“Naoko Nishimoto vowed to give up driving when she reached the age of 80.
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“Naoko Nishimoto vowed to give up driving when she reached the age of 80. That meant finding a new home for her treasured Mazda RX-7, which she ordered new 25 years ago.
As she approached her 80th birthday Nishimoto was interviewed by NBC Nagasaki Broadcasting. She received over 400 email responses.
Among them was a note from Mazda’s Public Relations department. ‘It was filled with passion and sincerity, and it seemed to shine to me,’ Nishimoto added. She agreed to return the RX-7 to the Nagasaki dealership where she bought it, from where it would be sent back to the Hiroshima factory where it was built.”
Watch an 80-Year-Old Japanese Woman Return Her RX-7 to Mazda After Hanging Up Her Driving Gloves - Hagerty Media
Naoko Nishimoto vowed to give up driving when she reached the age of 80. That meant finding a new home for her treasured Mazda RX-7.
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"Until then Nishimoto had been a Toyota fan, but was inspired to opt for the rotary rival after watching the anime series Initial D with her son. Off she went to her local Mazda dealership and drove away in an RX-7 Type RB S." -
@neffo I’ve never seen Initial D, but that is starting to feel like a mistake
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