Whats this car please?

stevo2, May 3, 1:33am
Who can identify this for me please? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/380145571.jpg
Cheers Stevo

mileyfan73, May 3, 1:47am
It's a 1970 Mazda 1300.

seadubya, May 3, 1:54am
If mileyfan isn't right it could also be a 1977 Mazda 1000 widebody.

franc123, May 3, 1:55am
Mazda R100 I think its called, early 70's.

mugenb20b, May 3, 2:01am
Mazda R100.

poppy62, May 3, 2:05am
I think Franc is right. They started in around 1968 and were one of (if not) the first of Mazdas Rotarys.

poppy62, May 3, 2:06am
No! the Mazda 1000s were a smaller (shorter) boxy unit.

seadubya, May 3, 2:16am
Like this Mazda 1000 http://s11.photobucket.com/user/eradeklerk/media/mazda%201000/DSCI0005_edited.jpg.html The angle of the rear glass in the op's photo looks too steep to be an R100, I thought the R100's had more of a rake to the rear glass like this http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5200/7383893094_877e7025d7_b.jpg

stevo2, May 3, 3:34am
I had a feeling it was a Mazda100 but was unsure.

ema1, May 3, 4:46am
Here they are in all versions.
There were a few 4 door ones and various other 2 door and wagon models in NZ 40+ years ago too, I used to work on a couple of them.
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=mazda+1300&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=D1ZEVefxKMH6mQX2zYHgAw&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=728
Those bodies were used in various capacities of 4 cyl piston engines(1000,1200 & 1300cc) as well as the R versions with 10A rotary engines.
The name Savanna rings a bell, maybe the R100 developed into it. not sure but I have seen one or two in my time?

poppy62, May 3, 9:41am
No! not like that! Like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Familia#/media/File:Mazda-FAMILIA-1st-generation01.jpg

I know because I wrecked a couple and also did the 1300 wagons as well as a host of RX2 & 3 cars etc.,

franc123, May 3, 9:55am
Savanna was the tag applied to JDM versions of the later RX rotary cars, including the RX7. Which were basically the replacements for the above model along with what we know as the 808 with the piston engines.

ema1, Feb 14, 6:07pm
Yep that's right I remember now, thanks for clarifying frank123, I do recall the 808/RX3 shape with Savanna name tags on some of them.
The 808's were a popular model actually, lots of them about back in the 1970's-80's. RX3's were quite common too.
My folks had a Mazda 616 1.6 litre SOHC (RX2 shape) for a couple of years in the mid 1970's, went well too.