there's a fancy new rx7 coming up for sale

I know it's jalopnik

But it's an UNUSED group B RX7!!!

So, can I get a loan? I'll let you drive it...

That’s right; RM Sotheby’s has a listing for a 1985 Mazda RX-7 Group B race car that is in virtually brand-new condition. Only twenty RX-7 Group B Works cars were planned for production, and only seven were assembled since Group B racing was cut in 1987. The RX-7s only raced from 1984-1985, and one was crashed. Of the remaining six assembled cars, this one here (chassis MRTE 019) has never been raced. Instead, MRTE 019 has lived a life of private collector ownership and sitting in the lobbies of various organizations, including Mazda’s European racing team headquarters and a Swiss Mazda importer. Recently, it’s undergone a light look over to restore anything that may have fallen out of place over the years from its original condition.

TIL there was such a thing as a Group B RX-7.

Solidified my want of a FC instead of finding a Miata and throwing a fastback on it.

I would add that to my collection, but somehow I think it might go for more money than I can dig out from between my sofa cushions.

. This ought to be interesting.

Armitage wrote: TIL there was such a thing as a Group B RX-7.

They weren't very competitive, being powered by an N/A 13B and RWD they were outgunned, and they never had full Mazda backing. Mazda instead chose to pursue the Group A Familia/323 GTX

The want is so hard I might need to see a Doctor in about 4 hours.

NickD wrote:

Armitage wrote: TIL there was such a thing as a Group B RX-7.

They weren't very competitive, being powered by an N/A 13B and RWD they were outgunned, and they never had full Mazda backing. Mazda instead chose to pursue the Group A Familia/323 GTX

Peripheral ported NA PP @ 300hp, notice how the tach goes to 12?

fidelity101 wrote:

NickD wrote:

Armitage wrote: TIL there was such a thing as a Group B RX-7.

They weren't very competitive, being powered by an N/A 13B and RWD they were outgunned, and they never had full Mazda backing. Mazda instead chose to pursue the Group A Familia/323 GTX

Peripheral ported NA PP @ 300hp, notice how the tach goes to 12?

I'm positive it is at least one louder too.