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Cars by Model Type => 3rd generation RX-7's => Topic started by: Scotty*in*essex on August 22, 2009, 09:25:33 PM

Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: Scotty*in*essex on August 22, 2009, 09:25:33 PM
Would anyone happen to know how much one would have cost brand new back in say 1993??  
 
any ideas?
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: AtomicRex on August 22, 2009, 10:13:11 PM
£38k approx
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: m1tch on August 22, 2009, 10:18:21 PM
Does anyone know how much an FC was back in the day lol
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: Jono FD3 on August 22, 2009, 11:09:04 PM
they were very very expensive cars in their day which is why they didn\'t sell many in the UK and another reason they are so rare!!
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: Scotty*in*essex on August 22, 2009, 11:15:57 PM
thanks for the reply\'s guys.. wooor 38k back in 93 thats a sheeet load of dosh.. i bought my first house in 93 for 30k 3 bed semi...
 
 
thanks tho guys its solved a little dispute me and a friend was having.. i must admit i really under valued the car.. i thought about 18- 20k back in 93.. how wrong was I :)
 
i will feel all posh next time i sit in my rex :driving
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: SmbFD3S on August 22, 2009, 11:28:27 PM
Still have the original reciept from when my UK car was bought on 1st August 1992 :) was bought for £37,995.00 :D
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: skybusr34 on August 22, 2009, 11:30:29 PM
38k?? holy poop.  how much was a porker 993 turbo new back then?
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: HaywardRotary on August 22, 2009, 11:31:49 PM
When the FD RX7 first came out it was £35,000.00
Then they dropped the price to £28,000.00 and gave a refund to those who complained had paid the higher price. after a short term it went back up again to £35,000.00 then eventually to around £38,000.00 for later ones up to the mid 90\'s.
FC\'s were around £20,000.00 for late 89 to 91 turbo11.
Fluctuating Yen accounts for jumps in price,but also showroom price could be haggled,just like today so not everyone paid the showroom figures.
Regards
Carl
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: RobMatthews on August 22, 2009, 11:48:06 PM
hmm if getting in and driving a car that is as sexy and unique as an rx7 puts a big smile on my face knowing it was £35,000 that much new makes me feel even better. let alone when im thrashing one around a track to:mmmm
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: Scotty*in*essex on August 23, 2009, 12:23:25 AM
well guys thats very very intresting .. thanks for all the info.. i know you cant compare but  in 93 an rx7 was 38k and my house cost 30k.. 2 years ago i sold my house for 190k .. so if the rx7 was onsale brand new today thay would be???? lol .. i know im being silly.. but 38k back in 92 wow that really is alot of money!!!!
 
i wounder what mazda would put them up for at todays market... under 38k i would imagine!
 
funny how things work out :)
 
thanks for all the reply\'s
 
Scott:Typing
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: L18M on August 23, 2009, 12:31:44 AM
i got an autocar mag from back in the days where they test drove the fd lol
n i got a mazda promo vid tape i kept since i was young, trying to persuade my dad to get a fd when i was about 13 years of age lol
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: peterwolds on August 23, 2009, 07:50:18 AM
got the receipt for the FC 1991 £22500
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: dthebuk on August 23, 2009, 09:08:43 AM
damm. I remember ont he top gear review of the EGi they priced it as 15k. And that was back in 86! In all fairness they are very good cars. I have a yet to find another car to rival the standard seating position and feel of an fc
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: m1tch on August 23, 2009, 10:17:00 AM
The RX7s were sold as an equivilent to the top of the range Porsche of the day, the FC would have been up against the 944 and the FD would be up against a 911 :)
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: dthebuk on August 23, 2009, 10:19:05 AM
top gear did the EGi vs the 924. EGi killed it :D
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: chrisJDM on August 23, 2009, 10:42:01 AM
i remember reading somewhere £32k new cant remember where, i suppose prices will vary depending on where you got them from and which year etc
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: m1tch on August 23, 2009, 12:22:17 PM
Quote from: dthebuk;636849top gear did the EGi vs the 924. EGi killed it :D

And I think they listed the engine as a 2.4 rather than a 1.3 to make it look like the engine sized matched and it was a \'fair\' comparison:rollin
Title: Cost
Post by: REVIT93RX7 on August 24, 2009, 12:17:25 PM
The 1993 I bought, base model was listed for $32,763.00 dollars US.
Title: how much did the rx7 cost back in the day.. brand new!
Post by: philiwily on August 24, 2009, 06:54:15 PM
Quote from: REVIT93RX7;637165The 1993 I bought, base model was listed for $32,763.00 dollars US.

Anyone know the exchange rate back in the day, that sounds like a bargain.