Twin glory spires at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year are capped by the LeMans-winning Mazda 787B and the 2015 Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo — two kindred spirits together in the metal publicly for the first time. This is a huge year for Mazda. The lineup is stronger than eve...
Victory at last. The Mazda 787B became the first Japanese car to finish overall first at the 59th Le Mans 24-hour endurance race. Links MAZDA MOTOR SPORTZONE 1986-1995 Going on the offensive, aiming for growth 1996-2009 Emphasizing brand strategy, new plan for growth 5-6 ZONE...
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Built for Gran Turismo, this stunning racer references Mazda’s 1991 Le Mans-winning 787B, which wore the number 55. It’s not just the name that references that rotary-engined racer either; the LM55’s looks too, have paid homage to its granddad. There’s a monocoque chassis underneath...
Despite this, getting hold of one in the UK, particularly an earlier car, is easier said than done. Handily, though, Mazda UK has all three generations on its heritage fleet, each of which was wheeled out to sample at a press event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 787B’s shoc...
into the 21st century, adding catalytic converters, fuel injection, resonance supercharging, twin-scroll and sequential turbocharging, and even a hydrogen-fueled version. Mazda rotary engines also saw considerable competition use, culminating in the remarkable four-rotor 787B that won Le Mans in 1991...
90s started with a great boost for Mazda as it won the Le Mans with 787B (for the first time a maker of automobile from Japan won this respected race). Other prominent products like MX-5 Miata and RX-7 managed to impress many press officers and made it to many top ten listings, but...
Next to the 787B is the Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo car. Originally created for Playstation’s Gran Tursimo 6 racing simulation game, the LM55 Vision Gran Turismo made the leap from virtual concept car to physical concept with its towering position on the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Spe...
Suspension tuning was undertaken by Takao Kijima, who would later be responsible for the suspension design of the Le Mans-winning 787B. Aside from the Mazda badges and fender-mounted mirrors, the Roadpacer AP looked exactly the same as a Premier. To lure the business executives and government...