This article from Hagerty Magazine covers collectible cars from the 1990's. Hagerty's, with whom my FD is insured for agreed value, values a #1 condition FD for $22.5K. Here is what it says about our FDs:

7. 1993-1996 Mazda RX-7
By the mid-’90s, the Japanese sports car market had gotten out of hand. Turbocharging had sent power through the roof, and prices had gone right along. The top-of-the-line Toyota Supra, Nissan 300ZX and Mitsubishi 3000GT all offered over 300 horsepower, but were all priced well over $30,000. So was the third-generation RX-7, which took its customarily different approach. With a 255-horsepower, twin-turbocharged, 1.3-liter rotary, Mazda couldn’t afford to build a bloated pig, so instead crafted a smaller, lighter car, as pure a sports car as any Japanese manufacturer would ever dare. With a 2,850-pound curb weight, the RX-7 was fast, but its rock-hard suspension made most drivers furious. As it turned out, the sorts of dudes who had bought these cars in the 1980s moved on to trucks and SUV’s and the entire segment had all but disappeared by the end of the decade. But the RX-7 stands out as the jewel of the era, especially as a collectible. It was the least successful of its ilk, so production numbers were low, and its faults as a daily driver don’t matter much now. Hagerty Price Guide lists the third-generation RX-7 at 22,500 for a #1 condition car.

The full article, listing all 10 collector cars built in the 1990's, can be found at this link:http://www.hagerty.com/Hagerty-Online/News/Features/All-articles/2011/12/13/The-Generation-X-Top-40-The-1990s?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_ term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=December%20Hagerty %20News

 

Mmmmm, I get that magazine but missed that. Thanks.

 

I'm telling you guys.... it's starting to grab attention...

 

How fitting that they named the RX7 as the 7th most collectable....

Wonder if it was done on purpose ? hmmmm

 

They're not making any more.

 

Cool find

 

I usually hate those hagerty mailings but this is nice. To bad I told them to stop mailing me stuff weeks ago

 

The FD belongs on there, but where is the MKIV Supra?

 

The Supra looks like a spaceship! Although it is a very fast spaceship. The two top Japanese cars got on there so I think it's pretty spot on.

 

Cool, interesting~

 

No surprise there. Ive been saying that these cars are gonna be collectibles ever since I first drove one 14 years ago.

 

Production numbers were terrible for America, but they sold an ***-ton in Japan, over almost twice as long.

F*cking import laws.

 

wohoo i own 2 of the 10!

 

Too bad we mod and rape the crap out of them because we need too, I am pretty sure they consider a stocker a true collectible...

 

^^ You can always put it back to stock. Since my car was 100% stock when I got it I still have all of my parts. Even the precat lol

 

I too still have all my OE parts so I can "retrofit" if necessary. Right now, "necessary" would be defined as someone offering me "stupid" money for my car in original condition.

 

Even the Japanese 96-02 production didn’t add ***-tons of cars compared to most production rates including Porsche

 

Really? I thought Mazda sold a ton in the other markets. Why would they keep making them for so long?

 

13,000 or so were sold in the US.

68,000 or so were made overall.

Do the math.

More than four times as many FD's were sold outside of the US (the majority being in Japan) as were sold in the US. Yet even still, given the population size, FD's are one of the most common out of production sports cars on the road in Japan today. I saw two just the other day, in a span of maybe an hour or two. In America I might see one every six months or a year.

The same thing goes for the AE86, which would definitely deserve to be on the list if you included JDM models since cherry examples go for more than they originally retailed for. That is the definition of collectible car. They sold waaay more Levins and Truenos then they ever sold Corolla GT-S's.

 

Cool find. Bookmarked and subscribed.

 

i think by the time they become very collectable mods will not matter much as that heavy modding has become part of our era. if you look on barrett jackson a clean rat rod sells for decent money and they built those cars back then for a few hundred bucks. all flat black, low, with a v8 hanging out the front. low milage completely stock fd like cym and r2 models will become collectable sooner then a modded one. id say in the next 10 years you will see those rare models jump in price from mid 20's to 40k+ and the modded units will be worth good money by the time were all in our 50-60's so give or take 20-30 years.

i believe the supra should be up there as well. weather or not that it is the supra will be collectable as well. stock and modded in the same time frame.

also i think it was 3-4 years ago pettit racing sold a 3 rotor rx-7 on barrett jackson for 50k plus.

edit... check out this link on some rx-7s that went thought barrett jackson. the modded units also hold there value and the yellow one is a bit over the top. but there is different taste for all out there.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...AZDA&model=RX7

 

There are people out there that have always wanted a 3rd gen but never could afford one. As the "Fast and the Furious" generation rack up more cash, so will these cars.

 

Am I the only one who wants to know what the inside of this looks like?
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=222&pop=0

 

because we barely beat the 90s impala SS?

 

I am going to pretend I didn't see that.