[Oberon]

The Wankel was way ahead of its time when it first came out. Mazada was the only company to give intrest to it which is a shame as its a very good engine and getting better.

I remember one day years ago, when I was in college, I pulled up to a stoplight in my '66 Mustang with the grocery-getter 200-cid 6-cylinder. Next to me at the light was a little late-70's Japanese econobox. I was thinking Corolla wagon/Datsun 510, not really paying attention.

I needed to change lanes before the next light, so when the signal changed I jumped on it pretty aggressively to pull ahead of the econobox. Didn't work, though, and when the girl in the econobox saw what I was trying to do, she romped down on the accelerator and positively DUSTED me.

As she pulled away I remember seeing the words "Mazda Rotary Wagon" on the fender. Oops.

[Jack Black]

Yeah, those are cool. They had rotary pickups too! It might be fun to restore one of those if you could find the parts. Nowadays this is the only rotary made, as far as I know:

It's not a bad looking car and won a sport car shootout in Road & Track a few years ago against the Nissan 350Z and some other likely competitors, but to me it just looks too pedestrian to really get the blood flowing. I wish they would do away with the 2+2 format and suicide back doors and make a pure sports car again.

The aforementioned Nissan, for instance, looks WAY more bitchin'.