rotary new-Bee's. Heres a nice history..
02-03-2004, 10:50 PM
#1
adkdai8e dkadloi98
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 469
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
rotary new-Bee's. Heres a nice history..
http://www.rx7uknet.dircon.co.uk/history.html
I found this web page today and I really like it alot. I always have been partial to Mazda as they are the car company that has innovated and dared to be different. Mazda doesn't get enough credit. It was Mazda that would be the only company in the world that had a production rotary powered car. It would be Mazda that would perservere through the oil/fuel crisis of the 70's with the rotary engine.
Mazda would build a world class sporstcar with the Rx-7 in 1978 and in 1992 the automotive world was stunned with what would be the best overall performing japanese sportscar ever built in the FD.
Who can forget the 1991 Lemans win? This became one of the biggest landslide in lemans history with the last 3-4 hour of the race to itself. The only time a Japanese manufacture won Lemans, and due to A rotary design (787B)
Even in the piston world Mazda saw that there were no roadsters in production in America and brought it back. Did you know that mazda had the worlds smallest displacement 6 cylnder? in the early/mid 90's they had a 1.8 liter 6.
anyway Im getting off topic. We all know about the Rx-8. Nothing drives like it, nothing looks like it and nothing rev's like it. The rx-8 would not be possible if it had pistons.
Anyway, while Mazda pisses me off sometimes, I still respect this car company more so than any other. This is one company with a great history and the rx-8 carries on that tradition. All of the refinement you see in the rx- 8 is because of the history on that link.
Enjoy!!
I found this web page today and I really like it alot. I always have been partial to Mazda as they are the car company that has innovated and dared to be different. Mazda doesn't get enough credit. It was Mazda that would be the only company in the world that had a production rotary powered car. It would be Mazda that would perservere through the oil/fuel crisis of the 70's with the rotary engine.
Mazda would build a world class sporstcar with the Rx-7 in 1978 and in 1992 the automotive world was stunned with what would be the best overall performing japanese sportscar ever built in the FD.
Who can forget the 1991 Lemans win? This became one of the biggest landslide in lemans history with the last 3-4 hour of the race to itself. The only time a Japanese manufacture won Lemans, and due to A rotary design (787B)
Even in the piston world Mazda saw that there were no roadsters in production in America and brought it back. Did you know that mazda had the worlds smallest displacement 6 cylnder? in the early/mid 90's they had a 1.8 liter 6.
anyway Im getting off topic. We all know about the Rx-8. Nothing drives like it, nothing looks like it and nothing rev's like it. The rx-8 would not be possible if it had pistons.
Anyway, while Mazda pisses me off sometimes, I still respect this car company more so than any other. This is one company with a great history and the rx-8 carries on that tradition. All of the refinement you see in the rx- 8 is because of the history on that link.
Enjoy!!
02-03-2004, 11:12 PM
#2
Registered
nice link.i must say i'm not a rotor head nor do i pretend to be and the 8 is my first mazda. but i'll tell you what i seem to know as much if not more than the people that service my car due to reading alot of good information from alot of knowledgeable people on this forum.
02-03-2004, 11:16 PM
#3
adkdai8e dkadloi98
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 469
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
FYI,
I have owned an 82 Rx-7 and currently own a 94 rx-7 and an rx-8.
I have also owned a 93 Miata C package and 2 1999 10 AE Miatas. I think Mazda's new company has a big future, the 6, 3 and 8 are simply fantastic looking/performing cars and I'd expect the new miata to be the same theme.
wow..I can even take my own topics off topic, lol.
I have owned an 82 Rx-7 and currently own a 94 rx-7 and an rx-8.
I have also owned a 93 Miata C package and 2 1999 10 AE Miatas. I think Mazda's new company has a big future, the 6, 3 and 8 are simply fantastic looking/performing cars and I'd expect the new miata to be the same theme.
wow..I can even take my own topics off topic, lol.
02-03-2004, 11:30 PM
#4
Mmmmm... Rotary Donut
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lake in the Hills, IL (NW Chicago Burbs)
Posts: 2,376
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes
on
2 Posts
Re: rotary new-Bee's. Heres a nice history..
Originally posted by zerobanger
>snip>
Even in the piston world Mazda saw that there were no roadsters in production in America and brought it back. Did you know that mazda had the worlds smallest displacement 6 cylnder? in the early/mid 90's they had a 1.8 liter 6.
<snip<
[/B]
>snip>
Even in the piston world Mazda saw that there were no roadsters in production in America and brought it back. Did you know that mazda had the worlds smallest displacement 6 cylnder? in the early/mid 90's they had a 1.8 liter 6.
<snip<
[/B]
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
gwailo
New Member Forum
30
06-07-2020 12:21 PM