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Class of ’86 – Mazda RX-7

Written by webmin

As we noted earlier in the Class of 1986 series, that year saw the ushering in of plenty of digital-age technology and the ushering-out of plenty of stone-age technology. Case in point: the Mazda RX-7. Introduced for the American market in 1979, the RX-7 made prominent use of the company’s Wankel rotary engines, and that […]

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Tagged Class of 1986, Eighties, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, James Garner, Japanese cars, Mazda, Mazda RX-7, rotary engine, videos  
 

Nothing New: 7 modern car technologies that are actually 100 years old

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I often say, flippantly, that the industry is just now starting to master the technologies of a century ago. That’s been more an impression than a statement of fact; I recall seeing many things in early publications and thinking, “Wow, I had no idea they did that so soon,” but if pressed, I wouldn’t be able […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, brass cars, disc brakes, featured posts, fuel injection, hybrids, oddities, power brakes, rotary engine, turbines, turbocharging  
 

SIA Flashback – Mr. Jaeger’s Five Sixes

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Who doesn’t love the story of a frustrated inventor? In the case of Don Butler’s article in SIA #69, June 1982, the frustrated inventor is Charles F. Jaeger Sr., who turned his attention (as many inventors eventually do) to automobiles. Rather than focus on one specific aspect of the automobile, Jaeger decided to go into […]

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Tagged Charles Jaeger, coil springs, one-offs and homebuilts, rotary engine, SIA Flashback  
 
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