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Mazda RX-7

EstablishedRank #28

FD3S · 1992–2002 · 276bhp · RWD · Turbo · Manual

The last great rotary sports car and one of the prettiest shapes of the decade. Engine fragility is the permanent asterisk.

Est. value now
$72,500
CAGR 2015–2025
+12.2%
Recent CAGR
+4.4%
Units built
68,589

Estimated value trajectory

+$49,500 since 2015
$73k$48k$23k201520172019202120232025

Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: high.

How the score is built

Desirability85 × 0.30 = 25.5

Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity

Scarcity29 × 0.25 = 7.3

Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors

Momentum51 × 0.25 = 12.8

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory86 × 0.20 = 17.2

Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in

Running-cost drag-7
Appreciation score56

Stage: Established

The run has already happened. Growth has slowed and the gains are in the asking price.

Long-run growth +12.2% per year against +4.4% recently — decelerating by 7.8pp. Running-cost risk is rated 9/10, deducting 7 points from the score.