Yamaha is one of the biggest names in motorcycles, but its history with four wheels runs much deeper than most people realize. Long before the company showed futuristic concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show, Yamaha had already designed its own sports cars, engineered engines for other automakers and experimented with everything from lightweight city cars to a Formula 1-powered supercar. Some were created entirely in-house, others were developed with major Japanese automakers, and

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