What was the reason for the RX-7 to be no longer sold in the U.S.?

Next question is, I may be going overseas soon. If I buy one overseas, what do I have to for it to be legal in the U.S. if I ship it back?

Thanks

 

If you are in the arm forces, you can import one. But only when you station there for a while. You are allow to import that car you have over there.

 

So your saying, I can buy one, then just have it shipped as is and it will be legal?

 

Ask Dragon, he will know more.

 

I think theres some weird rule where you can import one car in your lifetime.

 

What stopped the sales of the cars here? Sales numbers. Why? Because of the yen wars of the mid-90s ... and the SUV. They killed all of the Japanese "supercars" except for the NSX, which isn't in the same market and never really sold anyways.

 

Funny, I just posted on this same subject earlier today. Poor sales was the main reason, but the thing that forced the decision is what I wrote earlier today:

It would have cost Mazda over $5 million to make the 7 comply with the OBD II standards which went into effect in 1996, and having sold only 500 '95 RX-7 models (and very slowly at that.....leftover new 94's were still on dealers lots in the spring and summer of '95)....well, you do the math.

I got this information from several sources, including Autoweek magazine.

 

Mostly gas milage, reliablity, plus the $35K pice tag. The price killed all of them.

 

Yep Mazda had the price to high for what was suppose to be an affordable fast car.

If that's true then I defiantly would take an FD

BTW: I get my car back tomorrow from Independent Honda/Mazda. Man its been 2 weeks and I'm die'en.
Getting a Turbo Timer and Turbo rebuild, Larry Scott (rotary tech) said the car is leaps and bounds with performance from when I brought it in.

Another Side note: He said the last guy that worked on my car had several vacuum hoses and sensors install backwards and in the wrong port. I had a dealership install some gaskets a month ago. NEVER trust a damn dealer!

 

They are not going to make a twin turbo sports car under 30.

 

1. Rapidly declining sales
2. OBD-II and increasing emissions requirements

Not necessarily in that order. Toyota had trouble also, and only sold 88 Supra Turbos towards the end of the 1996 model run when they finally got their OBD-II issues sorted out.

 

It wasn't the price - at 35k the RX-7 was 10 -15K less than a 300zx tt or Supra tt and HALF the price of a Porsche 911 - The Market for 2 seat CLOSED sportscars had all but dissapeared in 95-96. Even PORSCHE was struggling to sell more than 3000 units/year then. I think Porsche's TOTAL US sales for ALL models fell to less than 2800 units in 96 Shoot even the MIATA was almost discontinued for 97 because of declining sales.