Description
Key facts:
• 58220 miles
• 1 of just 2500 made
• 1830cc turbocharged engine producing c. 235bhp
• This example is understood to have been first owned by the wife of Mazda Japan's then Managing Director
GTR rally homologation model sported a front air dam, be-winged rear window, vented bonnet and wider wheels. Equipped with stiffer suspension, bigger brakes and strengthened five-stud wheel hubs, the high-performance Mazda also boasted a reworked 1. 8 litre DOHC engine complete with stronger connecting rods / pistons, sodium filled valves, larger injectors, a baffled inlet manifold, front-mounted intercooler, and an IHI VJ-23 ball bearing water-cooled turbocharger. Removing a screw on the back of the instrument cluster, labelled 180kph, was a quick and easy way of disabling the factory speed limiter!
In road trim, this example is understood to have been first owned by the wife of Mazda Japan's then Managing Director. Powered by an 1830cc turbo-charged engine developing some 235bhp (according to the accompanying dyno sheet), it is fitted with BBS wheels and BCC adjustable coil overs. Further benefiting from a sunroof, air-conditioning and tinted rear side windows, it currently registers some 55, 000 miles. Finished black with black leather/ suede trim, this rare homologation special - 1 of just 2, 500 made.
