The Swiss subsidiary from the Japanese producer Mazda is launching a limited edition of its sports activities convertible to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Mazda MX-5 Sport is outfitted having a two litre engine producing160 hp, mated to a six-speed gearbox and a activity suspension. In addition, it has a commemorative logo particular to this product, and a numbered plaque as a reminder of its exclusive character. Only offered within the Swiss marketplace, it is called MX-5 55 Le Mans , with reference towards the racing prototype Mazda 787 B, winner at Le Mans in 1991 at the fingers of Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Volkert Weidler.
Certified 19th in the 1991 race, they climbed into second place just immediately after the halfway point, behind the Sauber Mercedes of Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jochen Mass and Alain Ferte. The Mercedes had an unscheduled visit towards the pit lane at twelve:54 on Sunday, the victim of a leak of its cooling system that forced retirement. The Mazda 787 B then took the lead and Japanese tv packages were interrupted to broadcast he end reside! About the 23rd June 1991, Mazda created history as the very first, and up to now the only winning Japanese manufacturer in La Sarthe. What much more all-natural than to celebrate this anniversary together with the MX-5? The continually appealing sporty convertible that Mazda introduced in 1989, attained a report creation of 900,000 in February 2011.
