RE: Anyone *actually* put a Mazda rotary into an Audi?

["Andrew Buc" <abuc@ibm.net>]

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:26:57 +0100 (MET), Tom Nas wrote:

>Fuel consumption
>however was never addressed, which is why (despite the fact that it's a
>great engine) no-one really seriously gets into rotary engines anymore.

Around the time Audi NSU stopped development of their 2nd-generation
Wankel engine, _Road & Track_ put it this way: for about 2% of the cost
of bringing a new Wankel to market, they could develop a turbo version
of their existing piston engine and be assured of selling every car
carrying it.