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Mazda 787B on display at Le Mans 2011 24-hour race After Le Mans, the winning car (787B-002) was retired from duty while the other two cars (787B-001 and new 787B-003) continued to race. Mazda would go on to finish fourth and fifth in the Japanese and world championship respectively, with a season high (besides Le Mans) third in the 1000 km ...
In Indonesia the third-generation Familia was marketed by Indomobil Group twice, the first time as the 323 hatchback from 1977 to 1980, and the second time around as the low-cost alternative of the popular Toyota Kijang and fellow Indomobil Group product's Suzuki Carry Extra/Futura; low-price "Mazda MR90" (hatchback) between December 1990 [54 ...
The second generation Mazdaspeed3 in Germany.. In 2003, Mazda debuted its first consumer-offered Mazdaspeed vehicle model, the 2003 Mazdaspeed Protegé. It was only released to the North American market as a performance upgrade to the Protegé MP3 and offered more power — from the MP3's 140 bhp (104 kW) to 170 bhp (127 kW) — by using a T25 Callaway-Garrett turbocharger and an intercooler.
Mazda 787B The Mazda MXR-01 is a Group C sports prototype that was used by Mazda 's factory team Mazdaspeed in the 1992 World Sportscar Championship season . It would be the final Mazda entry in sports car racing since the inception of its Le Mans project in 1983.
The most prominent 4-rotor engine from Mazda, the R26B, was used only in various Mazda-built sports prototype cars including the 787B and the RX-792P in replacement of the older 13J. In 1991 the R26B-powered Mazda 787B became the first Japanese car and the first car with anything other than a reciprocating piston engine to win the 24 Hours of ...
Mazda 787B: Mazda R26B 2.6L quad-rotary: D: 362 2 Category 2 35 Silk Cut Jaguar Team Tom Walkinshaw Racing: Davy Jones Raul Boesel Michel Ferté: Jaguar XJR-12LM Jaguar HE 7.4L V12: G: 360 3 Category 2 34 Silk Cut Jaguar Team Tom Walkinshaw Racing Bob Wollek Teo Fabi Kenny Acheson: Jaguar XJR-12LM Jaguar HE 7.4L V12 G: 358 4 Category 2 33 Silk ...
The Mazda 787B, winner of the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans race. In 1991, a four-rotor Mazda 787B (2622 cc actual, rated by FIA formula at 4708 cc) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race outright. The 787B's triumph remains unparalleled, as it remains the only non-piston-engined car ever to win at Le Mans, and Mazda is the first Japanese brand to ...
On IMSA’s sliding weight vs. engine displacement scale, the Mazda 4-rotor came in at 1,750 lb (790 kg) and many teams had cause for concern about this, thinking that the Mazda engine had been gifted a power-to-weight ratio advantage. While the RX-792P showed occasional turns of speed, the reality was that the engine simply was giving up far ...