwa-Wankel. Buyisela esikumemezele kusukela ngo-2014, ukukuphika, ngezitatimende ezisemthethweni ezivela kumkhiqizo, emavikini ambalwa kamuva.
Futhi bekulokhu kunjalo kuze kube namuhla. Ngolunye usuku kukhona umlandeli we-RX-7 kanye ne-RX-8, okulandelayo, i-Wankel iba yisiqephu esivaliwe emlandweni we-Mazda kanye nezinjini ezivuthayo zangaphakathi. Nokho, ngokukhulu ukungabaza, esinye isiqephu sendaba yakwa-Wankel kanye nezinhlobo ze-RX ze-Mazda.
Kulo nyaka kugujwa iminyaka engu-50 kwasungulwa i-Mazda yokuqala efakwe injini ye-Wankel rotary. I-Mazda Cosmo Sport noma i-110S yethulwa ngo-1967 futhi yaqala ifa le-Wankel enkampanini yaseJapane, eyayizophela ngo-2012 ekupheleni kokukhiqizwa kwe-Mazda RX-8.
Njengoba kubhekwa usuku olubaluleke kangaka, kuye kwaba namahlebezi amaningi okuthi iMazda izobamba umcimbi ukuze yethule isahluko esilandelayo emlandweni wakwaWankel. Ingabe kunjalo ngempela?
Faka i-RX-9
Amahemuhemu akamuva asikisela ukuthi embukisweni ozayo we-Tokyo Motor Show, ozokuba ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, i-Mazda izokwethula umqondo olindele ngokuthembekile uhlobo olusha lwe-RX, oluzoqala ukumakethwa ngo-2019. Masiyibize nge-RX-9 ukuze sizuze ingxabano.
Ngokwala mahemuhemu akamuva, iMazda RX-9 izogqugquzelwa yi-RX-Vision ehlaba umxhwele (ezithombeni), umqondo ka-2015, futhi izosebenzisa injini entsha ye-rotary, eyaziwa ngokuba ne-patent ka-2016.
ihlelo I-SKYACTIV-R izoba namarotha amabili angama-800 cm3 lilinye, futhi izokhokhiswa kakhulu nge-turbo eqhutshwa ngogesi ezosebenza ezimisweni eziphansi futhi enye, evamile, enobukhulu obukhulu, ukubhekana nemibuso ephakeme. Kukhulunywa ngamahhashi angu-400 futhi ngokusobala zonke izinkinga eziphathelene nokusetshenziswa kukawoyela nokuhambisana nemithetho yokukhipha umoya zizoxazululwa.
Njenge-RX-Vision, i-RX-9 izoba yinkundla yezemidlalo, izihlalo ezimbili noma ene-2+2 configuration, futhi izoba iMazda ebiza kakhulu kunawo wonke.
Futhi i-Mazda "Stinger"?
Ngesikhathi sokwethulwa okusha I-Mazda CX-5 e-Barcelona sifunde ukuthi i-Mazda izokwethula into entsha, okungenzeka ukuthi iyimoto yomqondo, ngesikhathi se-Tokyo Motor Show. Mayelana nemoto yezemidlalo entsha, njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, hhayi igama, kodwa ukuqhathanisa ne-Kia Stinger, i-saloon yezemidlalo edonsa ngamasondo angemuva evela kumaKorea, kukhulunywe ngayo. Ingabe amahemuhemu e-RX-9 kanye nale "Stinger" kuzoba imoto efanayo?
Hhayi-ke, kuzofanele silinde kuze kube u-Okthoba ukuze sisuse konke ukungabaza. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, into engenzeka kakhulu wukubona esinye isitatimende esisemthethweni sakwaMazda sisho ukuthi ngeke zisaba khona izinhlobo ezifakelwe injini yakwaWankel. Nakuba le njini isathuthukiswa, njengoba ukubhaliswa kwamalungelo obunikazi kwakamuva kubonisa.
Futhi masingakhohlwa ukuthi injini ye-Wankel maningi amathuba okuthi ibuye, hhayi njengendlela eyinhloko yokuthutha yemodeli entsha, kodwa njenge-extender yemoto kagesi, okuqinisekisiwe, ngo-2019.