How many of you would go out to a dealer and buy a new FD these days if you could get them for what they sold for back in 93-94? What was it about $32k?

 

Of course.

 

id buy a chaste white base model at the dealers new in 95

 

I have a 95 Chaste White base if you want one.

 

id buy a 94 r2

 

I'd buy a Silverstone '95 R2.

 

i'd find that pearl white 94

 

From what I remember they were selling in the $40ks when they were discontinued in the US. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I would have never bothered buying my 350z.

 

I def. would, but i'd pick up a SSM instead of VR, and an R1 instead of Touring.

 

+1

 

I doubt I'd be able to afford it or the insurance if it were new.

 

I would do it again.

I purchased my FD 12 years ago. MSRP was $41,355.00 for the touring model. Discounted, I paid $36.5K plus tax & license.

Also, I got my FC in 1988 for $13.5K with the SC package.

 

I dream about being able to do just that.

 

ill take the spirit r for sure


its nice that you still have that tag that you got with the car. Make sure you laminate it so it stays in good condition

 

Actually the better question would be if you would buy it for the adjusted 2006 dollar amount.

 

VR 95 R2, damn. A car with none of the little 14 year old car problems and defects!

 

I wonder if they would offer an LS1 as an upgrade option....

 

Not quite. I bought mine new in 1994 for $35,000. Black touring model.

 

Then it wouldn't be an RX-7... i.e: Rotary Experiment Seven.....

 

Even thoug i remember back on 93 when I walked into a Mazda dealer and saw my first FD. It was siitng there inside the showroom floor with an aura around it. It was a White one, touring model. I fell in love that day.

But I would take a CYM.
that would be like buying a 911 turbo and putting a EVO engine in it.

 

Presicely. The premise of the thread starter question is flawed. It would be like asking would you have bought a brand new FD in '93 for $25,000 ?

The truth is, due to exchange rates and other factors, the cars were overpriced for their market segment when new, which is a major reason why they failed.

As to the $40,000 mark, it's true. Mine listed for over $40,000 in 1995, but RX-7's weren't selling, so anyone who bought one without a deep discount was a fool. I got $5,000 off on mine. I see another poster did the same. Now you know the true market value of the car back in '94 - '95.

 

In a heartbeat, 94 R2 was purchased for $29,900 gross less 3k in August of 94 - traded in my FC- could not sell them for anything in PA. Just sitting on the lots - never understood it. Perhaps Mazda will see the light and bring back the RX-7...

 

A typical business standard (and gov'r too) escalation rate on parts and labor is 3% per year. Just for curiosity, I ran an excel spreadsheet model calculating the 1994 price of 36.5K out to 2006 dollars and the equivalent price would be......$53,600!

Ummmm.....as much as we all love the FD....I seriously doubt any of us would buy it for that money.

 

http://www.westegg.com/inflation <---- uses the Consumer Price Index to calculate inflation.



That's with the discounts. It's about the cost of a C6 today. The sticker price posted on the first page, in today's dollars, is $52758. So in today's terms, an FD cost somewhere between a C6 and maybe a fully loaded Boxster S.