ajsan

Does anyone know where to get the information on how many RX7's were manufactured in any given model year? If so, is the information broken down by model type? Trying to satisfy my curiousity.

Icemark

some of it is available on-line or in books.

Almost none is broken down by model type, but there are approx percentages of models based on year.

what year do you need to know about???

dre_2ooo

http://2ndgenrx7.freeservers.com/specsmaster.html

ajsan

I'm looking for production figures for 1990.

Icemark

ah.. one of the years I don't have too much on.

Well USA FC sales for 90: 9,743

GTUs = less than 200

GTU was approx 1/3 of all FCs sold in USA while the upper models were supposed to be split fairly evenly with around 2000 models of each sold (give or take a couple hundred).

The series 5 cars really have the worst records of what was built and shipped where.

ajsan

Icemark,

I would think that with only 9700 of these cars sold in the US that the resale values would be higher. I'm told that my '90 GTU is worth only in the mid 4000 (only 58K miles) . I understand the demand side of the equation, but with this few in circulation I would think that they'd be worth more. Your thoughts?

Scott 89t2

no, but the S5 turbo II's are worth lots there is no demand for the non turbos.

$4k is quite a bit. an 87/ 88 would be like 2k. so yes the S5 is higher.

10TH_ANNIV_T2

Sadly, they're only worth what someone is willing to pay. As a rule, people don't know much about rotaries-- part of what makes this forum so successful-- you almost need to be a good self maintainer. And as Scott mentions, turbos seem to have the edge in carrying higher values. Remember though, we're talking 11-16 year old cars here. To most people, these cars really aren't anything special except for a few like the GTUs, and a few others.

The 90 GTU at $4k or so is probably fair, the condition and the buyer will be where the value is, not the production numbers for that car. Give it 30 years though.....

13bpower

I find the top speed figures on the "2nd gen site" to be rather modest. My 88 vert is rated at 121mph. When I got it 2 years ago it was completely stock and would easily do more than 121. Hell it would do 110 up hill.

Just thought that was interesting.

Icemark

well they sold less than 7000 of all models total for 91... so again you would think that the market would be higher.

But look at all the newbe posts asking about oil burning or motor longevity. The vast majority of the public thinks that the rotary engine is not reliable, gets poor milage, and burns oil. Granted it is not reliable if a moron takes care of it, and the mileage is not great comparied to a Honda, and they do burn oil (but not as bad as a mid eighties GM V6 or V8, which wasn't even designed to burn oil like the rotary is). But add in mediocre plastic durability and occasional electrical bugs, and you got a car that by many is not considered reliable.

To top that off, Mazda sold over 100000 series 4 RX-7s over just 3 years, so there is a huge availabilty market there.

Anyway that's why the car has poor resale value.

But if you break down the value, really the FC only loose about $750-$1000 a year since new... which is actually very good. Just not as good as some Toyota or BMW or Porsche sports cars. But still better than the almost $1500 a year that the FD seems to depreciate.

vaughnc

YOU FORGOT THE CONVERTIBLES have an edge in holding value as well

HOZZMANRX7

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Image if they ever imported the TII verts, what THEIR resale value would be.

Thaniel

Anyway we can make that number bigger so I can justify buying one sooner?

Yes with so many series 4 cars out there and the average buyer not being able to tell the difference the price isn't going to increase much for the series 5.

The FD's on the other hand, there aren't that many so their price is well above what I think they should be for what they are. It's a shame too because it would be nice to buy a newer Rx-7 some day.

R Lee

Does anyone know what the production figures are for a 89 GTUs. I checked the archives and the link. I havent found it yet.
Thanks