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Testing the Restored Mazda 787B

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1991 Le Mans winning Mazda 787B guest stars in 2011 with Johnny Herbert and Patrick Dempsey

HIROSHIMA, Japan—20 years after winning the world’s most demanding 24-hour endurance race, the No. 55 Mazda 787B car returned as a guest star for Le Mans 2011. Twice driven in demonstration laps around the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe on Thursday, June 9 and Saturday 11, it thrilled the huge Le Mans crowds with a revival of the unforgettable sound of its 4-rotor engine. This fully-restored unique original also opened the drivers’ parade around the Le Mans city center on Friday, June 10.

“It is a wonderful opportunity to be here in Le Mans again this year. It’s really my first time in this car and it has lots of personality. I tried to start a relationship with it in two laps!” says Patrick Dempsey, the actor and Mazda RX-8 racer and team owner in the Grand-AM series in the USA. Dempsey was the first to drive the 787B on Thursday, before joining the drivers’ parade on Friday to the delight of the excited onlookers. He also participated in Mazda’s press conference together with Seita Kanai, Mazda’s director and executive vice president, and many of the 1991 winning team members and drivers, as well as Jean-Claude Plassart, the president of the Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO, the Le Mans organizer).

At the drivers’ parade, 170,000 astonished spectators watched the 700 horsepower racer tear around the streets of Le Mans at the hands of Yojiro Terada (Japan) and David Kennedy (Ireland),both long time Mazda racing drivers at Le Mans. The parade continued with Patrick Dempsey and Seita Kanai accompanied by Pierre Dieudonné (Belgium) and many others.

The Mazda 787B has been driven in demonstration laps around the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans

On Saturday, as a warm-up to the race, Johnny Herbert (UK) returned for the first time to the wheel of his winning car for two laps of pure emotion. After piloting the 787B first across the finish line in 1991, he was unable to join his team co-drivers on the podium due to faintness from dehydration. This year however, after comically re-enacting his faint, he was invited to finally step onto the Le Mans podium and celebrate his victory and Mazda’s victory; the first and only Japanese car manufacturer to win the 24 hours of Le Mans.

Seita Kanai, executive vice president of Mazda Motor Corporation, says, “It is amazing to see that so many motorsport fans still remember Mazda’s victory at the 24 hours of Le Mans 20 years ago and are still so enthusiastic. Our victory was a story of pure commitment and passion from our engineers and the entire team. This same spirit thrives today with the development of our breakthrough SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY for the next generation of Mazda cars.”

Article and footage courtesy of News from Mazda

Hakaze Concept

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Furai Concept

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The Mazda Furai is a concept car revealed on 27 December, 2007 and manufactured by Mazda. A teaser image of the vehicle was released on 11 December, 2007. The Furai officially debuted at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

An article from Wikipedia on the Furai can be read here

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Nagare Concept

wt9bind — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:30:59 +0000

The Nagare (pronounced “na-ga-lay”) is a concept car that was introduced by Mazda at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Nagare is considered to be an exercise in natural and organic car design to explore the future of Mazda automobiles. Its name “Nagare” translates into English as “flow” and the designers specifically studied motion and the effect it has on natural surroundings when creating this vehicle.

An article from Wikipedia on the Nagare can be read here

Taiki Concept

wt9bind — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:30:02 +0000

The Mazda Taiki is a one-off concept car produced by Mazda, and is the fourth car in Mazda’s ‘Nagare’ design series. Mazda says the Taiki “reflects one possible direction for a future generation of Mazda sports cars aimed at helping to create a sustainable society”.

An article from Wikipedia on the Taiki can be read here

Shinari Concept

wt9bind — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:18:32 +0000

The Mazda Shinari Concept was unveiled in Milan, showing off Mazda’s latest design language. Called KODO, which replaces the current and previous Nagare langauge, it was created by Mazda’s head of design, Ikuo Maeda. Shinari, roughly meaning ‘a resistance to bend’, the style of this Mazda Shinari Concept is very flowing, arty and even futuristic.

An article from Car Advice on the Shinari can be read here