The Mazda RX-500 is a mid-engine concept car developed by Mazda and first shown to the public at the 1970 Tokyo Motor Show, named because Mazda was celebrating its 50th birthday. It is a two-door coupe with forward-swinging butterfly-wing doors, and it was promoted as a mobile test bed for road safety, with multi-coloured rear lights that showed red for braking, amber for cruising and green for speeding up. Built with lightweight plastic, it weighs 850 kilograms and is powered by a double-rotor 10A Wankel engine of 184 kW mounted forward of the rear axle, which gives a top speed of 241 km/h. Only one example was made; it was restored for the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show and is now displayed at the Hiroshima City Transportation Museum.
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first shown to the public at the 17th 1970 Tokyo Motor Show
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The sole example was originally painted orange at its first public appearance
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It is a two-door coupé
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powered by a 982 cc X 2 double-rotor (10A) Wankel engine
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The car weighs 1,873 lb (850 kg)
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247 hp (184 kW; 250 PS)
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top speed of 150 mph (241 km/h)
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is a mid-engine concept car developed by Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda
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