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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 25 Feb 1981, p. 24

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FAQ " ae - HATEILOO CHMCLE, QEWY, FEIIUARV a. When buying a spans car, it is not enough to be well-heeled. You need to be well-in- formed. You need to look for impartial reviews and facts, reth'er than an emetic name. To say that the Mazda RXT has received rave reviews is not the exaggeration it seems. Motor magazine enthused about 'Mazda's in- stant entree to the thoroughbred class' while Motor Sport described the car " 'a league away from the old hairy-chested sports cars. delightfully civilised and practical'. Study the reviews and yqu will appreciate why it has become a rational alternative to the Porsche 924. The 8X7 has a rotary engine, an engine with an interesting combination of virtues. 'The smoothness of a V-8. with the power of a M " UNIVERSITY AVE. E. - 885-5090 SALES C SERVICE 0 PARTS O LEASING "Bt six and the low weight end compactness of a conventional four' was how Motor described the rotary concept. After developing and refin- ing the .engine for sixteen years. building a million of them in the process. we can but agree. Most of the car's qualities stem from the rotary engine. Its low weight gives the RX7 a low centre of gravity and an almost ideal weight distribution. At the some time its small bulk helps achieve an aerodynamic body shape, cutting the drag co-efficient to 0.36. one of the lowest of any car. As a result fuel consumption is reduced and wind-noise is al- most unheard of. The car proved itself with a vengeance 1978, when RX7s came first and second it in theit class in America's answer to LeMans. the Daytone 24 Hour Endurance Race. In the seine year, 'an RX? with a standard body-shell broke the world land speed tecord for touring cars, reaching 183 m.p.h. on the Utah salt ttats. _ Here at home (should you have access to a private road) you will be able to cruise at well over 100 m.p.h.. and with your foot down edge the needle round to 120. Reporting on Va series of tests of the RX? and three other sports cars, a journalist with Motor wrote 'Porsche or Mazda? That's the real issue. And it's not an easy one to resolve'. We wouldn’t be so non-committal. You will be able to accelerate from o to 60 m.p.h. in " seconds. o MAZDA . VOLVO 0 BMW

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