Rotary Car Club - GT-X vs GT-R

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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection (Post 63252)

uhhh...is gt-r not series 4, and gt-x not series 5? I guess your statement is true by the same token that usdm series 5 turbo II's are more optioned than USDM series 4 turbo II's.

I always thought the 'standard" FC was a gt-r or gt-x (depending on series), gt-limited being a more optioned model, and infini being the stripped "race" version like the USDM GTUs.

This myth was somehow perpetuated a long time ago.
It has stubbornly stuck around...I dunno why.

Check out the link that was mentioned earlier.
Actually, click this one:
http://www.j-garage.com/mazda/rx-7/fc3s.htm

The text descriptions are rather vague, but they do have different year links at the bottom.

The GT-R and GT-X are trim levels available at almost every year the FC3S was new in Japan.
Technically, the GT-Limited was only an S4 model and was not available as an S5 model.
The GT-R and GT-X models both crossed over from S4 to S5.

Pick up any HyperRev RX-7 edition, and there's a chart in the back describing this graphically.

-Ted

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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection (Post 63253)

Neither does mine, but then it's not really a GT-X. :D

How does that work? What is it then?

And thanks for all the info on this (to all)

I think the 3rd brake light was a US only addition, mandated by the DOT.

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Originally Posted by MaczPayne (Post 63451)

I think the 3rd brake light was a US only addition, mandated by the DOT.

That is correct.
All US sold vehicles required that hokey 3rd brake like since 1986.
Wow, that was a long time ago!

-Ted

Ok but this isn't a US car. I know that the USDM ones have it I was just saying that because I didn't realize when I bought the car that it was different on JDM ones.

Oh, didn't realize your question was aimed at Kevin. My mistake, haha.