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Originally Posted by Tcoat
No doubt it was a great little car in the era but much of it's fame in North America now is directly related to the show which makes it seem like a super car. It may come as a shock to the younger guys but virtually nobody in the 80s watched any Japanese racing much less anime. First off, before the widespread availability of satellite no stations carried them and nobody really cared. Secondly the Japanese cars were still getting a foothold in North America and any performance versions were pretty rare. I can not speak to the popularity of it elsewhere back in the 80s.
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I drove a RX7 in the 80's and I've still never heard of it...I thought the new wave of Japanese cars was the newest greatest thing! British cars did nothing for me. They were well known to be unreliable.
I didn't watch any of the things you mentioned either. I must have been too busy driving! TV was VERY boring back then...It's not any better now lol