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Mazda Road Pacer - Holden HX Premier

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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#705473
DUDEEEEEE. take some photo's. these are rare as anything. Probably the rarest mazda there is. I've never seen one, but think it would be amazing. Is it genuine? the real deal??? I know alot of guys that would be very interested to see it. (worked at mazda last year... was doing an apprenticship, not anymore... wanted an sa22c but now love bugs... thats me!)

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#705484
does it have the FULL ON cloth interior?

vwvic Seriously Crusin Dubber

192 posts · joined Jun 2007 ·

#705496
These things looked soooooo much better than the holden. I can't believe that there is even one in the country.
Would love to see some pics.
59 beetle,61 beetle,72 dual cab,58 beetle,55 splitty,
65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#705517
There is not many in the country... Its not the best car... but its just very cool. be awesome to see a 20b in one.... probs be scary. Surprised no one has butchered one up that was non rotor.. just to be a sleeper or something.

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#705530
because they were slower than the 202 holden?

I'd much rather have an AMC pacer. Quirky looking, and completely different. Could be pretty scary to drive.. they came with up to a 5L V8 in a car roughly the same size as a beetle.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#705537
one of mazdas greatest flops

you;d think they learn after the first time


colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#705538
^^^^ that never came to Australia. And the roadpacer wasn't designed for the Aus market.

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#705603
The best thing I can say about this is that Mazda has to pay Volkswagen a royalty on every Wankel engine (to use its correct name) they make, since Felix Wankel's design was patented by NSU, where he worked (Volkswagen owns NSU). The NSU Wankel Spider was the first production car to have a Wankel engine in 1964, three years before the Mazda Cosmo.

Recent Volkswagens and Audis have actually used tiny Wankel engines - in their seat belt pretentioner systems. Small explosive cartridges are triggered electrically and the resulting pressurized gas feeds into tiny Wankel engines which rotate to take up the slack in the seat belt systems, anchoring the driver and passengers firmly in the seat before a collision. See http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT5485970&id=N6QhAAAAEBAJ&dq=5485970

Chris - did you know that the AMC Pacer was designed around a GM Wankel engine? The 1973 oil crisis scratched that idea, so they made do with convential AMC 6 and 8 cylinder engines. You ride like a Pacer when you're wide like a Pacer.

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Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#705647
There is one for sale in the car museum / sale place under the harbor bridge. i forget the name of the auto shop but it has a cafe and posters and cars and lots of ex race cars and exotics etc.
T54
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there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#705659
yeah I have seen a couple here and in UnZud, cool car - quite different to the Holden. ie: it was more than just a Holden shell with a Mazda engine, Mazda put a fair bit of extra work into the design. Japan-only model and they only built around 4-500. Didn't sell very well... almost all were driven my Mazda and Sumitomo execs
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