Mazda 808/1500/Capella/RX-2/RX-3 - 2021 Market Review

By: Cliff Chambers

Date: 14.08.2021

Mazda 808/1500/Capella/RX-2/RX-3

If you owned a Mazda rotary years ago (or a piston-engined version of the same car) take a seat before looking at the money currently being asked for them.

Mazda’s RX2 and RX3 during the 1970s persistently dominated their respective Bathurst 1000 categories so you can understand why people might pay six-figure sums for a survivor.

| Buyer's Guide: Mazda RX-3

However, there is little to recommend an 808 priced just shy of $100K that might resemble an RX3 but sure doesn’t perform like one. Other exceptional but likely unsustainable Mazda prices would include the #36,000 paid at auction for a scarce Mazda 1500SS and $100,000+ being sought for R100 coupes with tiny and very loud 1.0-litre rotary motors.

| Buyer's Guide: Mazda Capella/RX-2

1000/1200/1300 $22,695 [17]

808 Sedan/Wagon $74,995 [4]

1500/1800 $25,365 [3]

R100 $106,665 [3]

Capella 1600 $25,000 [3]

RX-2 Sedan $81,000 [4]

RX-3 Sedan $103,500 [4]

RX-3 Coupe $87,595 [5]

[*] = number of recorded sales

(Note: concours & special cars may demand more.)

Numbers from our 2021 Japanese Classic & Performance Value Guide.

| 2020 Market Review: Mazda 808/1500/Capella/RX-2/RX-3

From Unique Cars #454, June 2021

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