| Apparently, the principals of competition from Japanese car in the class sportcar increasingly heated. When Honda launched the 010 GT HSV dubbed as the “killer” Nissan GT-R and Lexus LSF, now comes another challenger, the Mazda RX7, the latest weapon to be introduced late 2011.
Site project Insideline.com reported two-seater sedan 2012 model is still progress despite the economic conditions had not recovered from the global financial crisis. RX-7 was present as a substitute for the RX-8 four-seat as the next-generation launch canceled.
Cancellation relating to market the RX-8 is not good. Until the first quarter of 2009, marketnya plummeted 47.5 percent compared to the same year. Weak markets halt production due to the continuation of the model, including a powerful new model 300 hp.
Meanwhile, the RX-7 claimed more powerful and more expensive than the RX-8. Power source using the new generation rotary engine, Renesis 16X. 300cc larger capacity than previous Renesis engine Wenkel, and have the power torque 350 hp with 214 ft-lb.
For information, Mazda RX-7 was first introduced in 1978 under the name Savanna 12A rotary engine. Process of manufacture, ranging from pictures, research to be, takes 7 years. Second generation, with a project called P747, sliding in 1986. This generation still wear roraty machine, but the energy out of the kitchen runway 13B for 150 hp. So, seven years later (1993), the third generation born still rely 13B engine, but more sophisticated technology and 255 hp power.
When viewed under a range of time, the fourth generation should have appeared around 2001. Apparently, in 2004, the third largest automobile manufacturer in Japan after Toyota and Nissan launched the RX-8. This car still uses a rotary engine, but more subtle and powerful 238 hp. However, one of the leading automotive magazine, Car and Driver, said that the look of the RX-8 is no different from the first model RX-7.
Achievement speaking, RX-7 had won one of the most prestigious endurance race in the world, Le Mans 24 hours, in 1991. At that time, a car driven by two former pebalap F1, Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot, and another one named pebalap Volker Weidler. |