{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Rotary Engine Origins: The Red Dragon RX-7 Clip","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/rotary-engine-origins-the-red-dragon-rx-7-clip","audioUrl":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2316026/episodes/16772879-rotary-engine-origins-the-red-dragon-rx-7-clip.mp3","description":"Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia!In this short clip, Mazda USA’s Jon Leverett reveals how growing up in the original “Rotary Family” with 20 RX-7s ignited his passion for automotive history, restoration stories, and vintage tech. Tune in for a quick dose of classic-car memories and rotary-engine insights and listen to the entire episode here - https://pod.link/1733902541/episode/c10a8cae2d89d0f65fdfbc73f879aa09 *** Your Favorite Automotive Podcast - Now Arriving Weekly!!! *** Listen on your favorite platform and visit https://carsloved.com for full episodes, our automotive blog, Guest Road Trip Playlist and our new CAR-ousel of Memories photo archive. Don't Forget to Rate & Review to keep the engines of automotive storytelling—and personal restoration—running strong."},"annotations":[{"startTime":0.0,"endTime":10.0,"type":"car","title":"Mazda RX-7 88 GXL","url":"/cars/mazda/rx-7","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/1983_Mazda_RX-7_Group_B.jpg","quote":"I called it the Red Dragon, that was his car, and so I bought that 88GXL from him, and by the time I had gotten it, it had been sitting out, the paint was a little bit faded.","canonicalId":"car:mazda:rx-7","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"The Mazda RX-7 88 GXL is a sports car known for its lightweight design and rotary engine. It was popular in the late 1980s for its performance and unique engine technology.","simplifiedExplanation":"The Mazda RX-7 88 GXL is a car that was made in 1988. It's known for being lightweight and having a special type of engine called a rotary engine, which is different from most cars.","imageAttribution":"TTTNIS (CC0)"}},{"startTime":21.0,"endTime":24.7,"type":"part","title":"rotary engine","url":"/glossary/rotary-engine","quote":"That was the first engine he ever rebuilt, first rotary he'd ever, or I guess I should say, first rotary he ever rebuilt, and I never had issues with that engine.","canonicalId":"part:rotary-engine","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"A rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine that uses a triangular rotor instead of pistons to convert pressure into rotating motion. This design allows for a more compact engine with fewer moving parts.","simplifiedExplanation":"A rotary engine is a special kind of engine that works differently from regular engines. Instead of using pistons, it has a spinning part that helps the car move, making it smaller and lighter."}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Carly","role":"host"},{"id":"s2","name":"Doug","role":"host"},{"id":"s3","name":"Dave: Classic Car Experts","role":"host"},{"id":"s4","name":"Motorsports Enthusiasts","role":"host"},{"id":"s5","name":"Automotive Storytellers","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/rotary-engine-origins-the-red-dragon-rx-7-clip/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}