Mazda temporarily blocked the development of the Wankel rotary engine

The Wankel engine, which for decades has marked the history of Mazda in serious danger of ending up in oblivion: the Japanese company could soon say goodbye to the rotary. To anticipate was Kiyoshi Fujiwara, manager product planning and development of powertrain manufacturer. The manager, during an interview with Ward's Auto, has clearly stated that the discussion on the future of the Wankel is completely open.

Audi S6, S7, S8 and RS6: all supercharged with new 4.0 V8

Interesting advances on the technical details of the new Audi S8, S7, S6 and RS6, arriving here at 24 months. The heart of all these cars will be the 4.0 V8 engine developed in collaboration with Bentley and set in different capacities as needed. The first application of the new "eight-vu" end up on the S8 that will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

In this version, the engine will be fitted with turbochargers and 2 erogarà well 500 hp (+50 compared to the old S8) while providing lower power consumption by 20%, thanks also to the new 8-speed automatic transmission. In 2012 the spotlight will be focused instead on the new S6 and S7, which should be revealed at the show in Los Angeles, respectively, both will be equipped with eight-cylinder configuration 440 and 470 hp.

Maserati: incoming variant of the twin-turbo V6 Pentastar

Some sources close to Maserati revealed the Americans that the Maserati InsideLine will soon adopt a variant of the twin-turbo V6 Pentastar, engine recently launched models freshest Chrysler Group, with a displacement of 3.6 liter naturally aspirated. The news itself is not new: already three weeks ago were talking about the debut of this unit on the so-called "baby Quattroporte, a sedan segment and next debut.

Engine of the Year Award 2011: 4 awards for BMW

We've already talked about the success of Fiat and Ferrari for Engine of the Year Award 2011. But the German automaker BMW has had great satisfaction in the competition taking home four awards category with motors 4, 6 and 8 cylinders. BMW has been confirmed as the most successful manufacturer in the history of this competition: since 1999, the Bavarians have in fact taken home more than 50 wins between those segments and global ones.

Mazda 2: 30 km / l with the new engine SkyActiv-G gasoline

Mazda Japan has announced the specifications of the engine SkyActiv-G 1.3-liter gasoline direct injection, which will soon be included in the Mazda 2. First new family of small petrol Mazda will introduce the latest generation of future models, propose technical solutions, like the Miller cycle operation with very driven timings for the valves, the compression ratio of 14.0:1, the aluminum base , primers newly designed, the 30% reduction in internal friction, the Start-Stop system and the combination of the new generation CVT continuously variable.

• Report: Mazda selects direct injected 1.3-liter as first SkyActiv-G engine (20/05/2011)
• Wheelies: The Power Plant Edition (19/05/2011)
• Mazda CX-5 name confirmed for MINAGI Concept SUV (18/04/2011)
• Car Advice Needed (18/05/2011)
• Mazda Joins The 40 MPG Club With The 2012 Mazda3 (23/04/2011)

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Renault 1.6 dci 130 Energy: our road test

After having described in detail, we offer our road test of the new turbo diesel engine 1.6 dci 130 Renault Energy, currently mounted on Scenic and X-mod. Please note that this "millesei" delivers 130 bhp maximum power at 4000 rpm and maximum torque of 320 Nm at 1750 rpm (with 80% already achieved at 1500 rpm).

Soon Megane is also mounted in place of the venerable 1.9 DCI the same power, and some models of the French partner, Nissan. The Scenic we had already tested in detail some time ago. So we will focus in particular on the impressions that the engine has raised. Incidentally, thanks to the temperature of 18/20 ° recorded at the Paris suburbs (where we held the trial), we can now say that the cooling system with intelligent Thermomanagement works great.