Mazda company held an extraordinary national competition among technical experts of their dealerships. For the best national specialist service and repair of vehicles Mazda car dealership employees struggled with the whole of Russia. The history of the competition technicians MazTech began in 2000 and since then he has held every two years. The competition is divided into three stages - a national, European and worldwide. The finalists of the national stage are going to compete in Europe and from there the best of the best are sent to Hiroshima, where the headquarters of the Mazda. In Russia, Mazda engineers contest was first held in 2006 at the Dmitrov proving ground, then reached the final 10. And last year the venue of the event shifted to one of the buildings VVC. The Russian subsidiary of Mazda decided to hold separate competitions, as the previous contests have aroused great interest from dealers. Manager of Technical Training "Mazda Motor Rus Aleksey Pigachkov noted that the technical department staff dealerships gain an incentive to grow professionally. Become a member of the national contest can be after the passage of two rounds of correspondence, which consisted of answers to questions about the device and fault models of Mazda3 and Mazda6. Go to the quiz are valid only for mechanics, electricians and diagnosticians, who currently are employed by service partners Mazda. Stage will once again be in one of the buildings on the territory of the REC. This year's participation in the extraordinary contest in Russia took officers 40 dealerships Japanese brand. The finalists were selected by only 7 participants, who fought among themselves for the transition to the national selection round MazTech 2010. Participants of the contest had to troubleshoot on cars Mazda3. Contestants are subdivided into different sections, which contained cars, tools and diagnostic equipment. Defective Mazda3 stood on the multicolored carpet on which they would gradually move towards the finish. To solve all the problems were set aside for 4 hours. The first test - the red zone. The car was not one rear wheel, and as a support was used by the bar. Contestants had to find a place of separation of electrical wires, the electric charge of the trunk, where lay the missing wheel. By the way, inside the bar were freed unprogrammed keys. The car rolled into the blue zone, where the mechanic proceed to the second task. Next craftsmen had to open the safe, which was locked diagnostic equipment. The code is calculated using figures onboard computer. With their help diagnosticians program keys, set break data transport bus (CAN) and restore the operation of various sensors. In the last green zone, mechanics installed a certain mode of turn signals and answered questions on the device Car Mazda. Puzzles for engineers invented Alex Pigachkov, it was them with the assumption that the finish comes one who will show their knowledge of electrical engineering, diagnostics and mechanics. And also, to some extent - cunning and intuition. "Sometimes in order to repair the car, not necessarily just to disassemble it. We must reflect on the "symptoms" to start from the right place "- shared his thoughts on the technical training manager, Mazda. According to Alexei Pigachkova, employees Techcenter Mazda already know the basic failure of their "wards", and here they had to smash his head on atypical defects. First place went to Maxim Ivushkin of Rolf Khimki, he reached the finish line in 3 hours. Second place went to his colleague Roman Voropayev, who finished 20 minutes after the winner, and third place went to Eugene Kotomkin from "Klarus Trading. It was they who go to the final of the national competition in 2010. And if they do, and there will prove their professionalism, they can go to the finals in Europe and later in the super final in Japan. Next door to competition was updated crossover Mazda CX-7 "Russian borzoi", which journalists to head Mazda Sport Academy Oleg Kesselman. The second generation of Mazda's race is fundamentally different from the first version. According to the author of this project, it was decided to leave the body only and kit, all the filling replaced. The location of the engine is no longer transverse and longitudinal. Motor with cast iron (instead of the old aluminum) block and the turbine Garett. From direct fuel injection and all-wheel drive and had to be abandoned altogether. Also at the same place the transmission was installed transmission of rotary-piston model, the RX-8 with a reinforced clutch. The car's weight decreased by 150 kg to 1350 kg and a power rear-wheel drive is now "Russian borzoi" with 2.3-liter four-cylinder turbo engine has reached 470 liters. with., which is 70 liters. with. more than the previous version. Acceleration to 100 km / h in just 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 280 km / h. Oleg Kesselman plans to test an updated "greyhound" in Nurburgring. Text: Olga Zabelkina. Photos: Olga Zabelkina.
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