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Word: morikawa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...carbon alloy for the cast-iron tip used in German models. The original Wankel engines belched clouds of smoke, so Toyo Kogyo built a 40-lb. "thermal-reactor" afterburner to oxidize the exhaust and attached a dozen more antipollution devices to the engine. As a result, says Jiro Morikawa. president of Mazda Motors of America, the Japanese Wankel can be easily modified to meet the U.S.'s strict 1975 standards for auto pollution, even if conventional European and U.S. piston engines cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Wankel Challenge | 4/5/1971 | See Source »

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