Mazda RX-8

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Few inventions in the automobile world
have led to a discussion as intensive
and long-lasting as the rotary engine -
and Mazda is the only company that
has been using the rotary engine ever
since it was invented.
The RX-8 is the latest rotary engine
model from the Hiroshima-based com-
pany - a coupé with dynamic styling
and space for four occupants that
caused a sensation on the first few
occasions that it was exhibited. Under
the low engine hood, the completely
new RENESIS twin-rotor engine makes
the RX-8 one of the fastest rotary-
engined production cars ever built.
British writer Ray Hutton describes the
development history of the innovative
RX-8 with its groundbreaking styling
and authors Herbert Volker and Wolf-
gang Peters explore Mazda's previous
rotary-engined models. Herbert Volker
writes about one of the Japanese car
manufacturer's finest moments: victory
in the Le Mans 24-hour race in June
1991 with Volker Weidler, Johnny Her-
bert and Bertrand... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Few inventions in the automobile world
have led to a discussion as intensive
and long-lasting as the rotary engine -
and Mazda is the only company that
has been using the rotary engine ever
since it was invented.
The RX-8 is the latest rotary engine
model from the Hiroshima-based com-
pany - a coupé with dynamic styling
and space for four occupants that
caused a sensation on the first few
occasions that it was exhibited. Under
the low engine hood, the completely
new RENESIS twin-rotor engine makes
the RX-8 one of the fastest rotary-
engined production cars ever built.
British writer Ray Hutton describes the
development history of the innovative
RX-8 with its groundbreaking styling
and authors Herbert Volker and Wolf-
gang Peters explore Mazda's previous
rotary-engined models. Herbert Volker
writes about one of the Japanese car
manufacturer's finest moments: victory
in the Le Mans 24-hour race in June
1991 with Volker Weidler, Johnny Her-
bert and Bertrand Gachot at the wheel
of the Mazda 787 B competition car.
The publisher of the renowned Austrian
Autorevue magazine recalls the many
hours he spent with Felix Wankel.
Wolfgang Peters, head of the Frank-
furter Allgemeine Zeitung's car and
technology editorial office, takes a look
at the RX-8's styling and describes the
history of Mazda's rotary-engined
models. Jürgen Lewandowski's con-
tribution deals with how marketing stra-
tegyfor the RX-8 was defined, and
Gisbert Brunner reveals the secrets of
the RX-8 wristwatch. The exceptional
photographs fithis bookweretaken by
John Lamm and Markus Bolsinaer.
The enthusiastic comments from jour-
nalists, who voted by an overwhelming
majority to give the new RENESIS
engine the "International Engine of the
Year" award, confirm the extent to which
the new RX-8 has impressed them:
Mazda - the only company that has used
and still uses rotary engines ever since they were invented.
The Mazda RX-8 is the latest rotary-engined car from the Hiroshima-based
company: a coupé with a dynamic styling, space for four occupants and
the completely new RENESIS twin-rotor engine under the hood, making the
RX-8 one of the fastest rotary-engined production cars ever. Vissza