Junkyard Gem: 1988 Mazda RX-7 Coupe

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Junkyard Gem: 1982 Mazda RX-7 GSL

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Junkyard Gem: 1982 Mazda RX-7 GSL originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Driving classic Mazdas to experience the weird and wonderful rotary’s triumph

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Mazda demonstrated to the world a rotary could stay the distance.

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Driving classic Mazdas to experience the weird and wonderful rotary's triumph originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mazda demonstrated to the world a rotary could stay the distance.

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Jay Leno brings a rotary-powered VW Beetle to the garage

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Jay Leno's Garage focuses on a '66 Bug with the heart of a 1990 Mazda RX-7.

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Jay Leno brings a rotary-powered VW Beetle to the garage

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Jay Leno's Garage focuses on a '66 Bug with the heart of a 1990 Mazda RX-7.

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MotorWeek checks out two sides of the ’90s Japanese car scene

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MotorWeek explores the breadth of Japanese cars in the '90s with video reviews of a tuned Mazda RX-7 and Nissan 300ZX and a clip about the 1997 Honda CR-V.

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MotorWeek proves ’90s were awesome with Supra, Stealth, RX-7, Corvette, 968, 300ZX comparo

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Motorweek 1993 Sports Car Test

Oh, the heady days of 1993, back when the Clinton Presidency was just getting underway, and it seemed like every hot new rock band was coming out of Seattle. Sports cars in the US had finally shaken off the shackles that slowed them during the '70s and '80s, and you could buy any number of legitimately quick vehicles again. MotorWeek recently went digging into its archives to find this six-model test from 1993 showing off some of the best semi-affordable performance coupes that money could buy at the time, and it's priceless.

Featuring the 1994 model year Toyota Supra in twin-turbo guise and MY 1993 versions of the Porsche 968, Nissan 300ZX TT, Mazda RX-7, Dodge Stealth R/T Turbo and Chevrolet Corvette LT-1, MotorWeek definitely covered all of the bases. One thing that might surprise younger readers is these cars' performance. The video only provides 0-60 acceleration times, but several of these vehicles would still be considered pretty potent today - over 20 years since going on sale. The Supra is especially impressive, hitting 60 miles per hour in just 5 seconds. Even today, that's nothing to sneeze at.

Given their performance potential and still-attractive looks, it's amazing that some of these coupes are old enough to drink now. The progress of interior design and safety equipment in the intervening years is pretty shocking, though. In most of these models, having two airbags is touted as a big deal. Scroll down to watch a Throwback Thursday blast from the past about some of the '90s best sports cars.

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