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Short Film: Porsche 911 RSR By Rennsport: Sublime Or Sacrilege?

Porsche 911 RSR By Rennsport: Sublime Or Sacrilege? is short film by Darryl Sleath of Carfection that takes a look inside one of the most remarkable Porsche 911 specialist companies in the world – 911 Rennsport.

The company was founded by Paul and Keith Cockell and it’s based in the Cotswolds, one of the most beautiful parts of England and a region with an almost innumerable number of excellent driving roads winding through some of the greenest rolling hills on earth.

The core mission of 911 Rennsport is to build some of the finest 911s in the world, they specialise in creating their own take on the iconic Porsche 911 RSR – one of the most famous homologation sports cars in history and for good reason. Continue reading

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A Brief History of the Mazda RX-7 – Everything You Need To Know

The Mazda RX-7 – An Introduction

The Mazda RX-7 was the result of Toyo Kogyo Corporation’s high risk strategy of embracing the new and unproved Wankel engine technology with which to carve out a profile for themselves as a new technology innovator. Three automobile makers attempted this, NSU of Germany, Citroën of France, and Mazda of Japan. Of the three, the effort to bring Felix Wankel’s rotary engine up to regular production reliability broke NSU, almost broke Citroën, and proved to be the making of Mazda. Continue reading