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Old May 6, 2002 | 06:54 PM
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What the hell is a savanna

whats a savanna rx-7???? whats the diff. the just a rx-7 turbo 2 or anyother rx-7's??
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Old May 6, 2002 | 06:56 PM
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Japanese run. In Japan, as I have had it explained to me, the car is called the Savanna RX-7, not the Mazda RX-7. And the 3rd gen is called the Efini RX-7. Kinda like how Nissan has Infiniti, and Toyota has Lexus over here.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:11 PM
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Re: What the hell is a savanna

Originally posted by LazyRoller
whats a savanna rx-7???? whats the diff. the just a rx-7 turbo 2 or anyother rx-7's??
The Savanna's were the early first-gens out of Japan, Singapore (probably other places too).

They were what we call the Series 1 - 1979 to 1980.

There is a good explanation of the model and differences to later models at RX7.org
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:12 PM
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Savannah and Efini's are speicial editions, not different' company names.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:15 PM
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Originally posted by rico05
Japanese run. In Japan, as I have had it explained to me, the car is called the Savanna RX-7, not the Mazda RX-7. And the 3rd gen is called the Efini RX-7. Kinda like how Nissan has Infiniti, and Toyota has Lexus over here.
No, Savanna is just a model name, they were still all called Mazda's. It's been used on both 1st and 2nd Gen RX-7's. Mazda has used Efini (FD RX-7) and Eunos (Cosmo) in the way you describe above.
My 'vert is badged as a Savanna!
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:23 PM
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Cool. Like I said, this just how it was explained to me. I have only seen Japanese Savanna's. GT2 says Savanna is the SA, so I guess for once, Sony was right!!!

(too bad they allowed you to turbo the 787B)
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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:25 PM
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My screen saver is a tII with savana badging.. I also have a first gen model kit that says "savanna RX-7"
The large underpowered lemon in my driveway is also a savanna, except its the GM version(van)...Max
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Old May 6, 2002 | 08:03 PM
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Max, what's that in your avatar? Looks like a huge chiller.
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Old May 6, 2002 | 08:07 PM
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Yeah its a big centrif...
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Old May 6, 2002 | 09:01 PM
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Is the Savanna also called Infini?
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Old May 6, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by DCmina
Is the Savanna also called Infini?
No, two different beasts. The Infini models were lighter, more powerful, limited edition cars; the uber-FC!

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Old May 6, 2002 | 09:54 PM
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I though savanna referred to the network of dealers who sold them.

Don't forget the "cabriolet" network as well
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Old May 7, 2002 | 03:02 PM
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Thx guys!
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