Writer: NHK Project X Producing Group
Publisher: NHK Publication
Category: Non-Fiction
I will tell you the fight of Rotary 47 men. Rotary Engine, it had been called the engine of dream for a long time. The only company that succeeded the development of Rotary Engine at the first time in the world was MAZDA whose head office is in Fuchu town, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is the drama of the development for Rotary Engine that the men who lost the family members by atomic bombs revive their hometown. However, the fact was found that Rotary Engine’s fuel efficiency was worse than any other reciprocating engine because the oil crisis caused in 1973. Still, RE fans liked RE. In 1991 787B achieved the champ of Le Mans 24 hours Race. 12 years later RX-8 was born, but it has already been decided to be stopped being manufactured because of bad fuel efficiency.
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