{"id":411,"date":"2025-07-24T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/168.107.17.222\/?p=411"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:43:56","slug":"rare-2002-mazda-rx-7-spirit-r-type-a-heads-to-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/rare-2002-mazda-rx-7-spirit-r-type-a-heads-to-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare 2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A Heads to Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the finest examples of Mazda\u2019s legendary rotary sports car is heading to auction: a 2002 RX-7 Series 8 Spirit R Type A with just 7,303 km (4,500 miles) on the odometer. Delivered new in Japan and later exported to the UAE, this limited-edition coupe has been serviced exclusively by Mazda throughout its life and remains in factory-original condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spirit R marked the final chapter of the RX-7\u2019s production run and is widely regarded as the most collectible. Among the three Spirit R variants, the Type A is the most driver-focused, featuring a five-speed manual gearbox, carbon-Kevlar Recaro bucket seats and a rear seat delete for added weight savings. This example comes finished in Innocent Blue Mica with a black interior, red cloth seats and factory 17-inch forged BBS wheels. Other distinguishing features include a revised front bumper, adjustable rear wing, red brake calipers and Spirit R-specific badging and gauges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the hood lies Mazda\u2019s iconic 13B twin-turbo rotary engine, sending 206 kW to the rear wheels. With just 1,044 Type A models ever built, this unmodified car presents a rare opportunity for collectors seeking an original, low-mileage piece of JDM history. At the time of writing, the auction has 4 days left for bidding, with the highest current bid at $45,250 USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the finest examples of Mazda\u2019s legendary rotary sports car is heading to auction: a 2002 RX-7 Series 8 Spirit R Type A with just 7,303 km (4,500 miles) on the odometer. Delivered new in Japan and later exported to the UAE, this limited-edition coupe has been serviced exclusively by Mazda throughout its life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[95],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car","tag-mazda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}