How much does a FD RX7 go for these days?

kanaric wrote:

c0rbin9 wrote: From what I've seen, nice ones are around 23-25k. I remember dreaming in the classifieds ten years ago when I was in high school, and at that time you could browse Autotrader and find 30-40 examples nationwide, all with sub 50k miles, bone stock, many with original owner. Now there are a lot less available, and if not totally trashed, have been modified to owner's taste, which isn't always a good thing. Clean stock FDs (hardtop preferably) are exceedingly rare.

K, looks like this is worth going after then. This is a single owner car, no mods, no sunroof, 27k miles, Type R, on top of being RHD and Efini labeled which might be worth something, etc. I just have to hope USDM side value doesn't tank due to JDM availability but regardless it would be "rare" in the US to find one like this as you said.

That CYM car on Ebay is already over $24k now with 3 days to go.

RHD actually reduces the value compared to domestic market cars, not sure how much.

codrus wrote: Yeah, an FD is not a rational purchase at this point. I'm not sure it ever was, really.

If we were all perfectly rational when it comes to our vehicle purchases, we'd all be driving Miatas.

Hang on, waitaminite...

They weren't the rational choice back in the day. That's why they didn't sell well and were discounted to $22k from $35k.

In reply to docwyte:

I think the magic spinning triangles also put people off. Some people get the appeal, but others decide they could've had a V8...

More thoughts - I do expect genuine US LHD models to command a premium. The same thing happened in the UK, with genuine UKDM FDs commanding a premium, but then again they sold only a few back then. The JDM imports, usually in better condition, tend to sell for a little less because the UKDMs ones are collector cars.

That said, if I were to look for one as, say, the basis of a time attack car, a cheaper RHD one might make a lot of sense. Of course one of the problems is that the US is late to the party, a lot of good rotaries already went from Japan to Oz, NZ and the UK...

docwyte wrote: They weren't the rational choice back in the day. That's why they didn't sell well and were discounted to $22k from $35k.

That plus the fact that all the crazed Japanese coupes had the same problem right around that timeframe.

The boss had a yellow R1. He does not remember it fondly.

Well, sorta. The FD sold far less than the Supra for instance. I think even the 3000vr4 sold better. (I told my dad to get a supra turbo but he got a 3000vr4 instead. What a POS that was)

I remember discussions when the FD was discontinued:

"Enthusiasts asked for a raw, bare-bones sports car. So Mazda built one for them. And nobody bought it because it was too raw."

Personally, I agree it's one of the prettiest cars ever produced. If I had more funds (and more room)I would definitely look for a nice, 100% stock example and give it the classic-car treatment.