All good. :)
Remember, the car was originally a Eunos and meant to be sold in the U.S. as an Amati. It would have been positioned higher, like what we are doing with the Signature trim cars today. -Jacob (your Mazda PR and fellow car guy)
The stories I could tell you...
We’re not begging. This was just something that came up in a fun conversation last week at our SKYACTIV-X program. -your friendly Mazda PR guy
SKYACTIV was coined from the term “the sky is the limit,” with regard to what the parameters were on the engineering project. The engineers were told to think of their ideal state of innovations and work back from there (SKYACTIV-X was part of that and mapped out—publicly—as early as 2010). When it all debuted, it was…
You’re welcome. I can’t guarantee a thing, but I am always more than happy to help if I can.
You’re certainly off to a good start. Look on the HR jobs site. Then, message me so I can see if there’s anything I can do. Good luck!
For full disclosure, I am a member of Mazda public relations. Secondly, Eunos Cosmo and FD, among other things.
My girlfriend saw it over by LAX about two months ago. We live right on BMW’s testing route. This week, all I’ve seen is the plug-in 5er, some new version of the Mini Countryman and the new X3. The Rolls doesn’t come down here during commute hours.
You can’t compare the technologies that came before or after. At the time, the goal was small displacement, large horsepower. Mercedes and Porsche dominated until they didn’t. Today, Le Mans racing is so much more about the development dollars than sheer ingenuity. There is no such thing as pushing a car beyond its…
I’d like to add that when the 787B won Le Mans, it did so because it was the most reliable car on the track — not necessarily because it was faster than the competition. Good luck to these folks.
Nice. 929. ;)
That’s our Cosmo! It’s also now the first-ever Japanese car to win a preservation class first place at a major concours. That’s kind of a big deal, especially after the Le Mans-winning 787B won its class at Amelia Island the month earlier.
Thank you for believing in the Miata!
Thank you!
We just restored ours at work last year. It has 2,600 miles on it and is more than ready for a Jalopnik review.
The engine loves you, too, Raphael. We have two R26B cars right here in the U.S. — the 787 and RX-792P.