GTP Cool Wall: 1971-1978 Mazda RX-3

1971-1978 Mazda RX-3

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1971-1978 Mazda RX-3 nominated by @Panoz
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Engines: 2x491cc Wankel (Mazda 10A-0866), 2x573cc Wankel (Mazda 12A), 2x573cc Wankel (Mazda 12B)
Power: 10A-0866: 105 hp; 12A/12B: 130 hp
Torque: 10A-0866: 100 lb-ft.; 12A/12B: 115 lb-ft.
Weight: 890-965 kg
Transmission: 3-speed automatic, 4-speed manual
Drivetrain: Front engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan, 5-door wagon
Additional Info: "The Mazda RX-3 (or Savanna) is the rotary powered variation of Mazda's Grand Familia model. Mazda sold the RX-3 in coupe, sedan and station wagon models, but the most RX-3s sold was in the coupe form. The RX-3 coupe gave the most influence on the design of the succeeding RX-7."​
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It's what the 70s GT-R or the 70s MK1 Ford Escort were to all those performance cars from the same gene pool. It was the archetype of it's brand for performance that set the foundation for what others came to love later down the line. It was a cool little car and as interesting as many others (like the couple mentioned). I'd give it an SZ but it's lasting effects weren't nearly as prominent as some of those others of the same size, performance and lineage to their manufacture as this. But in the end a high cool.
 
So we're taking more than the coupe versions into account?

Low Cool. One of more interesting '70s Japanese offerings without coming across as too bland or geeky. Probably would have been a solid Cool if the front didn't remind me of a Ventora FE.
 
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Hmm, a classic Rotary Mazda.

Well, I like it, but I agree with some opinions, which state that the coupe is the best looking version. It's that classic muscle car-esque shape (the same sort of style found on the Mitsubishi Galant GTO) that sets the car apart. The engine also helps to set the car apart from similar cars of its era, while the sedan and wagon versions do the job of being the reliable means of transportation.

I'd say it's cool, mainly because the other versions don't feel as unique as the coupe feels. Not that they're bad mind you, they just lack more interesting features.
 
Cool car as long as you don't have to talk about the engine. That brings out the obnoxious fanboiz.
 
Not all that good looking. Plus 1970's rotary, which were for the most part, junk. Rotary fanboys don't help.

Uncool.
 
One of the coolest Mazda ever. Nice engine and I even like the other version, but can't be sub-zero due to rotary fanboys.
 
Sub Zero. Why, you ask? Because it's a lightweight, RWD coupe with lots of brap brap brrraaap and is increasingly rare find these days.
 
Heldenzeit
Modified or stock, these are really cool. 3/4ths muscle car styling with the super smooth rotary engine. Yes please.
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Hot dang, look at that flame! And the wing, that is definitely worthy of Red Bull's slogan... Sorry to doubt the veracity of the picture, but is that a real racing car? Because if it is, it looks vicious. :drool:
 
70s Japanese car stigma was all the rage in the UK as aspersions were cast against the invading foreigners, stealing a percentage of our domestic car sales.

Reliability issues with wankel rotor tips?
Still better than the tripe the UK used to mass-produce during this period but I'll have to agree with the 70s on this one, an un-cool from me.
 
How can one not love the Grand Familia? The quasi-angular aggressive styling, the size which puts it on the same level as the glorious Ford Escort, and then there's the Savanna which really was the beginning of an era of rotary sportscars with the Mazda badge.

Here in Europe the Familia/808/Mizer is exceedingly rare (I don't know if it was ever imported in Italy!), and its reputation is untarnished, therefore from me it gets a sub-zero, which may be entirely too much for a little sedan with an engine that's likely to crap out in less than 100,000 kms, but who cares.
 
ClydeYellow
How can one not love the Grand Familia? The quasi-angular aggressive styling, the size which puts it on the same level as the glorious Ford Escort, and then there's the Savanna which really was the beginning of an era of rotary sportscars with the Mazda badge.

Here in Europe the Familia/808/Mizer is exceedingly rare (I don't know if it was ever imported in Italy!), and its reputation is untarnished, therefore from me it gets a sub-zero, which may be entirely too much for a little sedan with an engine that's likely to crap out in less than 100,000 kms, but who cares.
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Given your in italy, that kind of mileage out of an engine would be common anyway.
 

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