RX7 record price

[Unreal]

I'm a big fan of the cars but not modified ones like this. Must have been an auctioneer's and seller's dream.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagert...

More generally, maybe an indicator of the direction of the market and where future money will go since we're already seeing drastic falls in post war classics as their fans expire.

[soad]

It’s a movie film car, that explains the price. Still absolutely crazy, despite the reach.

[Sway]

Was this not the car that was up for sale in the UK on and off for years? I want to say at the £60odd k mark, which was deemed mental at the time.

Now eligible for US import/use under the 25 year rule, hence the massive uplift in value?

[Alex_225]

To be fair, as cars go from the F&F movies, especially the early ones this is one that still looks pretty good. I mean it's not entirely subtle but the Veilside styling suits the car.

Still prefer the Dodge Charger from the first movie though!

[J4CKO]

In isolation it looks alright, but compared to a standard RX7 it doesnt, one of the best looking cars ever built to my eyes.

[BrettMRC]

It's not even running anything special in terms of mods, bog standard 13B-REW!

[mike9009]

J4CKO said:

In isolation it looks alright, but compared to a standard RX7 it doesnt, one of the best looking cars ever built to my eyes.

Agreed. The RX7 in standard guise is a fantastic and balanced looking car.....

[ChocolateFrog]

A standard one looks 10x better and would be way more desirable to me.

I guess we've got another 10-15 years of price rises for 90's and 2000's stuff like this as those of us who dreamed about them at the time get further into our 40's and closer to those pension lump sums.

[CardinalFang]

Sway said:

Was this not the car that was up for sale in the UK on and off for years? I want to say at the £60odd k mark, which was deemed mental at the time.

Now eligible for US import/use under the 25 year rule, hence the massive uplift in value?

Can't find any info on the price but I do remember them being offered by Newera Imports at one point. I used to keep an eye on their site - had a standard FD RX7 from them back around 2003. Lovely car.

https://www.neweraimports.com/legacy-cars/e6a92ec1...

[Sway]

CardinalFang said:

Sway said:

Was this not the car that was up for sale in the UK on and off for years? I want to say at the £60odd k mark, which was deemed mental at the time.

Now eligible for US import/use under the 25 year rule, hence the massive uplift in value?

Can't find any info on the price but I do remember them being offered by Newera Imports at one point. I used to keep an eye on their site - had a standard FD RX7 from them back around 2003. Lovely car.

https://www.neweraimports.com/legacy-cars/e6a92ec1...

That's it!

I knew my old brain wasn't entirely useless, cheers!

ISTR they keep putting it up at around £60k, when a very nice RX7 was around £15-20k.

[Unreal]

Sway said:

CardinalFang said:

Sway said:

Was this not the car that was up for sale in the UK on and off for years? I want to say at the £60odd k mark, which was deemed mental at the time.

Now eligible for US import/use under the 25 year rule, hence the massive uplift in value?

Can't find any info on the price but I do remember them being offered by Newera Imports at one point. I used to keep an eye on their site - had a standard FD RX7 from them back around 2003. Lovely car.

https://www.neweraimports.com/legacy-cars/e6a92ec1...

That's it!

I knew my old brain wasn't entirely useless, cheers!

ISTR they keep putting it up at around £60k, when a very nice RX7 was around £15-20k.

Wow. Someone has done very well.

[spanerhed7]

Well, if you're interested in a modifed but pretty standard looking one, my 20B triple rotor is up for sale!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/10520697...

[DaveCWK]

Sway said:

Was this not the car that was up for sale in the UK on and off for years? I want to say at the £60odd k mark, which was deemed mental at the time.

Now eligible for US import/use under the 25 year rule, hence the massive uplift in value?

Not sure if it was this one particularly, or just a replica one.
Very surprised at the price this fetched though. I would have guessed at maybe £200k tops.

[BIRMA]

There was one for sale on and off many years ago in Berkshire I think, and was about £44K. Pictures do not do them justice, there was one on display at Podium Place a month or so back and in the flesh it looks really good. As an owner of a Bathurst RX 7 many years ago I much prefer the looks of the later cars and the Spirit R each to his own I guess.
Car is in the background not the black racing NSX, like I say photo's do not do it justice, in the flesh it's pretty sensational.

Edited by BIRMA on Wednesday 16th July 14:34

[InformationSuperHighway]

I think it's clear the bidders were F&F fans rather than buying on the merits of the car itself.

[soad]

InformationSuperHighway said:

I think it's clear the bidders were F&F fans rather than buying on the merits of the car itself.

[BrettMRC]

I wasn't mentally ready for this to be moved to the Classic Cars section.

[Unreal]

BrettMRC said:

I wasn't mentally ready for this to be moved to the Classic Cars section.

I struggled, not least because I can hardly recognise an RX7 under the bodykit! I wasn't sure how to title the thread for the same reason.

[Mr Tidy]

It's an aberration - surely one for the Badly Modified Cars Thread!

[Unreal]

Mr Tidy said:

It's an aberration - surely one for the Badly Modified Cars Thread!

It's surprising how many people are into body mods. For a while I would buy cars with body mods, strip the body kits to sell separately and sell the now stock car. Unlike breaking a car, I never had a problem selling any of the bits. Take a look at some of these prices, as well as their relative price to the value of many of the donor cars. Pretty eye-opening.

https://veilside.uk/collections/all