1983 Mazda RX-7 GS: Mazda Gem of the Day
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If you’re into brown-on-brown eighties sports cars, then you’re going to love this Mazda Gem of the Day: a 1983 Mazda RX-7 GS.
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This 1983 Mazda RX-7 GS listed for sale in Miami has a mere 21,391 original miles on its odometer. Between its low miles and clean condition, it’s about as close as you’ll come to an early ’80s rotary time capsule.
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Like other FB Mazda RX-7 sports cars (except the later 13B-powered GSL-SE model), this 1983 RX-7 GS came standard with a 12A twin-rotor engine producing 100 hp and 105 lb-ft of torque and mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox.
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But unlike most first-gen RX-7s you’ll find for sale these days, this roughly 40-year-old Mazda rotary sports car has been driven the equivalent of under 600 miles per year since its manufacture.
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We’re not sure how common this brown-on-brown treatment was during this era of the Mazda RX-7, but it certainly works here.
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The brown interior shows well and compares favorably to some of the cabin and seating material choices in earlier series-one SA RX-7s from 1979-80.
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As you’d expect for such a low-mileage example, this 1983 Mazda RX-7 for sale appears about as factory-original and well-preserved as you can hope to find.
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At the time of this writing, the seller of this ’83 RX-7 GS is asking $25,995, a pretty penny for sure. But then again, this low-mileage and well-preserved example is far from your average FB RX-7 for sale.
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We can only hope this retro rotary coupe won’t spend its next 40-plus years of existence parked in a garage.
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What was it like driving a Mazda RX-7 GS in the early eighties? We’ll leave it to this MotorWeek Retro Review to explain:
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