Quote Originally Posted by ferdine View Post
So that means VTEC's timeline in "mass market" started as early as 1989 and Mazda followed nine years earlier. No mention of MIVEC's entering the mass market so I have no idea.
Still relying solely of wikipedia? :lol:

FYI. MIVEC was launched in the early 90s.

And oh, GM pioneered VVT technoloy and Nissan was first one to sell VVT engines (1987 AFAIK).

Quote Originally Posted by ferdine View Post
So who really got the headstart in technology offered to the public then? I don't belittle Mazda's RX 8 but we are talking about reciprocating motors here not rotary.
Technology? Then?

The Mazda GTX sold in the late 80s had a 220hp engine. Honda Integra had 160hp? W-O-W! :charing:

Heck... the Fairlady had 150hp engine already in the 1970s.

:lol: