Jay Leno takes a 400-horsepower Mazda RX-3 for a spin: 'It makes great noises!' - Digital Trends

On a recent trip to the Peterson Car Museum in Los Angeles, Leno saw exactly that — a subtly modified Mazda RX-3 with Lamborghini paint and a headlight delete air intake. The owner of the car turned out to be professional MMA fighter and coach Savant Young, who has thoroughly revamped the 1973 vehicle into something altogether unique. A rear end from a Toyota Hilux pickup transfers power to the back wheels, and disc brakes all around help bring the tiny import to a stop. “As a kid growing up I just noticed this was the car that always sounded different, this was the car that a lot of guys were a little bit leery of lining up against,” said Young. “So I kind of had this attraction to it since it was a small car that went up against most of the V8s. ”. Related: Leno and Corolla take a spin in a rare 1968 Lamborghini Islero. Like Young does in the cage, the small RX-3 can definitely hold its own against the bigger boys. At around 2,100 pounds, the little Mazda is a rocket once the midrange boost kicks in, and as Leno exclaimed from the drivers seat, “Something you’ve built yourself, a lot of times really is more fun than driving some of the high-performance stuff. Source: www.digitaltrends.com