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Mazda Rotary Pickup (REPU)

The Mazda Rotary Pickup (REPU) is a compact pickup made by Mazda in Japan from 1974 to 1977. Its weirdest quirk: It's the world's first and only Wankel-engined pickup truck.

Mazda put its rotary engine into a small pickup and sold it in North America only. Nobody else has ever tried it.

1974–1977 · Compact pickup · 0 sold prices logged

Photo of a Mazda Rotary Pickup (REPU)
Photo: 1976 Mazda Rotary Pickup. By René, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Cropped by Wrong Turn Garage; the homepage thumbnail is a stylized duotone version.

Quick facts

  • Maker: Mazda
  • Years: 1974–1977
  • Country of origin: Japan
  • Body type: Compact pickup
  • Engine: 1.3-liter 13B twin-rotor Wankel
  • Weirdest quirk: It's the world's first and only Wankel-engined pickup truck.
  • Sold prices logged: 0

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