FOR SALE VIA PUBLIC AUCTION
Sunday 27 June, 2.30pm

ASB Showgrounds, Auckland
All lots are subject to a buyer’s premium of 15%+GST

Further info available on our website.

Due to extensive development of Dr Felix Wankel’s radical rotary engine in a range of production cars during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Japanese carmaker Mazda had overcome any inherent problems by the time it launched in 1978 a proper sports car designed around this engine. The new RX-7 was a stylish, practical, and technologically advanced automobile that ultimately proved a sales success, with more than 800,000 built over three generations. Intended to compete with the likes of Porsche’s 924, road tests compared the Japanese car with its German rival, commenting well on the excellent handling and roadholding and the outstanding performance afforded by the twin-rotor 12A engine. The attractive and aerodynamic body featured fashionable pop-up headlamps, a glass lift-back and 2+2 seating while the interior was well equipped and trimmed in velour. A Mark II version was introduced in 1981 with more power, new alloy wheels, revised bodywork, with integrated colour-coded bumpers, black rubber protective side mouldings and a new tail lamp design compiled to create a significant package.

The car in question was sold new in the United Kingdom in October 1983 by Donald’s Garage in Peterborough with the registration number A 475NEG. First registered in New Zealand 24 August 2010. Webb’s have been advised that through the ensuing years that the car has had but two owners the current one for the past half decade. Recorded mileage is 97,000 miles. Finished in silver the condition of this vehicle is outstanding. The jack has never been used, the sunroof comes complete with its own bag, the rear blind slides properly. The radio aerial is rear mounted. An original head unit is present along with the sales brochure for the model. Interior is basically unmarked. In short this is a car that will only increase in value as the demand for these early Japanese rotaries’ climbs. The more so in this case given its prime condition.