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Originally posted by capnludd
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The rotary may be stupidly simple but that is a double-edged sword in terms of the Wankel engine. Sure, it's been tried - over many decades but has never been picked up by a mainstream automaker. At least by NSU for a time and by Mazda for a bit longer - do they even still make a rotary engine? High revving, powerful but a bad proposition for vane wear. Nevertheless - you never know - It is a problem that may be someday resolved. Don't know about the rotary's low end torque characteristics though - maybe that is a consideration in their general lack of success?
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One of the main reasons for the continued life of the IC engine is it's ability to cover such a wide range of power ouputs and rev ranges, there is nothing else as good
