Mazda Senku

The Mazda Senku is a concept car that Mazda gave its world premiere at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba prefecture from 19 October to 6 November 2005. Mazda described it as a four-seater rotary sports car for adults, a new direction for four-seat rotary sports cars aimed at mature drivers. Its design theme was sharpness and mellowness, with an ultra-long wheelbase, minimal overhangs, a floating look on large tires, an unadorned shape and large flying wing electric sliding doors. A next-generation 13B-DI direct-injection gasoline rotary engine with a hybrid unit sat between the axles for a 50:50 front and rear weight distribution. Senku is Japanese for pioneer.