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RX-7: Mazda's Rotary Engine Sportscar -Revised 2nd Edition

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Very informative and interesting review of the RX-7's history.

for true lovers of the rx-7, there are 3 worthy books out there for it. there's this one, and there's 2 written by japanese journalist jack yamaguchi and commissioned by mazda itself, one for the fc, one for fd. these're somewhat hard to find but they provide unbridled detail of these cars' development. they are also gorgeously illustrated, altho the writing can get a bit...er...engrish at times. other than those two, this book by brian long is absolutely the best. it follows his usual formula of a brief history of mazda and the development of the rotary engine, then detailed developmental history and evolution of the rx-7. the rx-7 is the most successful racer in imsa history, so there's also a requisite section on the racing exploits of the rx-7. the 2nd edition of this book also covers all the way up to the end of production of the rx-7

This book in it's second edition hardback form is simply the best book reviewing the complete RX-7 series to the 2002 models. I've been a passionate owner of original and latest series RX-7s and have worked played a lot with them, I could never have hoped to create a better book.

The red cover is the original around 2001 and the blue cover is 2004 covering the introduction of the RX-8 but importantly the last production run of RX-7s. For example, the ultimate, Spirit-R series.

It has information sourced from the right people and the right photos to accompany the detailed and passionate story.