This diminutive little car won the GTP class at the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans, not to be confused with the 787B which won the race outright in 1991. It's tiny, almost unbearably loud, but very quick and beautiful to look at. I just love it. Seems like it beats the hell out of the driver though.
miller chassis no. it was the predecessor to the eventual 787B. It’s not like the 787B was mazda’s first attempt at this; it was an evolution, so to speak, from this car
The sound! The light flywheel combined with the notchy gearbox appears to be why the driver is blipping the throttle on the upshifts. What a track! I have driven it in the wet!
That's a myth mate. In truth, it was killed by Bernie Eccleston, because apparently Group C cars were more popular for privateer teams than Formula 1 was. If, you claim that the 26B Wankel was "Banned" from Le Mans, then you also have to claim that the Porsche Type 935 twin-turboed Flat-6, as used in the 956 and the 962 was "banned" from Le Mans. Truth is, Group C1 cars got new regs that mandated engines be 3.5 Formula 1 style engines, and Group C2 got shut down. It wasn't the 787B in particular, it was the Mercedes-Dauber C9 and C11, Porsche 956 and 962, and Jaguar XJR-9 that got "banned", because all of their engines weren't legal in the new regs.
@@ShadowFalcon Yes the rule changes were what killed this car but poor mileage was not myth. A rotary engine produces a combustion cycle on every crank rotation therefore twice as often as a "standard" four stroke engine layout.
@@matthewmoilanen787 Well, I doubt the Wankel in the 787B had any worse fuel economy than the engine in the Mercedes Sauber C11 (a 5 liter, twin turbo V8, running silly horsepower). Also my point was, it wasn't the 787B specifically that was killed by the rule changes, but all the great Grp C cars. The only one that soldiered on was actually the Porsche 962, but that got relegated to a class of its own, thanks to even more restrictive rules, (basically, they weren't allowed in FIA's WSC, but they were allowed in the Interserie championship, and therefore the ACO allowed the 962s to compete). They were privateer teams though, and couldn't compete with the works teams (Peugeot, Toyota and Mazda) running in the new 3.5 Formula Grp C.
Unforgettable engine. Despite its staggering consumption (80L / 100km) this car was far from being ridiculous and reached the holy grail in 1991 (her eldest sister 787b).
Absolute Beautiful Beast. Shows what MAZDA can do if they choose to. A MAZDA rotary hyper car. Those Rotary engines are perfection. THAT SCREAM IS SUBLIME.
other race cars: I constandly win 787B: I was lucky to win 24h of LeMans because all other favorits struggle with accidents and technical problems in the same race, in the rest of the season I did not woi a flower loosing against privat raced old Porsche 962...but the JDM fanboys hype me today not knowing that i was a unreliable slow race car with one day of great fortune
@@nagmashot to bad because mazda made a comeback big time making the Le man's change thier rules about this race, JDM always wins in terms of displacement and reliability
@@dragking9735 I have to laugh my ass off... endurance racing is were JDM fail the most ...were reliability is King..and their they are the worst in the world...
From the spectators viewpoint it looks very smooth and fluent. But in reality, when you see the cockpit view you can tell how jerky and violent it is. Like trying to balance a bowling ball on the top of a needle.
@@togera77 Ok, thank you I thought the only difference was that the 767 seems to look a little bit smaller, windier or more aerodynamical :) But dont let us pick eggs :) the C Monster 7 Series from Mazda are far off its time :) in Sound Skills and Speed :)
I bet this is the one car you can hear when standing on the inside of spa near Pouhon. That 787b with its 4 rotors screaming near 9k rpm...I can only imagine hearing that in person...what I'd give...
Awesome. Just a perfect morning on a saturday to find this. Thanks, is this you driving the 767 ? It`s really a impressive car with that rotary engine, short wheelbase with rear mounted gearbox and beautiful wheels.
22 jul 2019 5:16 pm edt: thanks. i wonder whether ignition-key is in on-position for 10 second to prime fuel-pump prior turning ignition-key to start-position to start engine
That is why am I disappoint, for Merc have no interest to put C111 with 3 and 4 rotor engines in production. A side of some F1 engines, this is most impressive engine soundtrack.
Should be able to bring in the electrical system to help as well. Generator model When the battery runs out Push the engine to work and charge the battery. It should be fun. Fc.Thailand❤
Although they won 1 year, it did not lead to years of success for the RX-7 and RX-8. The Miata racing worked out a lot better. Maybe Mazda and Toyota are working towards a new inline 6 for the next Mazda6 and Supra. They are working on a small rotary engine as a back up charger for a plug-in budget car and SUV.
This diminutive little car won the GTP class at the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans, not to be confused with the 787B which won the race outright in 1991. It's tiny, almost unbearably loud, but very quick and beautiful to look at. I just love it. Seems like it beats the hell out of the driver though.
Yes it does look different.
767b???
Is it a replica the exhaust shield and
A few other odds and ends looked different.
miller chassis no. it was the predecessor to the eventual 787B. It’s not like the 787B was mazda’s first attempt at this; it was an evolution, so to speak, from this car
@@millerchassis6119 787B's predecessor
@@woodenhoe not a rotary engine not a mazda
@@millerchassis6119 767B IS a 4 ROTOR racecar build by MAZDA. It's successor, the 787B is built with the 767 as the base platform.
I love the contrast of the Mercedes C9 and the 787b in this vid! Both outstanding cars!
Aston Martin amr-1 is louder have you heard that
C9 one of the greats, C11 the greatest group C racing car ever conceived. The 767b sounded great but that's about it.
SpocksBro I would say the jag xjr-14 is better than the c11 as it won the world sport car championship
Peugeot 905 is better than both.
Mazda its a guitar and Sauber its a bass!
The way this thing idles, it's practically begging to be released onto the track...like, "Please, PLEASE let me get out there!"
It sounds like a motorbike
@@audioamateur lol
@@ranchu8385 not saying it's necessarily a bad thing ;)
@@audioamateur yeah ik, it actually does sound like 1 lmao
@@audioamateur oh and lol means laugh out loud
The sound! The light flywheel combined with the notchy gearbox appears to be why the driver is blipping the throttle on the upshifts. What a track! I have driven it in the wet!
Sound is phenomenal, incomparable. I love this car. My absolute favorite.
I wish there was a racing league where it was only rotary engines. Formula R XD
Sigma Projects There is but they race with 13B since Rotary are so light already.
Mazda RX-7 FD Oh coo, is it a league that only uses cars like the 767?
Sigma Projects No 13B engines
Mazda RX-7 FD Ah ok, yea I was thinking more like purpose built race cars that used rotary engines.
its called formula mazda, they race em at bondurant, u can rent one for a day for like a 1000 dollars
Every time I hear the rotor I get reminded that this was the engine that was found to be
“Too perfect” for Le Mans
Extreme reliability absolutely could have gone for another 24hrs but terrible fuel economy these things guzzle fuel for the displacement
That's a myth mate.
In truth, it was killed by Bernie Eccleston, because apparently Group C cars were more popular for privateer teams than Formula 1 was.
If, you claim that the 26B Wankel was "Banned" from Le Mans, then you also have to claim that the Porsche Type 935 twin-turboed Flat-6, as used in the 956 and the 962 was "banned" from Le Mans.
Truth is, Group C1 cars got new regs that mandated engines be 3.5 Formula 1 style engines, and Group C2 got shut down.
It wasn't the 787B in particular, it was the Mercedes-Dauber C9 and C11, Porsche 956 and 962, and Jaguar XJR-9 that got "banned", because all of their engines weren't legal in the new regs.
@@NotProFishing well its a +7 liter engine, thats why they got banned
@@ShadowFalcon Yes the rule changes were what killed this car but poor mileage was not myth. A rotary engine produces a combustion cycle on every crank rotation therefore twice as often as a "standard" four stroke engine layout.
@@matthewmoilanen787
Well, I doubt the Wankel in the 787B had any worse fuel economy than the engine in the Mercedes Sauber C11 (a 5 liter, twin turbo V8, running silly horsepower).
Also my point was, it wasn't the 787B specifically that was killed by the rule changes, but all the great Grp C cars.
The only one that soldiered on was actually the Porsche 962, but that got relegated to a class of its own, thanks to even more restrictive rules, (basically, they weren't allowed in FIA's WSC, but they were allowed in the Interserie championship, and therefore the ACO allowed the 962s to compete). They were privateer teams though, and couldn't compete with the works teams (Peugeot, Toyota and Mazda) running in the new 3.5 Formula Grp C.
wow it sounds really good! :)
Those other drivers seemed scared to open it like this guy did. Awesome driving on a awesome track!
Makes me respect how well Kunos has recreated this sound in Assetto corsa. pretty much identical.
This is how f1 today should sound, amazing sound
This would be the sound of F1 if it was cool
R P NOF1 YES787B
Have you been to F1 race? The cars still sound really good, especially the red bull and force india
@Béla Bá yeah he's actually Martin Brundle
@@phill4337 Yeah, and i can tell how shocking the v12s sounded when i first visited the race. Today's don't sound as good as the olds.
Some of the best sounding cars in motorsport, ever.
Hearing this beast going down the track makes me want to own a rotary power car even more
Also I love the the key chain hanging from the yellow knob on the left helps to illustrate the g forces turning, braking and accelerating.
It is easy to pick out the sound of that rotary...unlike any other engine out there, totally awesome
Whenever I catch myself starting to like teslas, I watch this video and never want to see a tesla again lmao
You can like both
why would you even start to like teslas?
Père Grégory maybe because they are fast, secure, easy to repair, reliable, semi autonomous, and comfortable af to drive.
@@vico4981 your wallet is too underrated to even afford one, so your opinion really doesn't matter.
Nicholas Tesla kills cars like these
Such a lovely sound
Unforgettable engine. Despite its staggering consumption (80L / 100km) this car was far from being ridiculous and reached the holy grail in 1991 (her eldest sister 787b).
I know we all came here for the 767B....but that C11 sound insane as well! Both amazing sounding cars!
Cai Allen true! this 767B and the C9 are amazing!
This car, GT Sport, VR and a wheel. Never thought of it until I tried it. And now, at least for now, I can die in peace. IT IS AMAZING.
@sw4gr1d you mad bro? What's the point of doing something lik.... oooooh, I get it. Just a hater and lonely dude on the internet.
@sw4gr1d the point of video games is to have fun. I have fun on GT Sport. I dont have fun on Asseto Corsa. Everyone has their preference
Absolute Beautiful Beast. Shows what MAZDA can do if they choose to. A MAZDA rotary hyper car. Those Rotary engines are perfection. THAT SCREAM IS SUBLIME.
Indeed, spectacular on board camera shots. THANKS
other cars hitting redline at 8200rpm
767B: im just cruising sir
other race cars: I constandly win
787B: I was lucky to win 24h of LeMans because all other favorits struggle with accidents and technical problems in the same race, in the rest of the season I did not woi a flower loosing against privat raced old Porsche 962...but the JDM fanboys hype me today not knowing that i was a unreliable slow race car with one day of great fortune
@@nagmashot to bad because mazda made a comeback big time making the Le man's change thier rules about this race, JDM always wins in terms of displacement and reliability
@@dragking9735 I have to laugh my ass off... endurance racing is were JDM fail the most ...were reliability is King..and their they are the worst in the world...
@@nagmashot 3:51
@@nagmashot cry more please
The onboard video is fantastic. What a violent car to drive.
Nice pass on that 962, he was on it as well!!! Happy to see these cars till being put through their paces!
Super! Mooi dat je aan de on board beelden bent gekomen!
Bedankt
Amazing driver reflexes that car has some amazing power and sounds but the gear change looks very difficult
Just 4:30 my two favourite group C cars and in my opinion the best sounding two
What a beautiful sound! Thanks for sharing!
This is the Best onboard Ive ever seen
Im building a model of the car right now so this is perfect to get all the details
5:51 that scream tho. ❤
The greatest race car ever made!
God that 4 rotor sound is orgasmic 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
might be wrong but I believe the 767B was just a 3 rotor.
@Béla Bá technically, its 2×2 Rotor.
I wonder, when the new Mazda rotary car comes out, if they will use it in GT3 or something similar. That would be amazing.
mazda has confirmed the new rotary will be a tiny capacity and used for electric generation
Now THAT'S how you take Eau Rouge. God those things are beautiful. I miss Group C so much.
From the spectators viewpoint it looks very smooth and fluent. But in reality, when you see the cockpit view you can tell how jerky and violent it is. Like trying to balance a bowling ball on the top of a needle.
5:49 ～ 6:04 best
sjiek dat ze u de onboard beelden zomaar hebben gegeven.
Ik vind wel dat ge hun daarvoor moogt bedanken in de tekst onder de video.
Dat vind ik ook sjiek
What a Mazda for real pilot.. What a engine rotative sound ;-) Thank you to share this one at SPA Racetrack.. Greetings from Ascari Racetrack!
767, 767B, 787, 787B............... so many variants.....good old times
Now I have the last hard-on of 2022. Thanks!
If it had sequential gearbox , it would make best V12 sound of any car (I know that it has 4 rotors , but that has same fire order as V12)
Firing order and revs are what make an engine sound great after all
Damn that exhaust will give anyone behind the wheel superstar status 😎
The idle is monstrous 😈😈
Totally amazing video!
Thanks mate !!
Oh that sweet sweet sound
awesome rotary power
That's real racing! Hands in the stick shift....also probably doing some heel-toe technique while downshifting.... and of course the engine sound!!!
Check out the sauber c9 onboard, that car is like a racing DEMON
Die onboard beelden maken een video wel af he, mooi gedaan !!
Bedankt,ben blij dat ik ze gekregen heb
Sounds like an old f1 car outside. On board sounds like a superbike love it
Good sound！！👏👏😍
Come back please！！！！😍👏👏
NGK Sparkplugs in my opinion the best plugs you can buy I've used them in my 4 Runner and BMW 5 series.
that car is a work of engineering art. enough said.
One of the best race cars ever..
This is real racing look at the Tach almost 10k rpm, you had to change gears manually and good god does it sound good!!!
5:00
Elephants: When we hoot you can hear us in a mile distance
787b: * hrumpf *
Lok-y Musik 😂😂😂
767B*
@@togera77 I'm sorry you r right
@@LokyMusik no worries :) here's a little trick to differentiate the 2: the 787B used the number 55. the 787 used the 56. and the 767B used the 77 :)
@@togera77 Ok, thank you I thought the only difference was that the 767 seems to look a little bit smaller, windier or more aerodynamical :)
But dont let us pick eggs :)
the C Monster 7 Series from Mazda are far off its time :) in Sound Skills and Speed :)
Love the 767/787B cars, ....but that C11 ... That's some noise!
Do love this car.
The Porsche at 4:44 lovely too tho.
Max Verstappen: what's that thing he uses with the right hand.
THAT'S A GEAR STICK!
The 767b an 9500rpm is the sexiest thing I’ve probably ever heard
I've reached my cargasm, thanks
mooie video daan, mooi die onboards!
Bedankt !
3:52 theres the km/h for you on the dash, it goes to about 155 in 2nd gear... nice ;) :P
i wish to to see this car in LEMANS 24 hr again.
I bet this is the one car you can hear when standing on the inside of spa near Pouhon. That 787b with its 4 rotors screaming near 9k rpm...I can only imagine hearing that in person...what I'd give...
this isn’t a 787B and I believe it only has 3 rotors. Could be wrong on the second point.
Awesome. Just a perfect morning on a saturday to find this. Thanks, is this you driving the 767 ?
It`s really a impressive car with that rotary engine, short wheelbase with rear mounted gearbox and beautiful wheels.
excellent ! bravo et merci !
love this track they need this car in project cars
this is a car for real man !
That thing is badass 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
2022 this car still sound better than my mom mazda rx8
Mmmm die start-up, prachtig geluid!
22 jul 2019 5:16 pm edt:
thanks. i wonder whether ignition-key is in on-position for 10 second to prime fuel-pump prior turning ignition-key to start-position to start engine
Exquisite!
ＲＥＮＯＷＮ
That thing is a fucking beast wow amazing stuff
Handy driver, who was it? Wasn't expecting to see him use the Le Mans wing at Spa either...
That is why am I disappoint, for Merc have no interest to put C111 with 3 and 4 rotor engines in production.
A side of some F1 engines, this is most impressive engine soundtrack.
i love this sound
Que som incrível!
Loud Rotary sounds...
Well shit! Start with that dude.
What a sound
SUPERNATURAL SOUNDS 👍
:) Tnx for the video !! How cars should sound .
AHHHHH,,VIVA ROTATIVO PARA SIEMPRE🇵🇷😛
Divin !
ロータリーサウンドは最高だ！
Wonderfull ... Thx so much :)
Epic footage, sub for sure
Love that car...
Gran Turismo 4 made this car cool again.
It was never _not_ cool. :P
MCzenman True, but it was forgotten.
This car has never been in any Gran turismo title, as this is the predecessor to the 787b(Which is the one in Gran turismo).
It’s in GT sport now, I made a video it sounds as good in the game!!!
Should be able to bring in the electrical system to help as well. Generator model When the battery runs out Push the engine to work and charge the battery. It should be fun. Fc.Thailand❤
A rocket with wheels.
karens: u aRe dIsTuRbInG tHe nEbOuRhOoD, iM cAlLiNg tHe cOpS
Whats the difference in the 767B and the 787B ?
love it!
If all rice rockets sounded like this I wouldn't complain.
Although they won 1 year, it did not lead to years of success for the RX-7 and RX-8. The Miata racing worked out a lot better. Maybe Mazda and Toyota are working towards a new inline 6 for the next Mazda6 and Supra. They are working on a small rotary engine as a back up charger for a plug-in budget car and SUV.
Beast