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Rumors are overextension that the next bearing Mazda MX-5 Miata will abandon its anew developed, light-weight Sky-G engine for a rotary-hybrid setup.

According to Motor Authority: “Best Car, the Japanese enthusiast magazine, has let it ‘leak’ that Mazda is planning to advertise a 1.2-liter or 1.3-liter rotary engine into the next MX-5, or Roadster as it’s accepted in its home market. The twist? A amalgam drivetrain affiliated up with it.”

Upon aboriginal listen, the rumor seems plausible. After all, Mazda produces the acclaimed RX-8 — which is currently the alone rotary-engine-powered car accessible in the American auto market. And while Mazda has yet to acquaintance its acclaimed rotary engine to amalgam technology, antecedent rumors declared that the MX-5 would net upwards of 50 mpg, which is a hybrid-like figure.

Auto insiders, however, don’t anticipate it’s likely. “To put a rotary into an MX-5 would be a alarming abashing of Mazda’s two arch brands, their RX sports cars (famous for their rotary engines) and the MX-5 (which follows the archetypal 2-seat, bald basic sports car architecture that has fabricated it so successful),” writes AutoGuide.

Another acute altercation adjoin the rumor comes from Autoblog — which writes: “While it’s an arresting idea, our money is on a small, able four-pot with turbocharging. After all, one of the a lot of adorable qualities of the Miata is its diminutive amount tag, and hybrids tend to add a lot of amount — not to acknowledgment weight – to the basal line.”

Besides, the MX-5 is acclaimed for its superb sports administration — a appropriate that few to no hybrids can claim. Jalopnik writes: “Enthusiasts acquire begged for a rotary advantage for years, but a hybrid? Zoom-Snore?”

The next bearing MX-5 is set to admission in 2012. For now, it appears that American enthusiasts are acquisitive that it’s not a hybrid.

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