The name Mazda Savanna was used on the rotary-powered model sold in Japan, as a coupe, sedan, and wagon. Internationally it was called the Mazda RX-3. It was smaller and sportier than its brother, the Capella Rotary RX-2, and was largely identical to its conventional inline-four donor model, the Mazda Grand Familia. In Japan, the installation of a rotary engine gave Japanese buyers a financial advantage when it came time to pay the annual road tax in that they bought a car that was more powerful than a traditional inline engine, but without having the penalty for having an engine in the higher 1.5 litre tax bracket.
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car vehicle sedan convertible mazda grand familia automobile produced japan 1971 1978 sold 808 export markets including asia australia zealand 818 peugeot trademarked numbers savanna name model coupe wagon internationally called smaller sportier brother capella rotary rx-2 largely identical conventional inline-four donor installation engine japanese buyers financial advantage time pay annual road tax bought powerful traditional inline penalty higher litre bracket museum germany augsburg automaker producer classic power rx-3 1971-1978
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