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Valuation · Mazda · FD3S · 1999-2002

Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A

1.3L twin-turbo rotary (13B-REW) · 206 kW / 314 Nm · 5sp manual · RWD
CONSIDERRated within the $30k to $100k band · 42 of 94 at this money
Model value
$92,000
Must gain each year to break even
+7.4%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
55/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Measured
Four or more recorded Australian sales
$92,000
$68,108 lowhigh $114,852
Calibrated to recorded sales
Three Collecting Cars results, $90,000 to $97,000, fitting to $92,000 at 72,000km

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Price history

Today $92,000 · modelled median at five years $85,637
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $76,417 to $101,004
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($68,108 to $114,852). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

A defensible case with reservations. Scores 55/100, ranking 42 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Scarcity is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $6,650 a year (7.2% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $8,999 a year.
The model's five year median is $85,637, a -6.9% move, with the tenth percentile at $68,108.
Value calibrated to recorded sales.
Evidence
Measured6 recorded sales
Off its peak
-37%
Value band
wide
Multiple recorded transactions plus an aggregate source. Treat the level as reliable.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$8,999 a year all in, -6.9% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$92,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
13 rows on record
$161k$110k$58k
20192021202320252027
the value this record published, year by yearnow $92kwhat the model expects across 64k–79k kmsolddid not sellcontext, excluded3 rows sit off this scale. Open the list below to see them.
Every row, with its price and note (13) ↓
Library value against the sold record
6 sales · median $93,500
Value $92,000
$73,000$130,000
Jun 2026Collecting Cars$90,000Sold
SOLD. 12 Jun 2026, Greensborough VIC, 79,405km believed genuine, Spirit R Type A in Titanium Grey, described as number 139 of 1,500 - that figure covers the whole Spirit R run, not the 1,044 Type As. Japan-delivered on a Grade 4 sheet, complied Sep 2025. REPLACEMENT REBUILT ENGINE. Exedy twin-plate clutch, AutoExe exhaust and bracing, Apexi Power FC
Jun 2026Collecting Cars$68,555Context, excluded
SOLD but excluded from this record. 25 Jun 2026, Rowsley VIC, SPIRIT R TYPE B - a different variant
May 2025Collecting Cars$46,500Context, excluded
SOLD but excluded from this record. 15 May 2025, Craigieburn VIC, 2001 RX-7 Type RB-S Series 8 - an ordinary Series 8, not a Spirit R. Roughly half a Type A and recorded to show what the Spirit R badge is worth
Jan 2025Collecting Cars$65,500Context, excluded
SOLD but excluded from this record. 29 Jan 2025, Melbourne VIC, SPIRIT R TYPE B - a different variant with rear seats and a heavier specification. Recorded to size the Type A premium at about 35 per cent
Jan 2025Collecting Cars$56,055Context, excluded
SOLD but excluded from this record. 30 Jan 2025, Torquay VIC, SPIRIT R TYPE C - a different variant, the automatic, and the bottom of the Spirit R ladder
Dec 2024Collecting Cars$90,000Sold
SOLD. 9 Dec 2024, Underwood QLD, 69,048km, Spirit R Type A in Titanium Grey (1 of 499 in the colour), Japan-delivered. RESPRAYED. Apexi exhaust, five dated services from 775km in 2003, last Aug 2023 at 68,989km
Mar 2024Collecting Cars$97,000Sold
SOLD. 8 Mar 2024, Narre Warren VIC, 64,106km, Spirit R Type A in Innocent Blue Mica (1 of 149 in the colour), Japan-delivered and imported Aug 2020. SINGLE GT3584 TURBO CONVERSION with Apexi Power FC, Blitz intercooler, RE Amemiya exhaust, Apexi coilovers, Xtreme clutch. The dearest of the three
Feb 2023Shannons$190,000Not a sale
NOT A SALE. Spirit R Type A passed in at a $190,000-$220,000 estimate three months after one sold at $130,000
Nov 2022Shannons$130,000Sold
2002 Spirit R coupe. The most recent completed Australian sale
Feb 2022Shannons$160,000Context, excluded
2002 Spirit R Type A. Sold within a $150,000-$170,000 estimate; midpoint recorded as the figure was not published
Sep 2021Shannons$80,000Not a sale
WITHDRAWN before the block at an $80,000-$90,000 estimate, so neither a sale nor a failure to sell
Apr 2021Shannons$125,000Sold
2002 Spirit R Type A coupe
Nov 2018Shannons Sydney$73,000Sold
2002 FD3S Spirit R Type A
6 completed Australian sales of 13 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
44/100-11
Scarcity25% of total
100/100+47
Demand durability20% of total
82/100+16
Liquidity15% of total
0/100-52
Risk resilience10% of total
4/100-32
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 55/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
44/100
Baseline80 pts
− 7.2% of value a year to run-36 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)44 pts
Scarcity25% weight
100/100
Baseline78 pts
+ Only around 350 estimated AU deliveries, a genuinely rare final edition+20 pts
+ Last of the FD RX-7 production run+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)100 pts
Demand durability20% weight
82/100
Baseline60 pts
+ Global cult status has pushed values up sharply since 2016+22 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)82 pts
Liquidity15% weight
0/100
Baseline8 pts
− Very thin market, 60 days on market-10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)0 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
4/100
Baseline20 pts
− 13B-REW rotary carries well known apex seal failure risk-16 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)4 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 2,824 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$6,650a year
Share of value per year
7.2%
Scheduled servicing$1,65025%
Tyres, annualised$95014%
Registration and CTP$80012%
Insurance$1,85028%
Sinking fund (failure table)$1,40021%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$95,680
Running costs × 5 years$33,250
Median exit, net of selling cost$83,937
All-in annualised over 5 years$8,999/yr
Share of value per year9.8%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
7.4%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
-1.4%a year
The projection falls 8.8 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$92,000
Stamp duty$3,680
Running costs x 5 years$33,250
Selling cost at exit, 1.8% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$131,357
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine1.3L twin-turbo rotary (13B-REW)
Power / torque206 kW / 314 Nm
0-100 km/h5 s
Transmission5sp manual
DriveRWD
Kerb weight1,270 kg
Built worldwide1,500
Delivered to Australia350
Effective AU survivors260
Australian sales / year22
Typical days on market60 days
Launch price$75,000

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Titanium Grey+4%
Vintage Red+5%
Black-1%
Options
Original Type A Recaros and BBS intact+6%
Unmodified 13B-REW+10%
Documented compression test+5%
Odometer sensitivity±4.1% per 10,000 km vs 72,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$85,637
-6.9% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $92,000.
Even odds it lands between $76,417 and $101,004.
$68,108 lowhigh $114,852
The shaded range is even money and 32% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 79% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: -$6,363 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $33,250.
Duty and expected selling costs: $5,380.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $44,995, or $8,999 a year.
The projected value fall is added to the running cost. Depreciation is the larger number here.

The case for and against

The case for

A genuinely rare final-edition FD RX-7 with an estimated 350 Australian deliveries, and values have more than doubled since 2016 on global cult demand. It represents the last and most refined iteration of the twin-turbo rotary before production ended.

The case against

The 13B-REW rotary carries a well known apex seal failure risk that makes verified rebuild history essential before buying. Running costs are high due to fuel consumption and specialist rotary servicing, and the market is very thin at 60 days on market. The market has also come off its 2022 high: a car passed in at a $190,000 reserve in February 2023 three months after another sold at $130,000, so sellers are ahead of buyers.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Apex seal failure risk (rotary engine)
Risk 2High fuel consumption relative to piston rivals
Risk 3Verifying genuine Spirit R build and unmolested history
Rotary engine rebuild$8,500
Apex seal inspection$1,200
Turbo/wastegate service$1,600

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueMeasured · 6 recorded sales
Carried value
$92,000
Historical price
2016 · $60,0002026 · $92,000
Measured
Multiple recorded transactions plus an aggregate source. Treat the level as reliable.
Three Collecting cars results cut this record by a third, and they are all well below the Shannons run it was built on

$97,000 at Narre Warren VIC on 8 March 2024 at 64,106 kilometres; $90,000 at Underwood QLD on 9 December 2024 at 69,048 kilometres; $90,000 at Greensborough VIC on 12 June 2026 at 79,405 kilometres. Against Shannons results of $160,000 in February 2022 and $130,000 in November 2022, that is a market that fell hard and then stopped falling.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (5 more)
The fit

Minus 4.1 per cent per 10,000 kilometres, R-squared 0.56, returning about $92,000 at 72,000 kilometres.

The value moves $140,000 to $92,000,

And expected distance moves from 110,000 kilometres to 72,000, which is where Spirit Rs actually turn up - all three sit between 64,000 and 80,000.

Every one of the three carries a defect, which argues a wholly original car sits above $92,000

A single-turbo GT3584 conversion on the dearest, a full respray on the second, and a REPLACEMENT REBUILT ENGINE on the third. No unmolested Spirit R has traded publicly here since 2022, and until one does, the figure is a floor for the variant rather than a price for a perfect example.

The variant ladder, from the same house

Type A $90,000 to $97,000; Type B $65,500 in January 2025 and $68,555 in June 2026; Type C $56,055 in January 2025. The Type A carries about 35 per cent over a Type B and 60 per cent over a Type C. An ordinary Series 8 Type RB-S made $46,500 in May 2025, roughly half a Type A.

A build-count conflict worth knowing

Two of these listings say 'one of only 1,044 built' and the third says 'number 139 of just 1,500'. Both are right about different things - 1,044 is the Type A alone and roughly 1,500 covers the whole Spirit R run across A, B and C. A seller quoting 1,500 is describing the series, not the variant, and the scarcity that matters here is the 1,044.

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