There’s no doubt about it convertibles are fun. Even a routine trip over familiar and unexciting roadways can become an adventure. And depending upon one’s imagination, the open air fee… ...

As the RX-7 FC was discontinued over 30 years ago, prices for these cars have started soaring. Last year, a 2,200-mile (3,540 km) Turbo II model was auctioned off via Bring a Trailer for $63,000 .

The second-generation of Mazda's beloved RX-7 is often left out of the conversation. Here's why it shouldn't be.

In 2018 the bar was raised to $16,500 even though the convertible RX-7 used an NA 13B engine. But it had only been driven for 3,000 miles (4,828 km) at that point, which justified the auction result.

The RX-7 FC was the only generation available in a convertible body style in addition to the coupe. In total, Mazda sold more than 270,000 second-generation RX-7s. Mazda RX-7 ‘FD’: 1992-2002 ...

Philip has owned this particular FD Mazda RX-7 chassis for almost 10 years, making it the longest he's owned an FD chassis. That's saying something given how many other chassis in general that he ...

Some cars were never meant to be convertibles. The RX7 is one of them. With the top up, one can think of several reasons to dislike the Mazda RX7 Convertible. With it down, about half of those ...

The Mazda RX-7, once considered the dream sports car model for automotive enthusiasts in the 1970s and 1980s, reappeared. The vehicle is a 1982 RX-7 FB GSL trim, which has only been driven 1,567 ...

And although Phil says the RX-7 you see here is his last FD build, he does have a silver one getting a complete makeover with rare Mazda and Mazdaspeed parts, which will no doubt be feature-worthy ...

Some markets got a 2+2 interior layout, and the RX-7 could even be had in convertible form (namely the second-gen FC model). However, the third-gen RX-7 FD was a coupe-only affair.