Touge California Rally – Vintage Japanese Cars

3^rd Annual Touge California rally

How about some more Mazda racing news? Mazda just announced that, once again, it’s partnering with Japanese Nostalgic Car to sponsor the 3^rd annual Touge California rally. That’s pretty cool! Japanese Nostalgic Car is the largest U.S. based online magazine. It covers vintage cars and Japanese automotive culture. This will be the 2^nd year Mazda is the title sponsor. This sounds like a really cool event!

Rotary Engine

This year’s event will honor the 50^th anniversary of Mazda’s very first sports car. Do you know what car is it? The Cosmo Sport 110S, powered by a Wankel rotary engine. Much like it does today, Mazda used the knowledge of its engineers to develop distinctive technologies that set Mazda apart from the rest of the automotive field.

Mazda is known for its rotary engines, of course. But, back in the 60s, other vehicle manufacturers held patents to build a rotary engine. Fortunately for Mazda, none of the other automakers were ever successful in making the technology work. Mazda has, time after time, challenged regular thinking.

Vintage Vehicles

The determined spirit of innovation will be on display on July 15^th in Southern California. The Touge California acts as host to vintage Japanese vehicles from across the United States. Several vintage vehicles from Mazda’s own Heritage Collection will also be present.

 “We created Touge California three years ago to provide a Mille Miglia-style road rally for owners of Japanese cars,” said Ben Hsu, founder and editor of Japanese Nostalgic Car. “Our focus was to embrace and celebrate the cars we might have grown up with or may have been forbidden fruit, growing to legendary status in their Japanese home market.”

“Touge” (toe-geh) is a Japanese word meaning “Mountain Pass”, synonymous with the spirited driving styles adopted throughout hilly Japanese expanses.

Fun Event

It sure does sound like this is going to be a seriously fun event. All of us here at Beach Mazda are looking forward to hearing all about it! Stay tuned for more great Mazda racing info, of course. IN the meantime, stop by Beach Mazda. We have a terrific selection and brand new and pre-owned Mazdas on the lot. Definitely, give us a call today. Sooner or later, you’re going to want a Mazda for yourself!

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