I come on today and I see two "totalled my FD" threads... I was just wondering, how many of our cars do you think are left?

 

I have only seen 3 FD's on the road.....EVER.......and I live in the most densly populated state in the country....so i'm guessing the numbers are shrinking.

 

well, I know of at least 7 FD's in the Los Angeles area. Let's just say that there are about 7 more that I don't know about. Assuming that there are about 150 LA-like metropolitan areas in the US, and that each would have about the same number as LA, there would be 2100 FD's just in and around metropolitan areas only. This is very similar to the kinds of questions they ask in interviews. At least that's what I'm told since I haven't had too many of them.

 

There are two in my garage. =)

 

That's a good question and I'm curious to know as well. I'm sure that there are more of these cars in the Japan than there are collectively in all of the U.S.

 

I belive about a year ago that there was close to 5,000 left in the US. Does anyone know of someone who works at a DMV or something similar that can search the database of registered 3rd Gen rx-7s in the US? Then we would have to add a small percentage that is not registered (i.e race cars)

 

5,000? Wow. I think Honda sells 10x more of their Civics in 1 year than the number of available FDs in the U.S. right now. I guess now I can brag that my FD is one of only 5,000 USDM FDs. (In Keanu voice) "Cool"

 

This is a very interesting topic, I would be really curious to see actual numbers. It would also be interesting to compare the numbers to some other rare cars. Honestly I see more Vipers than FD's on the road now days.

 

There are 3 around my neck of the woods.. but i go anywhere else i would have better luck seeing a ferrari :/

 

Same here. When I was on a road trip once, I saw a Silver Stone, CYM, Vintage Red, and Brilliant Black FD all in one day. I was surprised.

 

I think we have 10-12 FD here in SF an Daly City

 

I know of like 20+ in the KC area, I'm Sure there are more then that in LA and those kinda places. But i've only seen 4-5 on the road while just driving.

~Luke

 

There were 15,000 importerd to the states, i would assume that there are at least 10,000 still cruisin around or sittting in storage.

 

i've only seen a few, i honestly saw my first one about 10 months ago, and i've seen i think a total of 5 ro6 different ones since then....3 were at a car show i went to. I see one everyday at work though =)

 

i heard theres only around 7000 left at most

 

I'd be more likely to see a Ferrari than an FD.. they are VERY hard to find

 

Actually , there were about 13,500 imported.

10,000 93 models
3,000 94 models
500 95 models

 

i know of 4... at work...

 

to be honest, my best guess would be around 6k or 7k left...

 

few in the world.... but about 20 in SF

 

I have two red mint condition Fd's in my garage. I live in a very wealthy area by malibu beach and I see more Ferraries and lambo's than I see Fd's. This year I have only seen 2 silver fd's on the road. I think the 94 and 95's are getting realy rare. BTW does anyone have the exact numbers of how many fd's were sold in each year?

 

I asked this question when I first went to KDR (about 3 years ago). They said they used to get ownership lists from Mazda with about 12K names on it. The last list they saw (I think it was about a year before I met them) had less than 7K names. After 3 years of wrecks and trashed engines I bet there are about 5000-5500 at the most left. For god's sake they have told me about a least five cars that have been totalled within a month of getting lots of modification since then. And of those remaining cars, how many are engineless (waiting installs) in need of turbos, or other major repairs. How many nice FDs are on the road?

 

Mine is the only one in my area. That was part of the appeal. Everyone in my town has a camaro or mustang.

 

I have seen more RX8's than I have ever seen FD's

93 FD

 

I met Cameron Worth of Pettit Racing in March 2002. He told me that he knew the results of a US wide vehicle registration check. He told me there were about 3,300 FD's registered. About 800 in Florida, 800 in Texas and 800 in California. The remaining cars were fairly evenly distributed around the rest of the states. I suppose there could be a few other cars which only see track duty etc. Still, they are pretty rare.