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IGN has a short story about the Moller Skycar, the long awaited "George-Jetsonmobile" has been under development for more than 30 years, and will one day lift off the ground. the article is just a breif overview of what is possible, and gives a small reference to the powerplant of the M400, eight rotary engines putting out 960bph. (the reference was so short, I overlooked it the first time through!)

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The Save the Seven Campaign has reached 500 letters! It only took 24 days to get from the existing 300 that Elmar had
collected to the 500 letters today. Save the Seven was started by Elmar Kurgpold on his GeoCities Page, and grew to 300 letters. There was a need for a database to handle the data, so one was constructed, and hosted on a rotarynews.com server.

The letters will be mailed off to Mazda (Japan and North America) in the week of June 26th.
Lets show Mazda we are serious about getting a rotary back in the states by sending another 500 letters next month! You can fill out a letter to be included in the database now, and it will be mailed when another 500 letters are entered.

Here is the press release

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You might have seen this aution over
at Ebay or read this C|Net article about it, Shawn Fanning is selling his 1995 RX-7. According to a recent Rolling Stone article, Fanning is a "gearhead obsessed with Mazda
RX-7s." The white car is no clunker, having been "hacked" to put out 300 to 320
horsepower. (C|Net).


According to Shawn: "Unfortunately, the car is no longer practical (only seats two) - anyone attempting to fit a third person on the storage containers behind
the seats knows what I mean =) "

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Let the guessing begin on what new Model Mazda is planning on introducing in next year (that would be 2001). . . according to this Reuters News Article. My guts say it will be the RX-EVOLV, as it has never been sold here, while the RX-7 has. Mazda is counting on it to prove the Rotary Engine is a viable engine. If the EVOLV takes off, the RX-7 will soon follow.

HIROSHIMA, Japan, June 11 (Reuters) - Mazda Motor Corp is planning a major revamp of its vehicle line-up in 2002, including the successor to a key model, the Demio compact, said President Mark Fields.
...
It is planning to introduce a new vehicle for North America next year that has not been previously sold there and will have some minor model changes and limited edition vehicles.

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In an effort to help automate letters to Mazda, the Save the Seven page has moved, to be hosted by rotarynews.com

"Mazda needs to understand that there is a market for this unique car.
With cars like the Toyota Supra Turbo, Mitsubishi 3000GT, and the
Nissan 300ZX disappearing from the market place, the doors are
wide open for the reintroduction of a high-performance rotary car.
But what is the best method for accomplishing this task?"
Letters submitted to the database will be printed out every six months or so and mailed to Mazda Motors of America, Inc.

WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0>In a much anticipated announcement, Mazda today unveiled the all new RX-7.
Powered by a three rotor MSPRE, the car will be the most powerful, and lightest in its class. The 3 rotor MSPRE has been under development since the first MSPRE was shown in 1995, and can produce over 400 hp, and 450 ft lbs of torque. The body style is reminicent of all three generations, with popup HID headligts, a duble bubble roof line, and slanting a-pillars, the drag coefficient is better than a nsx. The new suspension shares many components from the RX_EVOLV concept car unveiled last October in Tokyo.

Please click below to read the full article and press release!
The car should hit showrooms next week.

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RX-7.COM makes it two for two by taking the second win of the season in our second event of the year.
The perfect weather and fast Houston track meant many records fell, including one for the Fastest RX-7
with a stock Mazda drivetrain. Fast cars from all over the country came to Texas including Ed
Bergenholtz, Kenny Tran, Lisa Kubo, Stephan Papadakis, Craig Paisley, Kyle Puckett, Christian Rado,
and many many more. With Speedvision film crews on site and plenty of magazine coverage, this was
by far the highest profile race in Texas to date.

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Hey, whatever did happened to the
Wankel anyway? There was a
time when it seemed like the
Wankel was going to take over the
world, or at least provide serious
competition to the standard
four-stroke motor. After all, it does
offer some important advantages,
including a better
power-to-weight ratio - meaning
more oomph from a smaller engine
- along with fewer moving parts,
resulting in greater overall reliability. But somewhere
along the way, it kind of slipped out of view. So what
happened?

The Lands Down Under, Australia and New Zealand,
are filled with wide open spaces, natural wonders, crystal clear waters,
and Rotorheads! To Americans, Australians and their cousins New Zealanders
appear a little eccentric. Imports like Yahoo Serious (Young Einstein),
Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee), Men At Work (Down Under) make us up north
wonder if that hole in the ozone has scrambled the brains down there. One
thing is sure, Australians and New Zealanders have a unique tastes.

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Members of the SOCALM chapter - Miata Club of America got to go to the Irvine MNOA offices on the weekend to see the RX-Evolv in the flesh...up
close and personal. Here is the link to their webpage, I have also a mirrored page (click on read full article link below)