Final Drive: 1993 Mazda RX-7 - Autos.ca
And, while trying to pull off Liu Kang’s finishing move on the Sega I bought with my paper route money, I was surrounded by posters of the early nineties sports cars fundamental in turning me into the well-rounded car-geek I am today. One of those posters, and my favorite at the time, was of the 1993 Mazda RX-7. I like 1993. In fact, I’ve owned a Nissan 240SX and Toyota MR2 from that year. But neither matches the Mazda in terms of pure crowd-gathering power, and the ability to drop the jaws of enthusiasts, even some 20 years later. At the time, this two-seater was being sold as Mazda’s $45,000-plus flagship sports model. It was largely regarded as the highest-performing street-legal Mazda ever made, and is one of the first examples of that ‘Zoom-Zoom’ DNA present in Mazda’s products to this day. This machine was hugely special for the Japanese automaker – and largely the reason that Mazda stashed one brand new, bright yellow, un-modified unit away at their head office for two decades. Mazda takes sports cars seriously – and because of the cost of shipping this unsold unit back to Japan, it was used to preserve the legacy of one of their most legendary cars instead. For a time, this RX-7 was even parked in the front lobby of Mazda Canada’s head office. Source: www.autos.ca
