Sunday, March 21, 2010
Mazda rotary pick-up truck
I went to an impromptu Japanese classic car show yesterday in Pleasanton. I'm not really into the scene so I am not knowledgeable about what was on display. I did find this 13B rotary powered Mazda pick-up truck interesting though.
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Surely it wasn't known for its towing capacity. Torque is not one of the rotary engine's virtues.
From what I understand though, Mazda tried putting a rotary into just about every chassis they had in the 70's.
Then I guess this rotary-powered bus was not such a great idea:
http://mrec.rotary.net.nz/articles/roadpacer.htm
Oh god! I don't even want to know what kind of MPGs that bus got.
"We reckon the highlight would've been watching one trundling up Mount Fuji, fully loaded."
Ditto!
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