RX4 of the week

[clive]

 

[Eccentric shaft]

Excellent thread!   
Here comes a Swedish spec 13B-powered RX4

[Casey]

That looks to be in excellent condition 

[Jamie R]

Every now n then a car manufacturer just gets it right.
A car that looks good from any angle
The rx4 is one of those

I could mention some others but ya know it's all personal taste I guess


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[Eccentric shaft]

This one just came up for sale: https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=207838480
1973 929HT ready for assembly with Rx8 machinery.

[Casey]

Ooooh, that's lovely!

[Jamie R]

I concur that is nice.

First to admit I never heard of a 929. But yeah wow.

It's the right colour too


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[Eccentric shaft]

First to admit I never heard of a 929. But yeah wow.

We didn't get the Rx4 here (the Swedes did), we got the somewhat less exciting piston version, the 929, and it sold really well as HT coupé, four door and wagons.

The equation goes

Rx4 coupé
- rotary
+ 1.8 litre four-banger
- cockpit-style ceiling instruments
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= 929 HT

[Jamie R]

Either way up, great looking car


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[Eccentric shaft]

Currently for sale in NZ, a 1974 sedan:

[Casey]

Very, very nice, and RHD too 

[Jamie R]

Those kiwis are in a class of their own!  turning out clean straight looking cars


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[Eccentric shaft]

Yep, they're in a class of their own. Can't have harmed that they built rotary Mazdas in New Zealand. The cars were shipped over from Japan in crates and boxes and assembled in that country (a clever way to avoid import taxes and offer local employment as a bonus). Unfortunately that class-of-.their-own bit also counts for the prices. The blue Rx4 sedan is advertised for no less than 72,000 NZD. This brown coupé is slightly cheaper... Well, bids start at 65K!

[Eccentric shaft]

[Eccentric shaft]

Is this what they call the "flat nose" Rx4?