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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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More Trouble Than It's Worth — rotary engines, although beautiful in design and a great powerplant, tend to be very, very finicky, and can cause a lot of expensive maintenance on almost a weekly basis. great design, great performance all around, but the mechanics need to be further honed by mazda and mercedez.

Pros: lots of potential

Cons: finicky engine, expensive parts

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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Fun Car To Drive — As of right now.. my car is in progress so to speak.. needs alot of TlC but it will be better than before soon..stay tuned

Pros: Able to keep up with newer cars, awesome breaking, great handling, low maintance

Cons: Burns some oil, low gas mileage

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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Japanese Enginuity At Its Finest — If you have the resources and ability to work on it yourself then I would highly recommend the car.

Pros: Handles Great
Looks Great
High Potential for Modifications
Revs high

Cons: MPG
High Maintenance

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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One Of The Best — Nice looking little car and handles like a dream. Its just a shame it had to break. The apex and water seals gave up after 6 weeks of ownership

Pros: Looks, handling, power

Cons: Not the most reliable

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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Amazing — great performance, handling is great, and braking is ok..........

Pros: almost everything

Cons: apex seal's go out quick

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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Fast, Fun, Cheap, And Fragile — This was my first car and I paid $600 for it, so it's not one to really compaire to others. It was fast, and handled excellent, but some parts are very fragile, not to mention the rotary engine has very little in common with a regular gas engine. The rotary runs hotter and is less effecient than a regular gas engine. That being said, the rotary will scream and revs to 9000rpm and no sweat. Has that true racecar feel to it while driving. I does have some problem areas though such as the transmission and the differential mount.

Pros: fast, fun, feels like a real racecar, very easy to drive fast, cheap

Cons: Rotary is complicated and not many machanics understand it, fragile, at this point most are old and worn out.

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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Love It! — Handling 5/5 Braking 4.5/5 4 piston caliper are coming soon! Acceleration 3.5/5 Could be better, turbo soon so it will kick some ass! The car is as reliable as another 88 car, it's not because it has a rotary engine inside its not reliable. It's because it's a 88-one!

Pros: Handling, style, sound.

Cons: Bad gas milleage... no low-end power.

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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1988 Mazda Rx7 — Ive always been Mazda guy since my first which was a 93 Mazda Mx6. After a little hesitation because of the legendary gas milage and terrible reliability of the infamous RX7, i decided to jump. I bought two and made one kick but car out of the two. Now i beleive that you havent driven a Mazda until you've driven a Rx7.

Pros: Quick, amazing handling, extremely light, RWD, high RPM torque, Great drift car.

Cons: 17 MPG, LOOOOOONNNGGG warm up time.

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1988 Mazda RX-7Review
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Need Money To Keep This Car — Must Love Rotary's to deal with these cars, I love the way she drives and the performance of the engine just needs a turbo, Cost to damn much for parts. Canyon runs are the bomb in this car, At times I love to kick the clutch at high RPM and let the car go nuts!!!

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

Pros: I love this car

Cons: Cost to much in gas and up keep is harsh

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1988 Mazda RX-7 Review
Danielle says:
Fun car, light weight and powerful.
vs1988 Toyota Supra 2 dr Hatchback
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Reviews From Other Years

2002 Mazda RX-7 Reviews

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I like this car no matter how it’s customized by other people, I think all builds r amazing , nothing is missing when it comes to the car. Read More

Spirit R Review By Desmond

A great ride. Last batch of the production line, the spirit r is the best ever rx-7 of all time. The classic is also included in various racing video games at a good price. G R E A T car! Read More

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2001 Mazda RX-7 Reviews

Awsome By Matt

When the second turbo hits its like a kick in the back of the head. Good handling likes to get the tail out a fair bit. Appearence is awsome looks like sex on wheels!!!! It would be the most fun car i... Read More

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2000 Mazda RX-7 Reviews

Cool By Billy

overall it is a veri good car to drive around . one bad ting about tis car is high petrol consumption . the design wise is timeless . the best rotary base engine car every build in history . my favour... Read More

Fast With Amazing Lines By Benjamin

It's mine. I wouldn't swap it for anything. And the mods have only just begun! Twin turbo 13b, abs, lsd, power windows, air cond, power mirrors etc etc Read More

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1998 Mazda RX-7 Reviews

Okay By Cole

Performance- Moderate acceleration. Braking is okay. and handling is moderate. Build quality- No repairs or strange noises. appearance- interior needed work,. exterior is like a Miata. Cost of Own... Read More

Mark 2,1.3 Litter With After Market Large Twin Trubo Beats A Cbr600 On 0-100km! (then Over Heat!!) By Cam

Had 2 of them at one time... Great fun to own... good looks too! Later vesion of the 1.3 Rotary Engine with twin turbo would gave 260ghp is much better then the 2.6litters earlier version. However the... Read More

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1997 Mazda RX-7 Reviews

Rx-7 Fc By Josuah John

like it so i recommend it for those people who love potato engines and to add its an FR so drifting is quite easy the acceleration is also good so definitely a car that you must have that's all i can ... Read More

Mazda Rx7 3rd Generation By James

car had 280bhp standard but had mine boosted to 350bhp. car has tonnes of power and as is a rear wheel drive does not tolerate mistakes but is a proper purist drivers car and in the right hands great ... Read More

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