1973 Toyota Corona Mark II Wagon [MX28]
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◊ 2010-05-08 16:22 |
1976 Mazda 929 Station Wagon. |
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◊ 2010-05-08 17:25 |
In North America, this generation was called RX-4 instead of 929. |
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◊ 2010-05-08 23:51 |
In Europe we had both: 929s had traditional engines, like RX4s were Wankels. |
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◊ 2010-05-08 23:53 |
It was not available everywhere in Europe. The RX4 was never sold in Germany. And early 929 (before 1979) were very rare. I'm not sure, if they were sold here before 1979/80. |
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◊ 2010-05-09 00:12 |
The US only got the rotary engine version of this model. They were sold from 1974-1978. The 929 name was not used until 1988 in the USA. |
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◊ 2010-05-09 00:16 |
If I remember car-magazines from the past, 1978 was the first year of the 929 in Germany. Oh, some were sold a year before: /vehicle_40838-Mazda-929-1977.html One time I've seen that on a junkyard: /vehicle_116611-Mazda-929-1977.html I've called immediately a friend from my NSU-Club, because I've thought, that it was a Cosmo. But I was wrong. I've known it only as Cosmo with Wankel-engine. And I was surprised to see it, because I thought, it was never sold here. Perhaps it was later imported from Holland or Belgium. -- Last edit: 2010-05-09 00:20:03 |
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◊ 2010-05-09 00:20 |
Sorry guys, but this looks like a 1972+ Toyota Corona Mark II Wagon [RX28] to me, without the later federal bumpers... |
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◊ 2010-05-09 08:13 |
Ach... Lookint it better, 929V6 could be right about the '72+ Toyota Corona MkII Wagon. Ingo, I'm sure early Mazda 929s were sold even in Germany but perhaps with very limited success. I remember well in some "Auto, Motor und Sport" annual Editions of the era about all the cars built in the world at once, Mazdas (and early 929s) with German plates, either from Neuss (NE) or from Leverkusen (LEV). In the summer of 1979 a very early light green metallic Mazda 929 sedan with Austrian plate was owned by a couple who hired a holiday beach flat next to my parent's one. I remember lots of them in Scandinavia, anyway. -- Last edit: 2010-05-09 08:15:53 |
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◊ 2010-05-09 18:03 |
@Electra225: yes, in the "auto, motor and sport" you could see such rare cars quite often - similar with British cars, where there were more advertises there than real cars on the road. NE- and LEV-plates are showing, that they were cars, owned by the importer, which is sitting in that area. See here: http://www.mazda.de/aboutmazda/contactus/ It doesn't mean, that there was a countable export. A good example: /vehicle_255245-AMC-Javelin-79-K-1971.html I've never seen as many German built AMC's than in this scene (product placement). To be exact: it's the first time, that I've such a car at all. I've read rumours in a classic car magazaine, that two or three of them have survived. And you cannot compare the German market with the Austrian one. It was always, since ever, very different. In Austria were many total different cars sold, often from brands, which were always unknown in (Western) Germany, for example from Britain or COMECON-countries. -- Last edit: 2010-05-09 18:16:07 |
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◊ 2010-05-10 21:15 |
So... is it a Mazda or a Toyota?  |
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◊ 2010-05-10 21:45 |
Toyota, indeed. |
