What is a '92 Rx-7? 2nd or 3rd gen? or neither?

 

Some books state there were convertibles that were officially 1992 models in the U.S., but these are just left over 1991 models.

The FD3S (3G) was released as a 1992 model in Japan.

Confused yet?



-Ted

 

fc3s production was haulted in 7/91 i think, so some leftovers we're probably sold as 92's.

 

Just a tad

So they didn't make any new Rx-7's in '92? Just sold left over vert's?

 

In the U.S., that is correct.


-Ted

 

Anyone know why they didn't make 92's?

 

Some say because the econo. was bad and the sales where down.

 

well if they stopped making the fc in 7/91 and started the fd in 12/91, i would say that they did make 92's. they just called them 93's in the us.

mike

 

i c, thanks for the info

 

But FC3C production was built through 8/92. However no US spec cars were built after 8/91.

And technically there were a small batch of FD made in 12/91. You will occasionally see a few of the Japanese model kits say 91 efini RX7 and be a kit for a 92 model year Japanese FD (which is the same as our 93 model year).
here is Mazda's offical information from the Mazda Japan history of the RX-7 website:
http://www.mazda.co.jp/history/rx7/J...ar/chrono.html

 

Yes, there is a 92 model out there. Yes, it is in the continental US. Yes, it is locked up very tight and has been seen only by a select few. I don't know if it is still there or not, but on one of my many trips to the Mazda training facility in north Jersey, I was escorted into a locked storage room which contained a single 1992 model with an "N" in the 10th digit of the vin as proof. It was a white FC body that I am assuming was being used for training purposes only but, who knows? Maybe one day we'll all get to see it.