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Production chronology1978–2002
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗25 years
← Mazda
Mazda / Model record
MazdaRX-7
Production1978–2002
Recorded originJapan
ClassSports car
Background
The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car which was manufactured and marketed by Mazda from 1978 to 2002 across three generations. It has a front mid engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and uses a compact and lightweight Wankel rotary engine.
Text adapted from “Mazda RX-7” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1984–1995
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1995
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1980–1999
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗20 years