Development of Lighter-Weight, Higher-Stiffness Body for New RX-7 Mazda Motor Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Takamatsu, Masanori, author.

Conference Name:

International Congress & Exposition (1992-02-24 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1992

Summary:

To realize high levels of handling, driving performance, and NVH characteristics for a sports car, it is important to develop a lightweight and high-stiffness vehicle body. For the new RX-7, weight saving and higher stiffness were pursued as top priorities from the very first stage of the program. We were able to achieve 20% higher bending stiffness and 15% higher torsional stiffness with vehicle weight reduced by 30 kg, compared with the former model.The development of the lightweight, high-stiffness body for the new RX-7 is discussed under three subjects:

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Publisher Number:

920244

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