Kuningi osekucatshangelwe ngemoto elandelayo yakwaMazda. Ngenhlanhla, i-Mazda isanda kuqinisekisa okubalulekile: izosebenzisa injini ye-Wankel ebizwa ngokuthi i-SkyActiv-R.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, iRazão Automobile yajoyina ikhorasi yezincwadi ezazama ukuqagela iziqondiso zemoto yezemidlalo iMazda elandelayo. Asizange sehluleke kakhulu, noma okungenani, asizange sehluleke ezintweni ezibalulekile.Ekhuluma ne-Autocar, uMqondisi we-Mazda R&D u-Kiyoshi Fugiwara uthe sonke besifuna ukukuzwa: ukuthi izinjini ze-Wankel zizobuyela kwa-Mazda. "Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi izinjini ze-Wankel azikwazi ukuhlangabezana nezindinganiso zemvelo", "le njini ibalulekile kithi, iyingxenye ye-DNA yethu futhi sifuna ukudlulisela ulwazi lwethu ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Kwesinye isikhathi ngokuzayo sizophinda siyisebenzise kumodeli yezemidlalo futhi sizoyibiza nge-SkyActiv-R”, esho.
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Okungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi injini entsha i-SkyActiv-R iwumqondo ozokwethulwa ngabakwaMazda ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga embukisweni wezimoto i-Tokyo Motor Show “icoupe enezicabha ezimbili nezihlalo ezimbili. Sesinayo i-MX-5 futhi manje sesifuna enye imoto yezemidlalo kodwa enenjini yakwaWankel,” kusho isikhulu sakwaMazda uMasamichi Kogai. Ukwethula imoto yezemidlalo enenjini yakwaWankel “kuyiphupho lethu, futhi asifuni ukulinda isikhathi eside,” kusho inhloko yohlobo lwaseJapan.
Mayelana nokukhululwa, uMasamichi Kogai akafunanga ukuphusha izinsuku, “Angifuni ukufaka ingcindezi eyengeziwe konjiniyela bethu (ehleka)”. Sikholelwa ukuthi usuku okungenzeka ngalo kwethulwa le moto entsha yezemidlalo unyaka wezi-2018, unyaka lapho izinjini ze-Wankel zigubha khona iminyaka engu-40 kumamodeli e-Mazda.