I-Mazda kumarali? Yebo, sekwenzekile. I-323 ibe nomsebenzi weminyaka eyisithupha eqenjini A, naphezu komzamo owedlule - owawuthakazelisa kakhulu - umzamo womkhiqizo waseJapane eqenjini B eline-Mazda RX-7, efakwe injini ye-Wankel.
Kodwa konke lokhu kwenzeka kudala. I-Mazda 323 yagcina ukubamba iqhaza ku-World Rally Championship ngo-1991, futhi kusukela lapho, uhlobo lwaseJapane alukaze luzame ukungena ku-WRC.
Esikulethela kona namuhla umzamo womuntu ngamunye ka-Markus Van Klink, umshayeli waseNew Zealand othweswe isicoco somqhudelwano we-rally waseNew Zealand izikhathi eziningana, eshayela i-Mazda RX-7 (SA22C, isizukulwane sokuqala).
Kukhona ukuhlobana phakathi komshayeli nama-rotors, okusiholela emshinini wakhe omusha, lapho ehlanganyela khona ku-Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship.
I-Mazda RX-8, imodeli yakamuva yohlobo olufika ifakwe injini ye-Wankel. Kodwa uma sivula i-hood ngeke sithole i-Renesis 13B-MSP, i-bi-rotor eyihlomise. Esikhundleni salokho, sibhekene ne-20B, injini ye-Wankel eyi-rotor emithathu kuphela yakwaMazda efakwe emotweni yokukhiqiza, i-Eunos Cosmo.
Ngakho-ke iMazda RX-8 yabona amandla ayo esuka ku-231 hp njengokujwayelekile kuya ku-370 hp eshiwo, ethunyelwa kuphela emasondweni angemuva.
Yiqiniso, ukuze ubhekane nobunzima bokuncintisana, i-Mazda RX-8 yashintsha kakhulu: ukumiswa, amasondo, amathayi, i-aerodynamics, i-gearbox elandelanayo kanye ne-handbrake ye-hydraulic, phakathi kwezinye izinguquko.
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