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MAZDA RX-7: Australia’s most controversial Group C touring car

Submitted by on October 2, 2014

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Mazda RX7

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“No car created more controversy, heated debate and political division during this volatile time than the Mazda RX-7” – Mark Oastler

Now accepted and loved by the motoring world as a classic, and responsible for some of the best touring car racing we know, Mazda’s little RX-7 got the motor racing world pretty riled up in its day.

And like many of history’s great moments, motorsport and beyond, the RX-7 did it by being different, challenging established norms and changing the path of Australian motorsport for good.

Enjoy its story in the Shannons Club piece MAZDA RX-7: Australia’s most controversial Group C touring car.

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