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Rotax is an engine with a centrifugal supercharger. Brother-in-law has a couple of Rotax powered Yamaha seadoos. They are the higher spec models, and require additional maintenance vs regular engine. Apparently HKS has supplied the blowers for the Rotax.
I drove an FB RX7 in the late 80's when I sold cars. From my perspective there is little to no advantage to the rotary. The only big thing I can think of is weight savings. And the motor warms up quickly in the winter. But, you get lousy mileage. A reciprocating engine is so much easier to get serviced anywhere and will outperform the rotary in almost every possible metric except weight. Personally, I don't get excited over 9000 RPMs if it doesn't out perform other engines. For high revving I'd take an S2000 engine over a rotary any day. The rotary would only be a novelty. Personally I wouldn't buy anything Mazda. They were the Japanese equal to Ford back in the day and I wasn't a Ford fan either. People used to come in basically saying they'd happily take a Honda or Toyota, so what can I do for them on price. I don't ever want to sell anyone their third choice ever again, can't make a living that way.
For Japanese brands, I like Toyota and Honda and the way they do business much better.
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