Hi Folks.

I was bored and just randomly browsed through japanese sites. And I found one of the latest RX7 models for sale. Since I dont know any japanese I wondered if anybody could translate whats written there...

Thanks,
Harry

 

wats the link mate?

 

Damn it, I forgot to insert the link *LOL*

http://www.tokai-mazda.co.jp/u-car/d...=2423A70630056

 

o ****! that looks like a spirit R !!!!!! hmmmm if my computer could display the charcters i could translate for you....hmmmm i'll copy the link for my roomate ( japanese exchange student) and i'll look it up on his laptop. judging by the second row in the orange box colum i see rx7 then some boxes, r, boxes, a. my guess is that its a rx7 spirit r type a. one of the very last of 1500 units to roll off the line. they were divided into 3 forms the type a, b, and c with the "C" being a 2+2 version. there were only 500 of each type made and were the special/ final rx7's to roll of the production line before the lineage finally died out. if it is what i think it is and ur planning on getting it, and have the bank roll to get it- get it, its the last of its kind and deffinately a collectors car.

 

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

IS YOUR FRIEND!!!! It did a pretty decent translation for the entire page too.

 

Yes it is a Spirit R and it is for sale.
Were you just posting this for fun or did you want information on how to buy it?

 

Here is translated version..

Hope this helps!

 

ha? Attachment doesn't work?

 

all the info is in katakana anyway, pretty easy to work out

 

Well, it was more for fun since I dont have the cash - yet. But it would be great to get some basic informations how cars are bought in Japan in general...

BTW: The babelfish-thing really is a good starter!

thanks,
Harry

 

well if i was you, i would look for a import company that will do it for you. Its a big, difficult process buying from a caryard, especially with the language barrier. there are plenty of import companies around, i know a good one in Osaka. Are you from Austria or Australia?

 

Type B is also 2+2 and btw C is automatic

 

o heh heh thanks for the insight ^_^

 

i dont personally see the big difference than the 2002 bathurst ...i so much prefer that, or even better..the bathurst R

 

hmmmm...isnt the bathrust and bathurst R model only produced as a tribute to the bathrust race that mazda won in AU in which the 7 held the first place finish for 3 year consequtively? and im pretty sure it was released before the spirit r but like the spirit r, only 500 units were produced. at the time it was produced it was the most powerfull rx-7 to be released i believe @ 280ps then the spirit r was released also boasting 280ps. now due to the japanese gentlemans act which states that a production car sold to the general public of japan cannot exceed 300ps. however, unrestricted im sure both of these great machines could easily lay down 300ps or more but i am unsure if both machines would put down eual HP figures if both were unrestricted. my guess is that they would be the same but yeah the only reason i would want the spirit r (especially the type a) is simply because its the last run of the line and was the final "special" model of the 7 lineage. for me it represents all of the 7's, from first gen to third gen, achivements gained overtime put into one final package. the 7 line couldn't have died off in a more better way. nissan has their z-tunes and spec nur, we rotards have our our spirit r's and bathurst's. as for toyota.....uh..well....yeah.............no clue with what the supra line died out with as a final production and special model build.

 

that was the type RB bathurst which was a tribute to mazda rx7 race on 96..thats a completely different bathurst
the 96 bathurst was a 265 bhp with red interior
the new bathurst is 280

Bathurst R was produced after the spirit r and its a lot more limited than the spirit R.
There are only 500 bathurst R s and 1500 spirit R s (type a b and c)

and ..damn that carbon trim, gearshift and handbrake looks damn sexy which on spirit r is just plain grey

and bathurst r and bathurst have adjustable suspension and spirit R does not :P

 

o i c heh heh thanks again for the insight. geez i wish the forum i was on when i was a 240sx owner were as knowledgeable and friendly(at the same time) as you guys. its kuz of guys like you that i can enjoy intellegent disscustions on this forum. anayways, i did a search for the 96 bathurst and wasnt able to some up with any images. what were the design differances between the 96 bathurst and the 2002 and the spirit r (type a only, i know the b's and c's didnt have as much goodies as the A). unlike the A-spec 7, i saw very little differences from the bathurst r(2002) and the spirit r type a.