Mazda RX-500
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| RX-500 | |
| Presentation year: | 1970 |
| Vehicle fair: | Tokyo Motor Show |
| Class : | Sports car |
| Body shape : | Coupe |
| Engine: |
Otto-Wankel : 0.98 liters (182 kW) |
| Empty weight: | 600 kg |
| Production model: | RX series |
The Mazda RX-500 was a test vehicle of the Japanese Mazda Motor Corporation , which was presented at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in October 1970 and never went into production.
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These were a mid-engine - sports car with 2x491-cm³- Wankel engine , the 182 kW (247 hp) and accelerated the car to a top speed of 233 km / h. The vehicle was developed by the research and design staff at Toyo Kogyo , now Mazda, and represented a mobile test environment for high-speed safety. The body of the vehicle was made of plastic and the curb weight was less than 600 kg. It also had butterfly doors, a full-length windshield without A-pillars and multi-colored lights at the rear of the car that indicated whether the car was accelerating (green), braking (red) or traveling at a constant speed (yellow ).
The vehicle owes its above-average popularity to Lesney Products & Co. Ltd. , which led the RX-500 in several toy car collections for over a decade under the Matchbox brand . Mazda exhibited a restored model of the RX-500 at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, which was also on display at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed .
Individual evidence
- ↑ influx Magazine: Mazda RX-500. October 18, 2011, accessed October 30, 2011 .
- ↑ msn Auto: Rotated out? The history of the rotary engine. August 22, 2011, accessed October 30, 2011 .
- ^ Christian Falkensteiner's Matchbox Lesney Superfast Pictures. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 24, 2016 ; accessed on January 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Top Gear: Tokyo Motor Show 2009 News. Retrieved October 30, 2011 .
