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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 ...
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.
Mazda is known for its innovative technologies, such as the Wankel engine, the SkyActiv platform, and the Kodo Design language. It also has a long history of motorsport involvement, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 with the rotary-powered Mazda 787B. [10] In the past and present, Mazda has been engaged in alliances with other automakers.
Following many successful years running the RX-7 in IMSA's GTO class and MX-6 in the GTU class, Mazda chose to take on a new challenge. Although Mazda had supported the use of their rotary engines in GTP prototypes in the past, Mazda wished to compete with the likes of Porsche, Nissan, Jaguar and Toyota with a full factory effort.
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 787/787B, a Japanese rotary-engine race car which won the 1991 Le Mans Race Porsche 787 , a race car from the 1960s 787 series (JR Kyushu) , a train model operated by JR Kyushu
Mazda: 717C: 1983 C Jr 727C: 1984 C2 737C: 1985 C2 757: 1987 C2 767: 1988 C2 767B: 1989 C2 787: 1990 C1 787B: 1991 C1 MXR-01: 1992 C1 Modified Jaguar XJR-14: McLaren: C8: 1982 C Modified McLaren M8F: Mercedes-Benz: C11: 1991 C2 Chassis developed by Sauber: C291: 1991 C1 C292: 1991 C1 Mirage: M12: 1982 C1 Mooncraft: MCS Guppy: 1983 C2 Mussato ...
Mazda 767B Central Circuit, Hyōgo Prefecture The Mazda 767/767B are prototype racing cars that were built by Mazdaspeed for the 24 Hours of Le Mans running under the IMSA -spec GTP class. The 767 replaced the 757 in 1988, upgrading to a newer and larger 4-rotor 13J Wankel engine which produced nearly 600 hp (450 kW).