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Welcome back to Cars Of Future Past, a new weekly series here at Jalopnik where we flip through the pages of history to explore long-forgotten concepts and how they had a hand in shaping the cars we know today. Last Wednesday’s installment focused on the Honda S2000 s often overlooked starting point the Honda SSM and likewise, this week’s traces a similar through line from the ’90s to one of Toyota’s most celebrated modern enthusiast cars only, with way more years in between.
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This sprightly, sunny little canary of a sports car happened to have a decidedly less cheery name. Called the AXV-IV, it represented the fourth project in Toyota’s Advanced Experimental Vehicle series that began with the first AXV in 1985.
Mazda Is Putting Important RX-7 Parts Back Into Production
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Keeping an old, out-of-production vehicle on the road can be a daunting task. If the manufacturer and aftermarket don’t supply parts, you’re left figuring things out yourself. Or, if you’re as lucky as Mazda RX-7 owners are about to be, the original manufacturer puts parts back into production.
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The RX-7 started life in 1978 with the so-called SA22C first-generation model and remained in production through three generations until 1997. The rotary-powered RX-7 is so coveted by enthusiasts they still sell for incredible prices today.
Starting February 2021, Mazda will produce 91 important wear parts for the second-generation FC3S and third-generation FD3S RX-7s, reported Japanese Nostalgic Car. Check out this catalog on Mazda’s Japanese site. There’s nothing too major there. The catalog offers a choice of vacuum hoses, rubber bushings, hardware and throttle position sensors. Mazda plans