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626 Coupe?BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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I was looking around for a fast retro car for someone, and happened on a Mazda 626 Coupe - I never even saw one before! It was the GTi or whatever their equivalent is... 4 wheel steering, all that malarkey.  Anyone know anything about them? Are they fast? Are they wibblepoo? Etc... ;D |
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626 Coupe?DarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
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I haven't a clue about them, but those blistered arches look cool!
Four wheel steering eh, whatever happened to that? The Honda Prelude had it too didn't it?
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626 Coupe?BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Yeah! As far as I know it works on hydraulic rams that force the wishbone outwards and inwards against the rubber bushes - not particularly delicate but it must work!
Also changes from turning the opposite way to the front wheels at low speed, to turning the same way at high speed.
I think there's definitely modding potential there ;D
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626 Coupe?DarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
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there must be a way you can mod it for totally controllable otherwise-impossible sideways oversteer antics!
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626 Coupe?BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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there must be a way you can mod it for totally controllable otherwise-impossible sideways oversteer antics! I likes your thinking! Flick a switch on a straight and go sideways  I think for a relatively modern car they're pretty cool! Future retro without doubt as they're rare! |
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if its a japanese built Mazda (which it is) it should be bombproof as far as reliability is concerned, its just the fancy bits I'd be worried about ie. the rear steering !
I doubt the performance will be mind blowing but it shouldn't be slow.
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626 Coupe?BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Just checked the specs for the 2.0i GT 4WS model...
0-60 in 9.4 sec
146 BHP
134 lbf
110 BHP / ton
Not too shabby really...
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Never driven one but have been a passenger. One of my mates when I was at university had one. Fairly decent car as I remember used to be a few coupes around this way. Were all the coupes four wheel steering or not?
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I'm sure I've seen some without. or they could have been 5 doors.
Theres been a few on ebay recently claiming to be 4x4's ... errrrrrrr nope 4WS is just slightly different hehehe
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i've never seen a 4WS coupe, only the 5-door one. lots of 2ws koops though.
As for 4WD, there was a 4wd version! must have sold all of 8 examples in the UK, but there defo was one - its listed in the GBU in late 90's 'CAR' mags.
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