RX2 of the week

[Jamie R]

Christ most of Mazdas export went to Scandinavia didnt it ??


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By 1970 people in the Nordics were desperate for someone to save them from the British car industry. Toyota, Mazda, Datsun and Honda rushed to the rescue. In 1967 japanese cars were a novelty in Norway. The jokes were many and pretty bad. But by 1971, Mazda importer Kolberg Motors went number one on the new car sales stats. After that, the jokes stopped. Of course, the Swedes had Volvo and Saab for self defense, but Japanese cars sold well in Denmark and Finland as well.

[Jamie R]

By 1970 people in the Nordics were desperate for someone to save them from the British car industry. Toyota, Mazda, Datsun and Honda rushed to the rescue. In 1967 japanese cars were a novelty in Norway. The jokes were many and pretty bad. But by 1971, Mazda importer Kolberg Motors went number one on the new car sales stats. After that, the jokes stopped. Of course, the Swedes had Volvo and Saab for self defense, but Japanese cars sold well in Denmark and Finland as well.

Well no one could be worse than British leyland..... when you hear stories of factory workers purposely damaging cars on the production line so they could come back during overtime to rectify..... I'm not surprised it all fell over


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Haha, don't get me started. My dad bought a brand new Vauxhall Viva HA in 1964. Fast forward past all the traumas: in 1971 he bought his first Japanese car, a Mazda 616. He never looked back. 

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Three more 1973 coupé's in various states of repair covering the price range from US$ 9500 to top-of-the-range Australian price £ 40K (all back in 2016)

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We have reached the end of the 1973 picture file and I promised you a treat. This winged* Coupé is stored somewhere in Norway, waiting for restoration. Clive: it's a two door, so let me know when you win that lottery! 

*No, you can't see the wing in the pic, unfortunately, it's a tall one in the XR3 Turbo style. Was shown some old photos from when it made the roads unsafe...

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Very 70s! BROWN/brown 616 sedan for sale, see: https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=272050949

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Enter 1974-models. This 616 Coupé was imported from the US and for sale in Germany last year.

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STOP PRESS! Rx2 sedan for sale in Southern Norway. Featured in this post earlier. One of two registered sedans in the country:
https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=273090977

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Oh, the things you're missing when you don't come by this thread regularly! 
Today a 1974 GSII. It was recently for sale from a NZ dealer. The asking price started somewhere in the outer stratosphere, then came down somewhat. It has to be said it's a real gem. 

BTW: it's strange how the 1974 MY saw the Series IV introduced in some countries and not in others. We had the series III 616s until October 1975. My dad's series IV was a 1977 model, built in December 1976. And it still stood out amongst the series IIs and IIIs. I do prefer my series 1,5 over a series 4, but that combo of olive green metallic and green interior is just stunning!

[Jamie R]

Oh, the things you're missing when you don't come by this thread regularly! 
Today a 1974 GSII. It was recently for sale from a NZ dealer. The asking price started somewhere in the outer stratosphere, then came down somewhat. It has to be said it's a real gem. 

BTW: it's strange how the 1974 MY saw the Series IV introduced in some countries and not in others. We had the series III 616s until October 1975. My dad's series IV was a 1977 model, built in December 1976. And it still stood out amongst the series IIs and IIIs. I do prefer my series 1,5 over a series 4, but that combo of olive green metallic and green interior is just stunning!

I'm an agreement with you, that green metallic is superb


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[clive]

O, my, what a wonderful machine.

Never seen an interior like that, or as wonderful.

[Casey]

Gorgeous, stunning looking car 

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Another 74 coupé. Modified with a 13B turbo it sold from South Africa to Australia last year. Note it has the series IV rear panel and lamps, but the series III front.

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Stunning metallic blue colour on this week's coupé. Not sure I'll "dream on" about that interior, but car looks in great nick otherwise.