One is Answer My Boudoir Dream, which is rarely remembered by future generations. ?
One is a masterpiece with fresh and beautiful language and melodious rhythm, "Moonlight on the Spring River", which washes away the heavy powder of traditional palace poems and gives people a clear, ethereal and natural feeling. ?
The latter's "Moonlit Night on a Spring River" is unparalleled in artistic attainments and is known as "an isolated piece covering the whole Tang Dynasty". The poet Zhang is also immortal. ?
In the automobile circle, there are not many automobile brands that can also give people a kind of "one-handed resistance to a thousand troops". After thinking about it, Mazda, which just celebrated100th birthday, should be regarded as one. After all, the former rotary engine was for Zhang's song "A Moonlit Night on a Spring River". ?
From 1920 to 2020, Mazda's story is not easy to finish. Besides, if you don't pay attention, it may be as boring as driving a Mazda? R360？ Coupe.
Chapter? 1
Mazda R360, the first car? Before producing COUPE, Mazda basically did only one thing in the first 40 years-manufacturing all kinds of motorcycle tripods. ?
And it was very successful and far-reaching. ?
At that time, Japanese people gave their lives to Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander of the navy, and then the militants took a gamble on the Pacific battlefield. Attack on Pearl Harbor, Midway Decisive Battle, Atomic Bomb, Japan Surrender. In this tragic World War II, Mazda, headquartered in Hiroshima, also indirectly became the victim of the war. ?
In order to survive, Mazda decided to start making cars in the late 1950s. ?
Chapter? 2
The first product is R360 mentioned above? Coupe. From the displacement (360cc) to the body size, the standard K car is simple and mediocre, but it meets the needs of the times. ?
In the early 1960s, Mazda, which had no good life for several days, was cheated by its own government. ?
Government: If small car companies want to have better international competitiveness, they must merge with large car companies unless they have unique technology.
Mazda: Do you want to kill me? ?
One is forced by the situation, and the other is that Mazda, who is in a good mood, naturally refuses to accept it and is annexed. Just don't stop. Grandpa Ma is going to drink the strongest wine today and build the most difficult engine. ?
1963, spent a lot of money to buy the R&D license of the rotary-wing engine, and Yamamoto Jian led the "Rotor 47 Strong Man" to develop this hot potato. ?
Four years later? Cosmo, the first rotating sports car? The movement was born. Even with the aesthetics of this era, it is still charming and crazy. ?
At this time, Mazda, like Guo Xiang who met Yang Guo in fenglingdu but never had a chance, unconsciously became the rotating engine it pursued all its life. ?
Chapter? three
In this absurd and helpless era, God gave Mazda a very similar historical prelude. ?
Mazda suffered another oil crisis in 1970s, so it can only rely on the most traditional energy-saving four-cylinder car to maintain its business. Fortunately, God never shuts one door but he opens another. At that time, Ford lent a helping hand and bought a 25% stake in Mazda, which saved Mazda from the "death penalty". ?
In this stumbling 1970s, Mazda almost invested all the money earned from selling civilian cars in the research and development of rotary engines. ?
197 1 year, the savanna with 10A rotary engine appeared black and pink. A year later, the new prairie of 12A rotary engine and the Japanese ares skyline? GT-R fought fiercely in turn on the field and finally won the championship. It was not until 1978 that Savannah's successor RX-7 made a stunning appearance. ?
Since then, Mazda's image of "having money to play games, but not making money to play games" has spread like wildfire. But looking back now, in the face of this chaotic world, I can't tell whether the meaning is praise or derogatory. ?
A flower blooms, but it will always be accompanied by a flower falling. ?
Chapter? four
Japan in the 1980s ushered in the craziest bubble economy era. It may be hard for you to imagine that white-collar workers who were spending freely in luxury shopping malls yesterday could even spend money on a bottle of Coca-Cola overnight. ?
Facing the increasingly depressed light sports car market, Mazda decided to launch "Mazda-style light sports car" at this time to rally. 1989, Mazda's world-renowned small sports car MX-5 was officially launched, which was the first time that the concept of "integration of man and horse" appeared.
The climax of the rotating engine can be traced back to 199 1. That year, the Soviet Union disintegrated, Germany was unified, the Gulf War broke out, Iraq was defeated, and the Warsaw Pact disintegrated. Also 199 1, things change suddenly. Mazda 787B won the championship in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ?
At the moment when the 787B crossed the line, the rotor became the belief of a generation of young people. It was the highlight moment when the rotary engine came to Le Mans for the first time and won the championship, but it was also the last time. ?
The rotor was banned by Le Mans, and the grievances and unwillingness behind this have already drifted away with the wind. Proud Mazda has long understood a human truth: life must go on anyway. ?
That year, Mazda was 7 1 year old. ?
Chapter? five
Finally 199 1, the rotor is ready to bid farewell, and a new generation of RX-7(FD-3S) is released in the same year. Many years later, countless people saw its spirit in an animated film called "Initial D". Chicheng Red Sun Team is the second-in-command car, and Gunma County is the mountain racing god. ?
During this period, Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi and other automobile companies successively launched NSX, Supra and 3000GT models. Compared with the previous generation performance cars, its output power soared from 100 to more than 300, which temporarily eclipsed the giants such as BBA in Europe. ?
However, in the era of mania, the death rate of traffic accidents in Japan has also soared with the increase of engine power. The final solution is that all Japanese automakers have reached a "gentleman's agreement"-the maximum horsepower of vehicles is not allowed to exceed 280. Mazda RX-7 is one of the models whose strength is firmly limited. ?
This is the last time that RX-7 stands on the historical stage and has a bird's eye view of the world. Fortunately, he also proved his strength in that golden age and died without regret. ?
Until 20 12, RX-8 officially stopped production, and the rotor engine completely disappeared. ?
Chapter? six
In the second year of the Millennium, Mazda began to reflect. What are its advantages? ?
All children are born to know, and only a few people remember it when they grow up. Only one car company is obsessed with it. In adult language, it is used to express the pleasure and release brought by extreme motion. However, in fact, only children really understand. They just said, play zoom. ?
The roar of the engine ignited the passion of driving, and Mazda's slogan Zoom-Zoom, together with Chuangchi Blue Sky Engine, made Mazda's new life. ?
Mazda's story in China began with its love affair with Hainan Automobile Factory and ended with its joint venture with FAW and Changan. Only in this dusty past, it still left a very magical impression on many people: hippocampus = Mazda. ?
Today, Mazda is tepid in the China market, but this stubborn donkey still hasn't bowed his head to face the cruel reality. ?
Chapter? X
When others go further and further on the road of three-cylinder engine and electrification, the goal of Mazda, a century-old car company, is-brand high-end, brand-new longitudinal rear-drive platform, six-cylinder engine, gasoline compression-ignition engine, high-cost power system, more exquisite design, super cool sports car ...?
Ah, what a familiar vocabulary, what a familiar Mazda.
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