Photos: Mazda’s RX-Vision and its rotary-engine predecessors

Mazda's RX-Vision is unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo.

Mazda’s RX-Vision is unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo.

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Oct. 27, 2015 6:52 PM PT

Mazda RX-Vision, 2015

Mazda’s RX-Vision

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Mazda RX-Vision, 2015

Mazda’s RX-Vision

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Mazda RX-Vision, 2015

Mazda’s RX-Vision

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Mazda Senku, 2005

Mazda’s concept “Senku,” a four-seater rotary sports car, at a 2005 press preview in Japan.

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Mazda Senku, 2005

Mazda’s concept “Senku,” a four-seater rotary sports car, at a 2005 press preview in Japan.

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Mazda Senku, 2005

Mazda’s concept “Senku,” a four-seater rotary sports car, at a 2005 press preview in Japan.

(Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)

Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8

Flames shoot out of the exhaust of the Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2011.

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Hydrogen rotary Mazda RX-8, 2004

Journalists look at a test run of Japanese automaker Mazda’s RX-8 equipped with a hydrogen rotary engine in 2004.

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Mazda RX-8 Concept, 2000

Mazda shows off its RX-8 concept vehicle at the 2000 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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