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Right you are. Consider, though - that's the same as the mid-market V-8 Camaro. You and I both know that it's not difficult to talk more than 150HP out of a Chevy 350. Said same is very true of a Mazda rotary. Displacement for rotaries is counted in weird ways. From a power-strokes-per-rotation standpoint, it might as well be a two-stroke. Except it's a 4-stroke with all implied efficiencies. As such, calling it a "1.3L engine" is a misnomer. It weighs like a 1.3L, makes power like a 2.6L, and redlines like Formula 1. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Wankel_Cycle_anim_en.gif mk - here's why .gifs are good.