Developed by the design staff of Toyo Kogyo company, Mazda RX 500 was the centre of attraction at the 17 th Tokyo Motor Show held in 1970. This legendary car has features like 491cc rotary engine mounted forward of the rear axels, gulling doors which swing forward, plastic body to reduce the weight upto 1873 pounds(1100 lbs), a 247 hp engine with a speed of 150 mph etc. The major attraction was the multi colored light to indicate whether the car was accelerating, braking or running at constant speed.
Even after nearly 40 years this legendery car is catching the eyes of car lovers in Tokyo Motor Show 2009. The car was restored in partnership with Hiroshima City Transportation Museum, and is displayed in the museum. Check out this genius of a car below.
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