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The Mazda RX-7 IMSA GTO

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Want to know what it’s like to drive an old Mazda IMSA racer? Jeremy Barnes, who heads up Mazda North America’s public relations department, drove the old RX-7 last weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Check out his impressions over at Road & Track and then watch the video after [...]

The Mazda RX-7 IMSA GTO

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Want to know what it’s like to drive an old Mazda IMSA racer? Jeremy Barnes, who heads up Mazda North America’s public relations department, drove the old RX-7 last weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Check out his impressions over at Road & Track and then watch the video after [...]

Meet the Cayenne’s Great Grandfather: The Porsche Type 597

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This is the Porsche 597 from the 1950s. West Germany was looking to rearm following World War II, and Porsche was looking to get the government contract to build the next big thing in off-road military vehicles. Porsche brought this lightweight 597 to the table with its 356-derived 50-horsepower flat-four connected to a five-speed manual [...]