R1, r2 r3?
 

I've been looking into the 1995 Model year, car by car, mostly because with only 500 or so cars, its possible. I'm looking at 1985 as well, but they made 500 Rx7's a day back then, so it will take much much longer.

anyways, we know the 93 is an R1, and the 94 is an R2, but is the 1995 an R3? the parts fish says R3. the other thing that is jumping out at me is that i do not see Canada listed. we know there were some, so this remains a puzzle.

see attached

the other thing is that the 1995 R package may have been available in more colors than just silver, black and red

The '95s are still called R2.

prove it

distinctly recall when i test drove an 95 SSM R in the late nineties that the dealership referred to it as R3
it stuck in my mind as it was presented to me as an R3 after having also test driven a 94 R2 prior...
and the distinction was made between the two after having asked the difference..
interesting that the parts fiche shows R3

The red arrow is obscuring the last regional box, is that Guan & Saipan? Weird how Mazda would continue the R2 designation there but use R3 in the US. That makes no sense..but its Mazda. Also, is it possible that mazda changed their mind after this was created? The reason I think that is because the RX8 R3. Seems like mazda backtracked on calling it an R3 and that left R3 available for the RX8 many years later.

I distinctly recall the R3 name being exclusive to the RX-8. Something Mazda did to honor the R1 and the R2 lineage.

I have never heard of an R3. I dont think its a real thing. If it were, it would be common knowledge.

good eye! it is Guam and Saipan. Guam, being a US territory does get US market cars. the odd part is that Canada is not there. we KNOW that Canada got FD's, at least early on, but they, unusually, aren't listed.

also notice that Guam got a run of cars built after the last US cars.

I have a 95 Mazda USA RX-7 dealer brochure and it clearly says "R2 package" in it. The picture when you first open the brochure is a black '95 R2 and it says "With R2 package" on the page.

They may have talked about calling it an R3 behind the scenes but didn't go through with it. Everything I've ever heard and seen is R2, that's it.

Dale

please post pics.

They made a Spirit-R RX-8 too. :ugh2: With an automatic transmission and 10-way power seats.

From my original '95 US window sticker

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...a97dd018d0.jpg
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...1f6b1eca67.jpg

Yea, fake window sticker... :) Sheesh! ;)

Dang you guys have good eyes. Alright, here is the true original.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx7...53c38c222a.jpg

Lol. Looks fake news home boy. Streets closed

Yeah, it could never do 25mpg...

Please provide a photo of the car with the chrome R2 badge on it just like all the other "R" models :):)

Agreed. I don't see one Type R badge anywhere.

lol you guys are killing me :lol:

i apologize for being abrupt, but you have to realize that i have a piece of factory documentation and you do not.

there is a company called ACES and they provide the database for all of the year/make/model/sub-model/etc for every car in America. they have a lot of stuff wrong, and IF you have some documentation they might look into it. if you just say, naw its a yyz and not xxx they ignore you.

the funny one is the miata. on teh internets we think of the 90-97 cars as NA, the 99-05 cars as NB and the 06-15 as NC, and the 16-18 as ND.

they have the 99-05 cars as blank, NC or NE depending on the year. we know this is wrong, but prove it. there is nowhere on the car where it says NB.

i do go round and round with my boss about this stuff. the aftermarket wants to go year/make/model/sub-model as i'm sure you've noticed at a big chain store. this is fine when your pickup has a 6 foot sticker on it that says FX4 on the side. the problem, as usual, is Mazda. one of our guys bought a 2018 Mazda 3, and i put the Vin into the EPC and for model it says "BEES"

to get the submodel on a newer Mazda you need the 1. window sticker, or 2. run the warranty history in Mazda's computer.

My '90 Miata VIN displayed "JM1NA3516... What's on the VIN of the 99-05 cars?

apparently this is not good enough. its totally a :rolleyes: thing.

i've decided to leave it be, just because they are also missing the Canadian models. our computer goes through the catalog, and sorts by submodel weekly, so its actually better for everyone if the submodels are just completely missing.

for the record the Canadian NB MIatae are GS, GX and GT.

thats good to know, we will talk!