I had a fellow 7 owner over and he thought they didn't start production of US cars untill May or June. So I showed him my production date of Feb of 92. Do I have one of the first third gens built for the US and how do I find out?

 

I have a January '92, car #464.

Your VIN is a serial number. What's the last few digits? That'll tell you.

 

They started production of US cars in January of 92.

 

Last four are 1659. Not as rare as I had hoped. Oh well. Still an R1

 

mine says that its a dec 91, so i don't understand how they could have started making them in 92, just a fluke i guess

neil

 

Mine is 00921 with a Build date of Jan 92. I think it would be fun to see who has the earliest one on the forum.

 

Wheres the build date sticker. I have never found one on my car

 

It's on a sticker on the inside of your driver side door jam.

mine is 5/92

last 4 digs 5728. They must have built quite a bit between 1/92 and 5/92.

 

I don't remember the build date but my number is 1051 and it is a vr r1.

ryan

 

Last 4 digits of mine is 2525 and its Feb of 92, also an R1, so I guess they didnt use that # for the model since there isnt that many VR R1's

 

I have car #690, thats pretty early. NewbernD still has me beat though.

 

01/92; #803

 

12/91 is the earliest I have heard of.

My 93 R1 is #1442 2/92 build date.

What is the latest date a 93 was built? I've only seen ONE 93 built in 93. It had a build date of, uh I think it was 3/93. I saw a 94 with a build date of 5/93.

 

Do US and Jspec car VIN nubers differ? My last 4 digits are 0871.

 

Feb 92 #1462

 

03/92 3669

 

Finall got around to checking mine.
93 CYM R1
12/91 00219

 

93 CYM
12/91 (if I recall correctly)
00119

 

Heh...I'm 1444 '93 VR R1 I've never looked, but I can only assume that I've got a 2/92 build date too.

 

03/92, 2986 R1

Bought it 06/92.

OK, who has owned theirs longer than me

 

i looked in the mazda computer and the earliest one is in the 200150 range, build date of 12-28-91. the ones before 150 dont seem to have made it to the street, maybe crash test cars, or what have you

 

and I bought it 5 yrs. ago for $20K w/ 47K mi. on it. I've spent another $20K on it and now I think "what the hell have I done?"

PFS has a car built in 10/91.

 

It reads 12/91 but still very early. Also thats one of the very first cars. Look its # 207!! That car is 12 years old.

 

I think mine is Sept 93.

I'll check the #s when I get home.

-Dan

 

World wide FD production for 1991 was 975 (at a planned production rate of 1200 cars per month). Some of these may have made it to the US. Japan sales started on December 1, 1991. I think the differences between the early Japanese cars and the early US cars was pretty minor (fifth gear ratio was different).