hi all,
does anyone know what enfini translates to and what emblem means
just a daft question
cheers bob
hi bob, dont quote me on this, but i think its just the japanese name for the rx7. might be wrong tho!
Does it not mean infinity. Thats what I thought anyway.
Barry
I always thought it was infinity, after all I\'ve seen plenty of FC\'s with the infinity symbol stuck to their butts.
I was once told that infini was taken from the FRENCH :eek: word meaning infinite.
But why infinite anyway! :3Confused
I was told ......
Efini was the "sports" division of Mazda in Japan. Cars like the 3rd gen RX-7, 323 awd turbo, etc were badged as Efini (or Infini). It\'s comparable to BMW\'s M-cars or Mercedes AMG.
Efini is like the Mazda "other brand" to help sell premium cars without the stigma of having a Japanese badge since the Europeans and Americans are so funny about that sort of thing.
Just like:
Toyota = Lexus
Honda = Acura
Nissan = Infiniti
Mazda - Efini
Quite a lot of the cars change their designation too Atezza = RS200, Fairlady = 300ZX so just be glad they haven\'t done that too.
Taken from wiki,
In the late 1980s, Mazda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda) diversified in the Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) market with the launch of three new marques (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marque). The company created Autozam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autozam), Eunos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunos_%28automobile%29), and
Ẽfini, in addition to the Mazda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda) and Ford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company) brands already marketed there. This experiment was ended in the mid-1990s.
The Ẽfini name and logo are not to be confused with several limited-edition second generation (FC) RX-7s, the "Infini" edition (marked with an infinity sign), from the late 1980s. As a brand, it encompassed most, if not all dealers formerly under Mazda\'s "Auto" dealer chain. It\'s pronounced like
infini with a French style pronunciation of the in.
The
Ẽfini marque was a sport-oriented brand, as opposed to the more comfortable, luxury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_car)-oriented Eunos. Today, Mazda continues to use the Ẽfini name as one of the company\'s dealership chains, along with Autozam, but the vehicles sold no longer use it. This included the following vehicles:
- 1990-1997 Efini MPV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efini_MPV)/Mazda MPV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MPV)
- 1991-1993 Efini MS-6 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efini_MS-6)/Mazda Cronos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Cronos)
- 1992-1997 Efini MS-8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efini_MS-8) car unique to the brand
- 1991-1993 Efini MS-9 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efini_MS-9)/Mazda 929 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_929)
- 1991-1996 Efini RX-7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efini_RX-7)/Mazda RX-7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_RX-7)