Augsburg | This story you have to melt on the tongue: the Mazda car brand, which has 40 years of rotary engine technology of the engineer Felix Wankel sets, built in 1967 the legendary 110 sports car Mazda Cosmo Sport, of which there are exactly 1176 copies. In this form unique in Europe, succeeded in meeting the family Frey 17 of these rare vehicles from around the world and their owners gather only 14 of them from Japan. On Wednesday, 12 August, we finally arrived at a large international press hype in Gersthofen the "1st International Mazda Cosmo Sport Meeting", where after a joint photo opportunity, an address by Mayor Schantin and a common Weisswurst breakfast Heretsried went on to where the family a unique collection Frey vehicle has. A total of five days from 10-15 August the group finally went on to various places in Germany to.

"It was a great meeting, says Joachim Frey, exhausted but happy from the events of the preceding days." It was great that Mazda, the cost of shipping the cars over, otherwise we would have this meeting will not lift them. "

110 S The Cosmo was Mazda, according to the first production car with a two-disc rotary engine and went shortly before the 1967 NSU Ro 80 in production. The 10A engine has a chamber volume of 2 x 491 cubic centimeters, develops 110 hp at 7.000/min and a maximum torque of 142 Nm at 5.000/min.

05. Aug 2009 With the legendary 110 Cosmo Sport 1967 Mazda laid foundation stone for its Wankel models. In Gersthofen Augsburg will take place at this year's international meeting Cosmo (10-15 8th 2009) instead. This will be a small circle of owners and many fans of the car is expected. 14 Cosmo Sport joined the meeting for the long journey from Japan to Europe in a Mazda-transport ship. Germany and Mazda Mazda Motor Logistics have the transport of the Japanese vehicles over the port of Antwerp to Süddeutschland organized.

Moreover, besides a number of Cosmo owners from around the world further five vehicles with their owners from different European countries. Is organized in this form is unique in Europe Cosmo meeting of Bavarian Mazda dealer Frey. He sells the brand for over 30 years and has one of the world's finest collections of Mazda models, including more than 40 cars with the invented by Felix Wankel rotary engine. The unique collection will be on 12 August also aim to be an exit. The program includes also a visit to the Wankel Institute with a tour of the former residence of Felix Wankel and tests in the Mazda RX-8.

The Cosmo 110 S (Sport) was the first production car with a two-disc rotary engine and went shortly before the 1967 NSU Ro 80 in production. The engine has a chamber volume of 2 x 491 cubic centimeters, develops 110 hp at 7000 rpm and a maximum torque of 142 Nm at 5000. Exact copies of the rare 1176 sports coupe and 1972 left the factory halls

An engine attracts fans from all over the world to Gersthofen
12.08.2009 17:25 clock
By Christian Paul Gersthofen The star of the day is under the hood. And yet they are all just seinetwegen here: Britons, Americans, Frenchmen - and Japanese. Fans of the Wankel engine from all over the world cavort on the grounds of the car at the Frey Gersthoferstraße Flotowstraße. They marvel at 19 Mazda Cosmo Sport 110 - the first models with which the Japanese car brand from 1967 Wankel its tradition founded.

"I believe that this wankel meeting the first and only time," says Joachim Frey. Because his car is equipped with the event a real coup: None of the neatly strung coupés is ever been sold in Germany. Only seven car enthusiasts in Europe can call their own Cosmo. Five of them are now on the ground in Gersthofen, the rest coming from Japan, including drivers and attendants.

Sound? Like a vacuum cleaner. But only if one is maliciously

Shigeki Mukai is from Osaka, Japan's third-largest city in the west of the country. He is a member of the Cosmo Sport Owner's Club, as the specially prepared 'logo on his business card impressively demonstrates. "The Cosmo, I have a dream come true", the 57-year-old from the interpreter to translate Sayaka Morimoto. The Wankel engine is very compact and allows for high speeds, he says. Frey adds: "He runs like a turbine. If one is malicious, then he sounds like a vacuum cleaner. "Frey is not malicious, but the technology has long been in ruins. "A fascinating engine. He is the reason why Frey has organized the meeting. After his father and his brother in January 2008 in Japan were, they spontaneously decided to prepare a second invitation. A year round was organized and planned, then a program. Via e-mail Frey coordinated everything with the Japanese fans.

Eight weeks ago, the Cosmo-rider their treasures in the port of Hiroshima in the belly of a boat driven, target: the Belgian Antwerp. From there it went by truck after Gersthofen. "It would not be possible, this orientation, if it is not so much fun would be," says Frey. On Tuesday the group was in the Wankel Museum in Lindau, until Friday sightseeing in the surrounding area, of course, always in Cosmo.

And the 110 hp strong and not even 1,20 meters high sports themselves fascinated Americans. Glenn Roberts and Valerie Arizona for the first time in Germany, even the love for her because of Mazda. "They are just sweet," says Valerie Roberts. Daheim stands beside a Cosmo, a Carol R 360 in the garage, a coupe version of the first ever Mazdas (1960). In Gersthofen the couple had the opportunity, the latest heir to the tradition-Wankel engine, the new RX-8, to drive. With 231 horsepower, he offered the Roberts on German motorways entirely new perspectives: "I think once we are nearly 180 kilometers per hour driven," says Glenn Roberts. "That would be impossible in America."

Special aggregate excited not only its driver

"The Wankel engine is very special," says Mazda Spokeswoman Karin Lindel, "an absolute exotic." In Gersthofen shows that its position in the shadow of petrol and diesel engines not only for its drivers, but also the attraction for journalists is: A Japanese editor groups the Cosmo-owners for an image to their cars, Joachim Frey be the man of Radio just give an interview as a local TV station and a Frenchman wants to know how the car is moving.

Shigeki Mukai could betray him: "It's crazy fun," he says smiling and disappears to the next photo opportunity.