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makes both

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and Wankel "rotary"

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. This page summarizes the various engine families and variations. __NOTOC__

Piston engines

Although Mazda is well known for their Wankel "rotary" engines, the company has been manufacturing

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s since the earliest years of the Toyo Kogyo company. Early on, they produced

overhead camshaft An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion c ...

, aluminum blocks, and an innovative block containing both the engine and transmission in one unit. This section summarizes piston engine developments. Note that only Mazda's

V-twin A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. Although widely associated with motorcycles (installed either transversely or longit ...

Inline-4 A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the ...

, and V6 configurations have made it to market. The company has engineered and completed a W12 engine by 1990 for use in their proposed

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luxury car brand. Due to financial hardships during that time, the luxury brand was abandoned as well as those two engines.

V-twin A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. Although widely associated with motorcycles (installed either transversely or longit ...

Like several other Japanese makers, Mazda produced V-twin engines for their three-wheeled delivery vehicles of the 1950s. These were also used in some of the tiny

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s of the 1960s. These were essentially

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engines, and were largely superseded by water-cooled straight-4 engines in a few years, except for in the

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which remained in production until 1969 especially for the handicapped. *

- 356 cc—1.4 L

air-cooled Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over heat dissipation fins or hot areas of the engine to cool them in order to keep the engine within operating temperatures. In all combustion engines, a great percentage of the heat ge ...

V2 (1958-1969)

Inline-4 A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the ...

Mazda's strength since the 1960s has been in its line of Inline-4 engines. Beginning with a tiny 358 cc

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engine, one of the smallest ever made, Mazda continues to this day to be a leading developer of this type of engine. *

OHV engine An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a ''pushrod engine'', is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier flathead engines, where the valves were located bel ...

- 358 cc–1.2 L

OHV An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a ''pushrod engine'', is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier flathead engines, where the valves were located bel ...

I4 (1961–1974) * xC engine - 1.0 L–1.8 L

SOHC An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion cha ...

I4 (1965–1983) * E engine - 1.1 L–1.5 L SOHC I4 (1980–1987) * F engine - 1.6 L–2.2 L SOHC/

DOHC An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion c ...

I4 (1977–2002) * RF engine (including MZR-CD) - Diesel - 1983 - 2009 * G engine - 2.5 L–2.6 L I4 (1989–1999) * B engine - 1.1 L–1.8 L SOHC/DOHC I4 (1985–2005) * Mazda Z engine (MZR) - 1.3 L–1.6 L DOHC I4 (1995–2011) * Mazda L engine (MZR) - 1.8 L–2.5 L DOHC I4 (2002–2011) * Japan Kei car engine -

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I4 *

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- 1.4 L–4.6 L I4 * YF - 2.0 L I4 for

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- 1.3/1.5/2.0 L I4 (2011–present) *

- 2.5 L I4 (2013–present) * SkyActiv-D - Twin Turbo Diesel - 2.2 L I4 (2012–present) * SkyActiv-X - 2.0 L I4 (2019–present)

V6

Mazda has created three families of in-house V6 engines. As of 2000, they build and use the Ford Duratec V6 design. * J engine - 2.0 L–3.0 L 60° V6 (–1995) * K engine - 1.8 L–2.5 L 60° V6 * Diesel V6 - 4.1 L–5.5 L ZB/ZC V6 * AJ/MZI - 2.5 L and 3.0 L V6 - The Mazda version of the

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V6. The 3.5 L MZI is the

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Wankel engines

Mazda is the only producer of successful

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s, positioning them as a prime

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powerplant. All of Mazda's Wankels are based on their first design of the 1960s, though there have been significant developments over the four decades. After

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production ceased in 2013, Mazda has carried on with testing prototypes to re-introduce the rotary as part of the "SkyActiv" lineup, dubbed SkyActiv R, displacing 1600 cc and featuring direct injection, laser ignition and forced induction. * Wankel family - 1.0 L-2.0 L

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(1967–present) ** 10A - 1.0 L (1967–1973) ** 0813 - 1.0 L (1968–1972) ** 13A - 1.3 L (1970–1972) ** 12A - 1.1 L (1970–1985) ** 13B - 1.3 L (1973–2002) ** 20B - 2.0 L three-rotor (1990–1996) **

R26B The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. Wankel engines were invented in the early 1950s by Felix Wankel, a German engineer. Over the years, displacement has been increased and turbocharg ...

- 2.6 L four-rotor (

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winner) ** Renesis - 1.3 L (2004–2013) * Mazda Skyactiv-R - (2022?–present)

Gasoline Diesel Engine

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