<VV> Re: Mazda and Late Corvair sedans

[Jim Houston]

I've always thought that the Mazda MX6 was influenced by the Corvair...
they have always looked like 2/3 scale Corvairs to me...

Jim H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu@sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:43 PM
Subject: <VV> Re: Mazda and Late Corvair sedans


> My brother had a '72 Steel Gray/black 2-door 5-speed.  I, and just
> about everyone else, loved that little hummer.  Handled like it was on
> rails, neat little conveniences that I had never seen on a car before,
> and had the neatest rev sound.  Hummmmmmmmm up to 9K rpm.   Sweet!  His
> engine lasted over 100K miles.
>
> Pictures of the style car:
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/617027
>
> The power plant:
> http://www.mazda.com/history/rotary/n-photo06.html
>
> Stephen Upham
> Corvairium II
>
>   Message: 2
> From: Thesuperscribe@cs.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:05:44 EDT
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Re: Mazda and Late Corvair sedans
>
> Seth, do you mean the rotary powered RX3 (I think) sedans of '72-73?
> They
> were also sold at least in southern California (in '72 I drove one at a
> dealer in
> El Cajon) and Pennsylvania (I drove another in '73 at a dealer outside
> Philly). They were smooth and FAST, but their engines didn't last. And
> now that you
> mention it, they did look like Late sedans.
>
> --Tom Berg
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