What does GSL stand for?
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I know what Rx-7 stands for, its stands for Rotary Export 7 th attempt
And the RE-EGI is Rotary Engine, electronic gas injection
also found out what LEXUS stands for, i work at toyota now and I asked LOL Its means Luxury Export to the US
I KNOW that has nothing to do with 7's but anyways, 19 out of 20 lexus owners have no clue
And the RE-EGI is Rotary Engine, electronic gas injection
also found out what LEXUS stands for, i work at toyota now and I asked LOL Its means Luxury Export to the US
I KNOW that has nothing to do with 7's but anyways, 19 out of 20 lexus owners have no clue
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It doesn't give definite definitions. I swore there was a thread that did though. Oh well. I got nothing better to do but look for it. If i find it I'll post it.
It doesn't give definite definitions. I swore there was a thread that did though. Oh well. I got nothing better to do but look for it. If i find it I'll post it.
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This is the one I was thinking of. Its in the General Rotary Tech Section. It was a familiar topic cause I started it
This one has some abbreviations you may or may not be interested in, like the Mazda REPU
This is the one I was thinking of. Its in the General Rotary Tech Section. It was a familiar topic cause I started it
This one has some abbreviations you may or may not be interested in, like the Mazda REPU
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The Model that was called the RX-7 was origianlly called Project X403 by mazda, then they came up with the name RX-7 as its product name. i dont think it really means anything in particular.
thats what my books tell me anyway.
thats what my books tell me anyway.
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A production vehicle is hardly an experiment. Export is more fitting, but I've never seen the article or interview where Mazda came out and said what it really was. I have heard plenty of hearsay and guessing though.
GSL - Grand Sport Luxury (if memory serves correct)
GSL - Grand Sport Luxury (if memory serves correct)
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Originally posted by 680RWHP12A
GSL = great sexy legs!!! that is what will get in your car if you buy one!!!! j/k i wish!
GSL = great sexy legs!!! that is what will get in your car if you buy one!!!! j/k i wish!
so GSL-SE = Great Sexy Legs, Super Easy ....... right?
If so... I'm buying one TODAY. If not, then I might hafta go to Division St. in Chicago.... (you city folk know what it is.... when the certain "street folk" come up and try to become your "friends/guides for the evening.")
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to fuel the worn out fire about the "x" in the Rx-7. I tend to agree with the X= export. not the X= experiment. after 7 tries and over ten years they still couldn't get it past the experimental stage?
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Well originally there were two trim levels - the S and GS. They stood for... hell, who knows. The S was the base model and the GS had a rear sway and some nicer gadgets, wheels, etc. I won't go into specifics.
Then in '80 there was a limited edition Leather Sport trim level, usually just called LS. Leather interior, special wheels, etc. Nothing special mechanically.
In '81 they transformed that model into the GSL, which ironically had leather interior as an option, not standard. But it came with more luxogoodies like rear wiper, more power this and that, better radio, and the rear disc brakes and a limited-slip diff.
So we have S, GS, GSL.
Iin '84 they made an uber-GSL. They gave it bigger brakes, bigger wheels, stiffer shocks, and a fuel injected 13B engine. This model was called the GSL-SE.
So we have S, GS, GSL, GSL-SE.
Most of the reason GSL-SEs seem so much heavier is because GSL-SEs came automatically "loaded" from the factory, the only options were leather interior and power steering. On all the other cars, they were shipped with practically no options and things like A/C were installed at the US docks or at the dealership. This was for logistical reasons - it took so long for cars to get to the US from the factory that a dealer couldn't order a car optioned a certain way, so the optioning-up was done State-side. So the 12A car weights were of "bare" cars before options were added, and the GSL-SE weights were of "loaded" cars with all the options.
The "X" does mean export, not experiment. If any car was an experiment it was the L10A Cosmo. 930,000 rotary powered cars were made before the first RX-7, it's safe to say the "experiment" was *long* over by then
Then in '80 there was a limited edition Leather Sport trim level, usually just called LS. Leather interior, special wheels, etc. Nothing special mechanically.
In '81 they transformed that model into the GSL, which ironically had leather interior as an option, not standard. But it came with more luxogoodies like rear wiper, more power this and that, better radio, and the rear disc brakes and a limited-slip diff.
So we have S, GS, GSL.
Iin '84 they made an uber-GSL. They gave it bigger brakes, bigger wheels, stiffer shocks, and a fuel injected 13B engine. This model was called the GSL-SE.
So we have S, GS, GSL, GSL-SE.
Most of the reason GSL-SEs seem so much heavier is because GSL-SEs came automatically "loaded" from the factory, the only options were leather interior and power steering. On all the other cars, they were shipped with practically no options and things like A/C were installed at the US docks or at the dealership. This was for logistical reasons - it took so long for cars to get to the US from the factory that a dealer couldn't order a car optioned a certain way, so the optioning-up was done State-side. So the 12A car weights were of "bare" cars before options were added, and the GSL-SE weights were of "loaded" cars with all the options.
The "X" does mean export, not experiment. If any car was an experiment it was the L10A Cosmo. 930,000 rotary powered cars were made before the first RX-7, it's safe to say the "experiment" was *long* over by then
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Originally posted by Ultralights
The Model that was called the RX-7 was origianlly called Project X403 by mazda, then they came up with the name RX-7 as its product name. i dont think it really means anything in particular.
thats what my books tell me anyway.
The Model that was called the RX-7 was origianlly called Project X403 by mazda, then they came up with the name RX-7 as its product name. i dont think it really means anything in particular.
thats what my books tell me anyway.
But anyways the japanese like acronyms a lot of the trim levels and such are acronyms meaning something and the rx-7 is no different...
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Yep. The RX-7 was the first and only car labeled "RX-n" in Japan.
over there they had the Familia, Capella, Savannah, Luce, Cosmo, Roadpacer, Parkway 26, and... um... RX-7.
Here we had R-100, RX-2, RX-3, RX-4, Cosmo, REPU, and RX-7. REPU was a US-only model, no other countries got rotary powered trucks unless you want to count the Japan-only Parkway 26 bus. Our Cosmo was known as the RX-5 in the ROTW.
But notice, 1-2-3-4-5. And the REPU (which is not really "in order" to be #6) and then RX-7. And now RX-8.
over there they had the Familia, Capella, Savannah, Luce, Cosmo, Roadpacer, Parkway 26, and... um... RX-7.
Here we had R-100, RX-2, RX-3, RX-4, Cosmo, REPU, and RX-7. REPU was a US-only model, no other countries got rotary powered trucks unless you want to count the Japan-only Parkway 26 bus. Our Cosmo was known as the RX-5 in the ROTW.
But notice, 1-2-3-4-5. And the REPU (which is not really "in order" to be #6) and then RX-7. And now RX-8.
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It's "Gran Sport" if it's a Buick, "Grand Sport" if it's a Corvette, or just plain "GS and it don't stand for nuthin'" if it's an RX-7
Fennix: If your car has steel wheels and/or a 2-spoke steering wheel it is an S model. If it has a rear swaybar it is a GS model. However, many S models had the 4-spoke steering wheels and alloy rims put on at the dealer, and many people have removed the rear sway on the GS. Other than the rear sway bar, there's really no mechanical difference.
Allegedly all GS models had electric fuel door releases. My '80 was a GS but it had a normal key-lock fuel door with no power release. I suspect there was a LOT of mix-and-match involved, not to mention that the cars are now on their 3rd, 4th, or 5th owners and who knows what was done to it in the past, so it's best to look at a car based on what it currently has equipped instead of how it left the factory. For instance there are a *lot* of S and GS models with GSL-SE suspensions
Fennix: If your car has steel wheels and/or a 2-spoke steering wheel it is an S model. If it has a rear swaybar it is a GS model. However, many S models had the 4-spoke steering wheels and alloy rims put on at the dealer, and many people have removed the rear sway on the GS. Other than the rear sway bar, there's really no mechanical difference.
Allegedly all GS models had electric fuel door releases. My '80 was a GS but it had a normal key-lock fuel door with no power release. I suspect there was a LOT of mix-and-match involved, not to mention that the cars are now on their 3rd, 4th, or 5th owners and who knows what was done to it in the past, so it's best to look at a car based on what it currently has equipped instead of how it left the factory. For instance there are a *lot* of S and GS models with GSL-SE suspensions
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28
I think it was project x605 wasnt it?
But anyways the japanese like acronyms a lot of the trim levels and such are acronyms meaning something and the rx-7 is no different...
I think it was project x605 wasnt it?
But anyways the japanese like acronyms a lot of the trim levels and such are acronyms meaning something and the rx-7 is no different...
X408 was an unofficial project testing the viability of a 50/50 2 seater powered by a RX-3 parts - it never went beyond paper stage.
Then came X516, the idea being that the project would spin off X517 (piston engined!) if the Mazda brass decided a 2 seat sport coupé rotary wouldn't work in the economic climate of the late 70's. 516 & 517 were to share the same floor stampings, and suspension, with the front suspension turned one way for a longer sedan and rotated 180 degrees for a shorter wheelbase coupé
X517 went on to become X606 (the Mazda 626), while the X516 project was stillborn.
In 1976, Project X605 replaced the X516 concept, severing any ties to the X606.
X605 begat P642 ('P' = Production), the internal Mazda designation for the car sold as the RX-7.
The name RX-7 is just an alphanumeric label with no 'true' meaning. Marketers think 'X' sounds space age, 'R' implies 'race' (not rotary, as many assume) and 7 as a numeric progression from past models (there was no RX-6, as 'eks' and 'six' are difficult for Japanese to say). The X has no more meaning than it did when Nissan tacked it on to the 280Z to start the ZX line, or Honda with the CRX.
Mazda continues this alphanumeric coding today, with nonsense names added. There are MX-3, MX-5, MX-6 etc. sold in various countries as Miatas, Precidias, Mystéres, etc.
EDIT: This reply was intended for the post discussing what the RX stood for. Sorry for the confusion.
Originally posted by Manntis
The name RX-7 is just an alphanumeric label with no 'true' meaning. Marketers think 'X' sounds space age, 'R' implies 'race' (not rotary, as many assume) and 7 as a numeric progression from past models (there was no RX-6, as 'eks' and 'six' are difficult for Japanese to say). The X has no more meaning than it did when Nissan tacked it on to the 280Z to start the ZX line, or Honda with the CRX.
EDIT: This reply was intended for the post discussing what the RX stood for. Sorry for the confusion.
The name RX-7 is just an alphanumeric label with no 'true' meaning. Marketers think 'X' sounds space age, 'R' implies 'race' (not rotary, as many assume) and 7 as a numeric progression from past models (there was no RX-6, as 'eks' and 'six' are difficult for Japanese to say). The X has no more meaning than it did when Nissan tacked it on to the 280Z to start the ZX line, or Honda with the CRX.
EDIT: This reply was intended for the post discussing what the RX stood for. Sorry for the confusion.
Which model RX-7 do I have? How do the various RX-7 models differ?
1st Generation US/Canada
2nd Generation US/Canada
3rd Generation US/Canada
Australian
What other regular production cars have had rotary engines?
NSU beat Toyo Kogyo to the punch by several years, with two models, the Sport Spyder, and the Ro80. The first production Mazda rotary was the 1967 110S Cosmo Sports.
Mazda Rotary models [b]eXported, and model year first sold in the US were:
1970 R-100 (Japanese Familia)
1971 RX-2 (Japanese & Australian Capella)
1972 RX-3 (Japanese Savanna)
1974 RX-4 (Japanese Luce)
1974 REPU (Rotary Engine Pick-Up, manufactured only for eXport to the US market)
1976 Cosmo (RX-5 in some markets, e.g. Australia)
1979 RX-7 (Represents first use of an RX- moniker in the Japanese market)
Note that the RX-7 is the seventh on this list of seven.
In Japan, Mazda sold the Parkway Rotary 26 bus. In other markets, as well as Japan, Mazda has sold the R-130 Luce, the Roadpacer, and subsequent generation Cosmos.
In the US from model years 1970-1978, most Mazdas sold were equipped with rotary engines. The main exceptions were the RX-3, instead equipped with boingers & different trim and called the 808 or Mizer, and a series of boinger pickup trucks with model names prefaced with a B and finished with engine displacement in liters times 100. Up until the introduction of the RX-7, Mazda had produced 930,000 rotary engines. The cars on this list were anything but experimental.
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Learn which engines were used in which cars.
1st Generation US/Canada
2nd Generation US/Canada
3rd Generation US/Canada
Australian
What other regular production cars have had rotary engines?
NSU beat Toyo Kogyo to the punch by several years, with two models, the Sport Spyder, and the Ro80. The first production Mazda rotary was the 1967 110S Cosmo Sports.
Mazda Rotary models [b]eXported, and model year first sold in the US were:
1970 R-100 (Japanese Familia)
1971 RX-2 (Japanese & Australian Capella)
1972 RX-3 (Japanese Savanna)
1974 RX-4 (Japanese Luce)
1974 REPU (Rotary Engine Pick-Up, manufactured only for eXport to the US market)
1976 Cosmo (RX-5 in some markets, e.g. Australia)
1979 RX-7 (Represents first use of an RX- moniker in the Japanese market)
Note that the RX-7 is the seventh on this list of seven.
In Japan, Mazda sold the Parkway Rotary 26 bus. In other markets, as well as Japan, Mazda has sold the R-130 Luce, the Roadpacer, and subsequent generation Cosmos.
In the US from model years 1970-1978, most Mazdas sold were equipped with rotary engines. The main exceptions were the RX-3, instead equipped with boingers & different trim and called the 808 or Mizer, and a series of boinger pickup trucks with model names prefaced with a B and finished with engine displacement in liters times 100. Up until the introduction of the RX-7, Mazda had produced 930,000 rotary engines. The cars on this list were anything but experimental.
More history links
Learn which engines were used in which cars.
