Mazda RX-7 - unorthodox Porsche 924 opponent
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Summary
From 1978, Mazda built the RX-7 with a Wankel engine, at a time when most car companies had already written off the rotary piston engine. However, Mazda was to prove with the RX-7 that it was possible to earn money with the innovative engine concept. Over 800,000 RX-7s were built and they were especially loved by the Americans. This vehicle report shows the RX-7 in all its facets, documents its development and illustrates the interesting vehicle with over 100 pictures, vehicle brochures and presentation documents, right down to the sound sample.
This article contains the following chapters
- Bold X 605 project
- From baroque to modern - elegant and functional design
- The unshakeable belief in the Wankel engine
- Traditional chassis technology
- Success in the United States
- Inexpensive and exotic
- The special feature from Switzerland
- Evolution and performance explosion
- A real sports car
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 8min
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They had all given up on it. Mercedes-Benz, GM, Citroën, Volkswagen/Audi, they had all stopped believing in the Wankel engine a long time ago. Only in Japan did they remain loyal to it, at Toyo Kogyo. And with the Mazda RX-7, this stubborn manufacturer built a sports car that caused a sensation, and not just because of its rotary piston engine. The people at Mazda were not only persistent, but also consistent. By the mid-seventies, they had geared a considerable proportion of their car production towards Wankel engines (around 18%). By 1977, Mazda had delivered 930,000 vehicles equipped with Wankel engines. After the energy wars, however, the RX-3 models - available as saloons or coupés - no longer sold particularly well.
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