Sunday, August 31, 2008

Sunday Stories:Kesselman Mazda CX-7

Kesselman Mazda CX-7


Involved in motorsport for many years, Oleg Kesselman decided to share a bit of his knowledge and love for high performance cars by tuning them with his experts hands. At the Moscow Auto Show, his booth displayed a Mazda CX-7, yes a CX-7, not an RX-7, RX-8, not even a Mazda Roadster or anything coming from Mazdaspeed...but worry not, this family car has a couple tricks up its sleeves...

The first shock comes from the looks, is this really a Mazda CX-7? Indeed it is, but severely modified with an extra large and racy body kit, lowered body, very big brakes, very big rims...this is not the CX-7 you usually drive to the supermarket in or take your kids to school...they wouldn't fit! The interior features a roll cage, a couple racing bucket seats, Momo steering wheel and...that's pretty much it! What we have here is one of the most extreme Mazda CX-7s out there!

Unfortunately, full specs aren't available and by looking at these these pictures it's impossible to say whether the engine has been modified, even though it's very likely. Russian style anyone?