Mazda 787B '91

The Mazda 787B '91 is a race car produced by Mazda. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and is featured in the subsequent mainline games, including Gran Turismo Sport, where it was included as part of Update 1.23.
Produced in 1991 as a variant of the original 787, it is powered by a 4-rotor Wankel rotary engine, producing 690 BHP. It weighs 1,830 lbs., and was specifically made for the Le Mans 24 Hours. After its victory in 1991, it was retired after the FIA phased out C2 regulations it used, while its other 2 derivatives continued to be used for racing purposes.
It appears to be the #55, driven by Volker Weidler, Johnny Herbert, and Bertrand Gachot, who won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans.
==In-game description==
=== Car Index (GT7) ===
"The legendary machine that brought Mazda the first victory ever in the Le Mans for a Japanese manufacturer."
===Legend Cars (GT7)===
Do you know about the 1991 Le Mans 24 Hours? In the final year that rotary engines were allowed to compete, Mazda defied the odds and won in miraculous fashion. The winning race car was the 787B, powered by the 4-rotor engine, which outlasted powerhouse rivals like the Jaguar and Porsche. The victory was made even sweeter by the fact that Mazda became the only Japanese company to win the historic race. After a bad showing the previous year, no one expected the 787B to do well in 1991, qualifying in the 19th position. However, the Mazda team was undeterred and ran a strategic and consistent race, taking the checkered flag. The drivers who accomplished the impossible were Volker Weidler, Johnny Herbert, and Bertrand Gachot. After the race, the now-historic No. 55 car was safely stowed away to be preserved forever. Then, in 2011, the car was restored and returned to Le Mans for a demo run celebrating the 20th anniversary of its victory.
=== Café (GT7) ===
==== Jeremy ====
'Rotary engines are notorious for their poor fuel economy, making them ill-suited for endurance races.' At least, this is what people in the racing world once believed. But the engineers at Mazda took a different view! And the fruit of their labor was the R26B engine, which emphasized horsepower over torque. This wise decision effectively made it a durable and fuel-efficient engine. The legendary machine it brought to power is this 787B. It was the first Japanese car to claim the Le Mans title in 1991. Unfortunately, JohnnyIncorrectly written as "Jonny" in-game. Herbert, the driver who drove the final three stints... Was so dehydrated after the race that he was unable to make it to the podium. As for the engine, when Mazda's engineers took it apart, they apparently saw that it could go another 500 km!
====Kunihisa Ito====
The number of cars participating in the 1991 Le Mans race was only 38, but among those was the new Peugeot 905. There were also perennial powerhouses like Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Porsche sharing that starting grid. To take them all on, Mazda entered two 787B race cars. Of those two, the No. 55 car, which started the race in 19th position, gradually worked its way up the running order... Until it found its way to the front and finished on top! A dramatic first victory for Japanese manufacturers. To this day, I haven't forgotten the famous green and red livery of that race machine.
==Acquisition==
==Trivia==
*It is the first Group C car to appear in the series.
*In GT3, it had identical front and rear wheels, while in GT4 and later games, it was given the "turbofan" shaped front wheel covers sometimes featured in real life.
*It was incorrectly marked as turbocharged in GT3. This was fixed in GT4 onwards where it is marked correctly as naturally aspirated.
**GT4, however, does introduce a new error: the patch near the front windshield is colored green, instead of black. This mistake was not present in the GT3 version, and was corrected in GT5 on both the Standard and Premium counterparts.
*In GT5 and GT6, the Premium version has fictional driver names on the engine cover, featuring "P.Behrens", "R.Rogers" and "J.Nouvel" instead of "V.Weidler", "J.Herbert" and "B.Gachot". This may be due to name and likeness licensing issues. These names were later corrected in GT Sport.
**The car installed on the sculpture at the Goodwood Hillclimb in GT6 has the correct names, alongside the ACO class decal, which was absent until GT Sport.
*Its description in GT Sport and GT7 is outdated due to being copied directly from GT6. It mistakenly claims that it is still the only Japanese car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is no longer true as of the 2018-2022 races, where Toyota won with the TS050 Hybrid, and later the GR010 Hybrid.
** The Legend Car Dealership text also contains that outdated information.
*The Gran Turismo Icons video uploaded by the Gran Turismo TV YouTube channel in April 2021 includes footage of the car with a custom #202 livery, used in the All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship.
==Pictures==
Mazda 787B Race Car Vehicle Banner.png|The vehicle banner as it appears in Gran Turismo 4.
Mazda 787B Race Car '91 (GT3).jpg|The 787B in Gran Turismo 3. Note the livery's thinner front triangular pattern.
Mazda-787b-race-car-91-black.jpg|The black version of the Mazda 787B '91, only appeared in GT4.
Mazda 787B Race Car '91 (Standard vs Premium).jpg|The Premium version battling its Standard counterpart in GT5. Aside from the obvious graphical differences, the most notable difference between the two is, as stated above, the addition of the driver names on the Premium version.
Mazda 787B Race Car '91 (GT Sport) - Rear.jpg|The rear as it appears in GT Sport. As stated above, the correct driver names are now used, along with a couple of "24 Heures du Mans" stickers on the roof.
===Liveries===
File:787B - K. Kondo.jpg|K. Kondo's livery in the World Group C Racing Championship special event, based on the Mazdaspeed 787B.
==Videos==
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==See also==
*Mazda 787B Stealth Model
==Notes==
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