Mazda's Rotary-Powered Minibus: The Parkway Rotary 26

Discover the unusual story of Mazda's short-lived rotary-powered minibus, the Parkway Rotary 26, and its impact on the Japanese automaker's history.

  Car Talk, Autos   Aug 31, 2025   0   1  Add to Reading List
Mazda's Rotary-Powered Minibus: The Parkway Rotary 26

Typically, when we think of the Wankel rotary engine as a whole, we first think of Mazda. Back in the early 1960s, Mazda was keenly interested in developing the rotary engine, specifically the Wankel rotary, a mill first devised in the 1920s. Over the years, Mazda has featured the rotary engine in numerous iconic vehicles like the Cosmo, RX-7, and RX-8. The Japanese automaker even built a pickup truck boasting the quirky rotary engine called the Mazda Rotary Pickup, or "Repu" for short.

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