Mazda RX-7 1994 Retro Review - Motoring
1994 Mazda RX-7 (Bathurst 12-Hour Winner). An other-worldly shriek fills the amphitheatre of Sydney Motorsport Park. It’s an incessant blare that permeates the skin and settles as a vibration in your sternum: The Mazda 767B Sportscar is currently hot-lapping. There’s over 447kW on tap, in a vehicle weighing a scant 800kg. Fast doesn’t begin to describe it. Thankfully, I am not here to drive the privately-owned, priceless masterpiece, but the sight of my steed for the day nevertheless gets the heart... A 1994 Mazda RX-7 may not sound particularly intimidating, but its BP livery is etched into my brain from the 1994 Bathurst 12-Hour production car race. It was the third time in a row a third-generation ‘Series Six’ RX-7 had done so, under the expert supervision of Mazda Australia’s motorsport guru Allan Horsley. Already self-conscious, the return of the 767 to Mazda’s pit marquee brings the hoards that are here for the World Time Attack weekend. The sanctuary of the RX-7’s cabin is welcome, and so is the largely unmodified nature of its cockpit. A peak behind notes the dry-break fuel-cell and simple differential and gearbox temperature gauges, placed so the fuel crew can record the temperatures as the car’s being filled. Source: www.motoring.com.au
