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Old 01-18-2006, 01:22 PM   #71
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Re: Engine swaps we like and hate.

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Originally Posted by Altimas
rx7= Rotary eXperiment...
What does the name have to do with anything? You think the Ford Mustang is actually a horse? You think that the Plymouth Barracuda is actually a fish? You think the Hyudai Stellar was actually any good?

The RX name was invented for America. The first Mazda rotary car (and the continuing showcase for it for decades) was the Cosmo. No RX anything. Then the Familia got the rotary (which we in the US got as the R100), the Capella (known in the US and Aus as the RX2), and Savanna (which we originally knew as the RX3, but then became the RX7 which retained the Savanna name in Japan for years).

Please, let's not use misinformation as the basis for forming negative opinions.
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