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Old 04-01-16 | 09:13 PM
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New Rotary Patent?

http://www.motoring.com.au/new-mazda...tented-101926/
Old 04-01-16 | 11:14 PM
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Pro-tip; today is 4/1.
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http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...DN/20160084158
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Thats what I thought at first. Then I looked it up through the US Patent office. Applied for March 24th. If you're right, hell of a joke from Mazda.
Old 04-01-16 | 11:50 PM
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"the patent application outlines in minute detail a 'Rotary piston engine mounted on vehicle', which is rotated 180 degrees so the exhaust port is now on top of engine and the intake is at the bottom."

WTH. I'm in some sort of alternate universe. Next they'll say it's a hybrid, or worse an electric autonomous
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I have no idea what to make out of it, or whether to even take it seriously.
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I meant in terms of april fools
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This is no April fools joke...
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