Mazda RX-44 Scale Model, 1987

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Artifact Overview

Some design elements in this one-fifth-scale concept model of the Mazda RX-44 echo the company's rotary engine. The four bubbles on the roof are a visual reference to four engine rotors and four passengers, thus the name Mazda RX-44.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Scale model

Date Made

1987

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America

Object ID

87.167.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mazda of North America.

Material

Fiberglass

Color

Gray (Color)

Inscriptions

Printed on side: RX 44
Mazda RX-44 Scale Model, 1987