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Get your Japanese solution vintage road rally sponsored by Mazda Touge.
classic rallies are nothing new in California - if you drive on the road to the Pacific coast during one of the 360 days of sunshine, you are bound to run into a vintage turn sooner or later, but outside chance Toyota 2000 GT few of these cars are likely to be Japanese.
Mazda plans to do anything with because the Japanese automaker will sponsor Nostalgic Touge California, the only raw-road rally all Japanese in the States.
The rally will start on April 2 and will feature 28 rare classical Japanese 60s through the 80s 11 of these old cars will Mazdas with the automaker typical deployment such as collection 1975 Rotary Engine URT 1985 RX-7 GSL-SE and a compact sedan GLC 1978 its Heritage collection.
We are proud to sponsor Touge in California because it fits perfectly with the heritage of Mazda and the celebration of innovations that continue to shape the automotive industry what it is today, said Robert Davis, Vice President senior MNAO the US operations We are a company that enjoys driving pleasure; we could t stress this point more than taking some of our own vehicles and enjoy Touge California with those who enjoy driving as much as we do.
Well restored and even restored superficially Toyota Land Cruisers are bringing serious coin auctions, and preserved examples are gathered in the old mining towns and ranches in the West.
At least one truck URT, as this model will also take part in the rally Photo by Jay Ramey.
The collection was founded in 2015 by Ben Hsu, Japanese car editor Nostalgic Patrick Strong, in order to give participants the opportunity to discover mountainous terrain in their Japanese classics without straying too far from home.
70 percent of the land of Japan is mountainous, our goal with Touge California is to give Japanese car owners the experience of driving on roads similar to those on which their cars are born, says Hsu.
The rally will cover 200 miles along the coastal roads of California, to meet U S Mazda offices in Irvine.
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