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Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Instrument panel of RX-7 Spirit R Easily the most collectible of all the RX-7s was the last model limited to 1,500 units. Dubbed the " Spirit R ", they combined all the extra features Mazda had used on previous limited-run specials with new exclusive features like cross-drilled brake rotors.
Peter Gerard McLeod (born 6 May 1948 in Newcastle, New South Wales [1]) is a retired Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1987 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst, and for driving the distinctive yellow and black Slick 50 Mazda RX-7 Group C touring car during the early to mid-1980s.
It was exported as the Mazda RX-3 in its first generation from 1971 to 1978, and as the Mazda RX-7 in its subsequent generations. For the original 1971 version of Savanna, Mazda fitted its 10A rotary engine to the Mazda Grand Familia to create a separately marketed product sold in coupé, sedan, and station wagon guises. The engine was upgraded ...
Created by John Bettini, the first Bullet car prototype was built in 1996 utilising a Mazda MX-5 body. The chassis was designed and fabricated by Barry Pearson; it consisted of a square-tube spaceframe onto which a 13B rotary powerplant from a Mazda RX-7 was fitted.
Mazda RX-7 / Mazda Savanna RX-7: 1981–1985: The FB chassis was a new name for the SA2 used in the 1979–1980 RX-7 VIN. FC Mazda RX-7 / Mazda Savanna RX-7: 1986–1991: Also served as the basis for the Mazda MX-5's NA's platform. FD Mazda RX-7 / ɛ̃fini RX-7: 1991–2002: SE Mazda RX-8 [2] 2003–2011
The Mazda GTP is an IMSA GTP race car that was built by Pierre Honegger in 1981. Based on a Mazda RX-7, the car initially competed in the GTX category as the Mazda RX-7 GTP, before it was rebuilt for the IMSA GTP category in 1983. Throughout its career, the car used a Mazda 13B Wankel rotary engine, similar to
The Mazda RX-792P is a sports prototype racing car built for the IMSA GT Championship's GTP category for Mazda. Its career was short lived, with only two cars running in 1992 before the project was abandoned. The car's name is a combination of Mazda's RX-7 road car, the year the car raced (1992) and the fact that it was a Prototype.
However, the Ford Australia engine and vehicle plants closed in October 2016 and the Holden and Toyota Australia factories closed in late 2017. [3] [4] [5] Only Ford's design and development facilities remain in operation, leaving Australia as one of 13 countries with the capabilities to design and develop mass market cars from scratch.