I have been reading some books on the rotary engine and the RX-7's in particular.



Did you know that the word Mazda translates to "god of light" in the Persian culture, and that Westinghouse first used the term as a name for an automobile lamp?



And what we now know as Mazda was actually called Toyo Kogyo which means Orient Industry. They felt they should Americanize the name. The founder was Juriro Matsuda but the name Mazda did not come from his name.



Just some useless trivia for fanatics....

 

So if you put a piston engine in an RX7 does that make it an MX7 then?

 

they didnt change the company name to mazda until sometime in 1984. mazda was just the dba name, or trade name

 

Yeah.. I like Toyo Kogyo.. all my parts on my truck have that somewhere..

 

That's why one of the Mazda emblems was a candle.

 

i thought that was a toilet bowl

 

I guess that's why they changed it again...lol.

 

Candle.. Toilet Bowl.. Flying Bird.. Mazda has some screwed up logos...

 

it actually was more squared off, but renault sued em







LMAO! look at their ceo! he puts the grrr in swinger baby!