

3-Rotor Wankel and RWD
The patents were filed by Mazda just a week ago on the European Patent Office website with the primary focus being the cooling system for this rotary-electric design, but it’s also very explicit about the layout for which this packaging is intended: Front engine, rear-wheel-drive. Some have also speculated that if this isn’t an upcoming RX-car, there is a possibility of something called a ‘Cosmo’, which was also a three-rotor Wankel that has been dead for decades. While this is another far-fetched speculation, it would be very surprising if Mazda resurrected the Cosmo name as it would seem very out of place in their current SUV-dominated lineup.