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I thought i saw someones signature block state 001/400 on a R3 earlier? Cant remember which thread or who it was, are these numbered?
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Narp, weren't limited either. They sold about 800 R3s in the UK all told
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DrewR3 wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:27 pm
I thought i saw someones signature block state 001/400 on a R3 earlier? Cant remember which thread or who it was, are these numbered?
Could be my signature but it’s a 40th Anniversary
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Dove66 wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:07 pm
DrewR3 wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:27 pm
I thought i saw someones signature block state 001/400 on a R3 earlier? Cant remember which thread or who it was, are these numbered?
Could be my signature but it’s a 40th Anniversary
Ah it was. I was scan reading and just saw white and the the number. Thought there was more than 400 R3s aswell.
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Post by GreySilver Beast »

I think they produced 802 RX-8 R3's, but two of them were Mazda UK test bed cars, so only sold 800 in the UK :thumright:
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