In the opening couple of turns, Capstone Motorsports’ Kris Wilson was able to get up to second. McAleer also stated that the Porsche had been given an extra 15 pounds of weight after qualifying due to a Balance of Performance ruling.įilguerias started from the pole and was able to outdistance the Mercedes of Gavin Sanders into turn 1. I was able to get away on the last restart and hold on.” “It’s been pretty fantastic,” McAleer said after the race. It is the fifth win of the season in as many races in Pirelli GT4 America SprintX and the sixth win of the year for the duo. 1 after a late crash caused the event to end under yellow. The duo led the vast majority of the 60-minute race and claimed victory in Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. What really makes the Cosmo special is its tech features, as this was the first production car to have a built-in GPS navigation system, amazingly advanced for 1990. Using a CRT touchscreen as an infotainment system as well, the Cosmo was ahead of its time, having everything from the GPS navigation, to the climate control, to the stereo, to even a TV system being controlled by that touchscreen.The winning streak for Rennsport One’s Eric Filguerias and Stevan McAleer continued Saturday (June 18) at VIRginia International Raceway. The thickly padded leather seats are superbly plush and comfortable, leather trim throughout the interior accentuates the experience, and a whole host of features makes it a standout cockpit. Designed using a seriously cool wrap-around dashboard, with a hideaway gauge cluster for the driver, the Eunos Cosmo’s interior has aged far better than most other 30-year-old Japanese cars, to the point that it could almost pass as a modern design.īeing JDM though, the interior can be a bit small for Americans but still is an awesome one. 0-60 MPH took around 6.5 seconds, and the weight was a portly but relatively light for today 3,550 lbs.Īs mentioned, the Eunos Cosmo’s goal of being the best rotary car was based more around luxury and quality rather than brutal sports car performance, one look at the interior makes this focus evident. As well, handling also focused on the luxury side with a softer ride and easy steering, making cornering ability not all that great. Still powerful, the 13B made less than the RX-7 that would later use it, but still provided an ample 230 hp. With an RWD layout and 2 high-revving, high-power engines, the Eunos Cosmo could have been an unrestrained monster of a sports car, but to achieve their luxury goals was toned down, only including a 4-speed auto for transmission options. While the 13B was still great, the 20B is the most epic it offered, also being the most powerful factory Japanese engine of the time with a mighty 280 hp - though was believed to be as powerful as 320 hp because of the Gentleman’s Agreement, which essentially was Japan's automakers coming together to limit claimed horsepower from the factory in 1989. Even crazier than 3 rotors, the Eunos Cosmo also was the first use of a sequential twin-turbo system on a rotary engine, bestowing that system to both the 20B, as well as the cheaper 13B 2-rotor option offered in it - which would be used in the RX-7 FD 2 years after the Eunos Cosmo's debut. Coming in at a small displacement of 2.0 L, the twin-turbo 20B 3-rotor that was a product of this goal doesn’t seem all that crazy on paper, but when considering the unique way rotaries produce power, this was considered to be equivalent to a V12.
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