ok.. this maybe a repost like...a 70% chance repost but i havent seen it yet. just lookin on youtube and stumbled on it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C3bWYwk92U8&search=rx7

(flame coat on)

 

Nice find, its not a commercial though...or at least doesn't appear to be. I just like watching an SA drive around

 

Thanks for the link!

 

It's being sold! Japanese car AD and Profile.

 

very interesting, 130 ps @7k, i hate that the japanese always give americans the underpowered versions of cars(w/ the exception of the MKIV supra) , and for some reason i always thought that the 79-80 japanese rx-7 had fender mirrors , cool find either way. oh and what the hell is below the oil filter ?, it doesn't look like a behive or a normal filter mount

 

That's cool. Very cool.

I'm thinking it might have been a promo for a televised auto magazine.

 

Yeah its not a commercial. Its probably an old BM video.

 

The data quoted is JIS not SAE, so while the US got an underpowered version it is not quite that different, about 114hp SAE.

You are right about the wing mirrors, I thought the positions did not change until 81.

 

Yah not a commercial at all, Look at the Mazda badge at the start after they show the GT badge. Faded like a typical 20+ year old 7.