Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Missing Mazda RX-7 Racer Found 35 Years After Running in Le Mans (article on jalopnik.com)



Very compelling-to-read article written with an interactive, hooking style constantly wanting the reader to keep reading. It details the history of Mazda's legendary rotary history with racing, & this race spec RX-7 with an unimaginably vivid widebody kit is an amazing piece of history.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Dieselgate Scandal of Volkswagen (article on carbuzz.com)

It was an interesting story about what VW did in order to avoid getting fined by the EPA and EU governmental agencies. This was an update to the scandal, when 60,000 Macans and Cayennes were recalled.

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Here's How Mazda Built its Rotary Engine (article) by Raphael Orlove

This was a very interesting article, because I didn't know a lot about rotary engines beforehand, and this gives insight into Mazda's innovation and how they were able to apply that tech to their sometimes very fuel-efficient vehicles, or extremely powerful vehicles that dominated the import JDM racing scene and gave way to a revolution.  The author, Raphael Orlove, is able to find a way to convey the message and information of rotary engines in a fun and descriptive way.