Looking for a Mazda RX4? Why not try your local used car lot?

The Anchor Auto Outlet of Raleigh, North Carolina, has you typical used car dealer fare: plenty of late-model trucks, a handful of German luxury cars, an assortment of mid-size sedans, and a 1976 Mazda RX-4.

And not just a stock RX-4, either, as this one sports a 200-horsepower, turbocharged, four-port 13B engine–among other mods–and looks to be set up for drag racing based on the wheel and tire combo alone.

What’s the most unusual car you’ve seen on a used car dealer lot or website?

Comments

John Welsh Mod Squad
7/1/21 2:19 p.m.

I'll predict that this leaves for Australia. People like the RX-2,-3,-4 here but they are bonkers for them in OZ.

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/1/21 2:20 p.m.

Or PR.

My parents had a couple of RX-4s, purchased new. They're much lower profile than the 3 so you rarely see any sign of them.

z31maniac MegaDork
7/1/21 2:38 p.m.

That is RAD! Too bad it's setup for drag racing.

I would seriously consider picking that up instead of waiting for the GR86 or Fairlady Z.

CyberEric Dork
7/1/21 3:01 p.m.

!!!! Books a flight to NC.

j_tso Reader
7/1/21 3:23 p.m.

I think it's a rotary swapped 929. Close enough anyway.

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/1/21 3:24 p.m.

j_tso said:
I think it's a rotary swapped 929. Close enough anyway.

Isn't that basically what an RX-4 was? Factory swapped rotary 929?

j_tso Reader
7/1/21 3:43 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

Pretty much. As far as I know there are just exterior differences like that grill and taillights.

lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) HalfDork
7/1/21 4:40 p.m.

I miss my 1974 RX-4

gunner (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/1/21 7:03 p.m.

To answer OP's question, I bought my 1988 BMW M5 at a Mazda dealership in St Louis in 2010. I found it advertised on Autotrader. The kicker here is I wasn't looking for one. I had been scouring the internet for a 4 door RWD manual tranny car for 10K or under and there was NOTHING out there for 3 months except for one white CTS 6 cylinder, that I did look at and hated. Then back in 2014 the local Ford Dealership had a 1977 BMW 633i in their lot for a couple months. So it does happen but it's rare.