http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/2119939310.html

.....really dude.... really.....

 

Thats how it goes. Theres a ragged S4 GXL around here for $3200

 

oh come on its not THAT crazy of a price

 

meh, id kill for a vert... has to be an s4 though lol

 

no pics? there is a fellow who brings a 19,000 mile vert to sevenstock, and its amazing. it looks like the brochure.

 

Why do these threads keep getting started?

 

an fc for 10K, almost match the original price 20 years ago

 

he has no prof of this awesome car. for all we know its in his gran turismo 2 garage.

 

I know in 1988 the vert was $28k new

 

I don't think this is the craziest price I've seen by a long shot. I'm not a huge fan of the 'Verts, but with that kind of mileage, if it's in mint condition, it's far from nuts to ask that. Perfect FCs are rarer every year. The question is whether there are enough older guys who feel nostalgic about FCs to turn them into collectibles, or whether the guys with money to spend on a collector car will buy something else instead. My guess is most older car collector guys will be more drawn to the 'Verts as weekend driver/show cars (vs. say TIIs or NA coupes), so cars like this will probably start bringing this kind of money.

I'd be a little turned off by the fact that it's had some body damage, even if small, for that kind of money though.

 

I respect the guy disclosed it, he could have probably said nothing and no one would think anything of it

 

they had verts in gt2?

 

this thread is not necessary, someone always bitches when somebody asks a premium for their rx7, im sorry you dont feel they are worth that much, maybe thats whats wrong with the rx7 community.

 

May I ask your source for that? From what I've read they were in the $23-25k range new.


$28,000 in 1988 is worth $50,127 today. No wonder why mazda didn't bother offering them turbo, few would afford it.

 

my 87 gxl sticker is $22,000, vert would have been more.

and yes adjusted for inflation it is a 50k car, and the S5's were MORE. the rx8 is actually the cheapest one

edit: actually a 79 rx7 does well too, sticker is 6999, in 2010 moneys its $21,100.....

 

I wouldn't pay $10k for this car but I don't think the price is that outrageous. I'd pay it for a Turbo II in pristine shape.

 

the window sticker and bill of sale that came with my car

 

no, but im just making a point that he has no pics posted on this excellent condition super uber awesome vert.

 

strange how your vert cost more than my '87 Turbo II.. original owner got suckered!

(still have my original window sticker also)

 

verts WERE more money then TIIs, they were very expensive for their time

 

My original window sticker for my 86 GXL is $18,660 for the total. I still have mine too.

 

According to John Matras's 1994 book, "Mazda RX-7 Sports Car Color History," these were the base prices:

1988: 'Vert - $20,500 (raised to $21,550 mid-year) vs. TII - $21,800 (later $22,750) vs. 10AE - $24,650.

For 1989, the 'Vert ($25,950) was actually priced higher than the TII (still $22,750).

In 1991, the 'Vert was $27,715 vs. $26,555 for the Turbo.

I suspect one reason the 'Vert base price was higher than the TII in S5 is because you could no longer get the cloth interior in the 'Vert; they were all leather. Mazda may also have been looking to recover some of the cost of adding airbags to the 'Verts.

These are base prices before any options, freight, etc.

 

ya well im selling my race car for $5500 ...everyone says im over priced

 

My 87 GXL was 17k new. My brother's 87 GXL was 22k! Goes to show you that some people didn't know how to get a good price on the car.

 

plus you have to factor in the different options your car has compared to others to explain the fluxuation in prices.