Mazda Pt 2: The Birth of the Rotary Engine - Past Gas #227

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Its October 1963, and the 10th Tokyo Motor Show is underway. Toyo Kogyos Mazda brand has had some success, but to prove its worth as an independent business to the government, Toyo Kogyo President Tsuneji Matsuda has hedged the companys future on a new, pistonless engine technology that many considered to be a fantasy. But soon, that fantasy would become a reality. How did Tsuneji Matsuda take Mazda from a small truck manufacturer to a respected car-maker during one of the most competitive times in history? How did they take an engine technology no one believed in and use it to save the company? And how did Mazda create two brand-defining cars in barely more than a decade? Well find out today on Past Gas, in part two of our four-part series on Mazda.

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0:00 Intro
0:35 Cinematic Intro
2:20 High school acting
7:30 Mazda Pt 2: The Birth of the Rotary Engine
17:26 Sponsors
19:51 Mazda Pt 2: The Birth of the Rotary Engine
42:29 Sponsors
46:08 Mazda Pt 2: The Birth of the Rotary Engine
55:37 Listener mail / Outro

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