HISTORY

Mazda very early noticed the potential inherent in the features of the revolutionary NSU-Wankel engine completed in 1958, and, with the aim of using this engine for automobiles, formed a technical cooperation agreement in 1961.

In 1963, Mazda's own original rotary engine was successfully developed, followed in 1967 by the initial sales of the Cosmo passenger car equipped with a two-rotor rotary engine (hereafter referred to as the RE).

Since that time, Mazda has been supplying RE vehicles to markets throughout the world, with total sales of about 1,769,192 cars.

3rd Generation RX-7

'9313B Twin Turbo

2nd Generation RX-7

'8513B EGI

1st Generation RX-7

1993   Third generation RX-7 introduced with 13B sequential twin turbo rotary

1991   4-Rotor R26B wins 24 Hours of Le Mans

1990   TwIn Turbo 3-Rotor 20B REW Cosmo introduced for Japanese domestic market

1990 New independent twin scroll turbo increases power output 13% for 13B Turbo

1990 New intake system and lighter rotors for North American 13B, operating range extended by 100 RPM

1987   Twin scroll Turbo II 13B introduced for RX-7

1985   New RX-7 (13B EGI)

1983   RX-7 (13B EGI)

1978   RX-7 (12A)

1975   Cosmo (13B)

1974   RE PN (13B)

1973   RX-4 (13B, 654cc (40 cu in) x 2]

1972   RX-3 (12A)

1970   RX-2 (12A, 573cc (35 cu in) x 2]

1968   R100 (10A)

1967   Cosmo 1105 (10A, 491cc

(30 cu in) x 2]

1963   Mazda 1st RE [400cc

(24 cu in) x1] 1961   Ma NSU

   T csJ Tle   

1958   NSU-Wankel RE

12A

RX-2

R100

Cosmo 1105

DEVELOPED IN

Fig. 1-1 History

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