Mazda RX7 Gold Portfolio 1978 to 1981.
Brooklands Books ISBN 1 85520 3332
I picked this up at Foyles in London for 14.95 pounds.
A collection of American and English magazine articles
on the RX7 over the above years. Also racing results
and how the RX7 dominated endurance road racing until
the sanctioning bodies started penalizing the rotary
by adding ballast weight. 
First article is by our very own Don Sherman

Autocar did a steady speed MPG test on a 12A powered
1980 RX7 and got the following numbers. this could be imperial
gallons so don't get too excited.

MPH   MPG  MPL
30    38.5 8.5 
40    38.5 
50    36.2
60    32.5 
70    29.6
80    26.6
90    23.4
100   19.4
   
Paul Lamar
 
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