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Mazda Rx-4

Cause you can never have enough rotary powered cars




Mazda released a second generation LA2 series Luce in November 1972, It was available as a hardtop (coupé), sedan, and as a station wagon which was also sold as a van in the domestic Japanese market. The original hardtop coupé received a longer, more aggressive front design

In most export markets, the Japanese Luce Rotary sold as the Mazda RX-4, It was a larger car than its rotary-powered contemporaries, the Capella-based RX-2 and Grand Familia-based RX-3. It used the Luce chassis.

Mazda marketed the RX-4 as being sporty and luxurious "personal luxury car" with the RX-4 having the best of both worlds. This gave Mazda a well needed boost in the popularity of the Wankel Rotary engine unique to Mazda. In Japan, the rotary-engined variants offered an advantage with regards to the annual road tax bill in that Japanese drivers paid less than the in-line engine equivalents, while receiving more performance from the rotary engine.


The RX-4 was initially available as a hardtop coupé and sedan, with a station wagon launched in 1973, Under the hood at first was a 128 HP (95 kW) 12A engine, with the higher-powered version reserved for the five-speed GR-II and GS-II models. The extra power was due to a different exhaust and adjusted ignition timing

For the United States market, the RX-4 was sold from 1974 through 1978, when the RX-7 debuted. The 13B engine produced 110 hp (82 kW) and 159 N⋅m (117 lb⋅ft) in United States emissions form. Base pricing was $4295, with the automatic transmission ($270) and air conditioning ($395) the only expensive options. All three bodystyles were on offer in the United States.

Road & Track magazine was impressed, noting the car's improved fuel economy and price compared to the RX-3. This was notable, as the Wankel engine had suffered by the mid 1970s with a reputation as a gas-guzzler. Performance was good in a 1974 comparison test of six wagons, with an 11.7 s sprint to 97 km/h (60 mph) and an 18 s/77.5 mph quarter-mile. The magazine noted that the wagon's brakes suffered from the extra 136 kg (300 lb) weight compared to the coupé.

The RX-4 was on Road & Track magazine's Ten Best list for "Best Sports Sedan, $3500–6500" in 1975.



Mazda DLC is needed for the engine, seats and steering wheel, this is a essential DLC for this mod


All versions are found in the junkyard, auctions and barns


Thanks to Killer9009 for his "HS customs" config