GT-X vs GT-R

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It has nothing to do with which year the FC was made.
The GT-X is basically a higher trim level than a GT-R.
Consider the GT-R as a base model.

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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

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