Coffee Break: Mazda Comes to MotorTrend

MotorTrend

10/23/2023

Mazda brought the 767B and Mazda Halfie to our offices

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00:00 seeing that in person.

00:01 Such a beautiful car, such a beautiful build.

00:03 The four-roader dream.

00:04 It's a great day to be a Mazda owner.

00:07 (laughs)

00:09 - Hey, I'm Jeff Hammer with Motor Trend.

00:14 We're here today at the Motor Trend office.

00:15 We got a crazy event going on.

00:17 Mazda's here, subscribers, influencers,

00:20 come check it out.

00:20 We got a crazy day.

00:21 (upbeat music)

00:24 (upbeat music)

00:26 - This is nuts, okay?

00:35 This is the Halfie.

00:36 It's a Mazda Miata MX-5.

00:38 It's a half road car and a half track car.

00:41 It's got a cool color scheme.

00:42 I love it.

00:43 I'm gonna try and see if I can sit in it later.

00:45 (upbeat music)

00:48 This is it.

00:50 The 767B.

00:52 As you can see, it's got this iconic charge livery on it.

00:54 That's chassis O2.

00:57 This is the kind of car that even makes our president

00:59 into a little kid again.

01:00 Its first race was a Fuji 1000 kilometers,

01:03 which it won in its class.

01:05 Beautiful Mazda speed.

01:07 In Japanese, it's Matsuda Supido.

01:09 I like how it's got all the little bits of pebbles

01:12 that have been chipped up onto it.

01:13 This is my kind of car.

01:15 (upbeat music)

01:17 (upbeat music)

01:20 So this event was kind of crazy,

01:29 brainchild between Mazda, Motor Trend,

01:30 Super Street, and myself.

01:32 To have an event here, to have our cars here,

01:34 and then to have, of course, the 767B here is a dream.

01:37 - My name's Hurt.

01:38 I drive a Mazda RX-7.

01:41 I actually bought it with a blown up V8 in it.

01:43 Many years later, it's got a 13B turbo in it,

01:45 making almost 500 horsepower.

01:48 Today, it's a really cool event.

01:49 Just all Mazda-centered people who love 13Bs, RX-7s,

01:53 Miatas, but most importantly, the 767B.

01:56 Seeing that in person, I don't care who you are.

01:58 Everybody here wants a Ford.

02:00 - Everybody thinks Mazda, they think rotary.

02:02 767, it's iconic.

02:04 It is the whole name behind Mazda.

02:07 - I saw on Instagram you guys posted

02:10 saying that you guys were doing an event.

02:12 Used to watch on YouTube,

02:13 and then you guys did the on-demand.

02:14 - I didn't subscribe immediately,

02:16 so I subscribed, and I'm happy with the decision.

02:19 - This is my first time at Motor Trend.

02:21 Seeing the 767B in person is amazing.

02:24 You know, I don't know, I love how unique the engine is.

02:27 I love the high revving RPMs,

02:29 and just the way that that engine drives.

02:31 I love the cult following around it as well.

02:33 I think it's amazing.

02:35 - You know, everyone wants to see a 767B in person.

02:38 It's good to be able to see things up close, you know?

02:39 This is more low-key event, less people.

02:42 You can, it's nice.

02:44 - I subscribed because they had the other event

02:46 with the Nissan R390.

02:48 I was like, all right, cool.

02:49 And then I just stuck with the subscription the whole time.

02:51 - I saw being up close to it,

02:53 see the lines, the engineering behind it.

02:57 The fact that the car has the road rush from being raced,

03:00 you can actually see with your eyes

03:02 the little like rock chips and tire pieces

03:05 all around the car.

03:06 And I think that's the soul.

03:09 - Thank you to the subscribers.

03:10 Thanks to Mazda for bringing out this 767B,

03:13 chassis '02.

03:14 - Thanks for watching.

03:15 I'm Jeff Hammer.

03:16 See you next time.

03:17 (upbeat music)

03:19 (upbeat music)

03:22 ♪ One, two, three ♪

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Coffee Break: Mazda Comes to MotorTrend

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