What is the rarest SP colour?

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Postby StanTheMan » Thu May 01, 2008 5:32 pm

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StanTheMan wrote:2001/02 SP (Turbo) 100 made
SP colours/numbers:
Silver 45
Black 34
Red 6
Green 6
Crystal Blue 1
Supreme Blue 6
White 2


This list just really rams it into you how boring the colour palette of the MX5s are, doesn't it? :?



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Postby Boags » Fri May 02, 2008 11:07 am

StanTheMan wrote:rhumor has it 1 SP was built in Crystal Blue. At this stage no one knows of its whereabouts or can confirm its existence.


I have heard first hand from a forum member who saw (with his own eyes) a Crystal Blue NB8B with a chrome fuel lid and an SP sticker at a Brisbane Mazda dealer for servicing.

No photographic evidence I'm afraid. :frown:
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Postby jules » Tue May 06, 2008 3:03 pm

It was apparently sold new in Qld.

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Postby Benny » Tue May 06, 2008 4:41 pm

I have my doubts about a Crystal Blue SP.

The colour was discontinued before the SP's were made.
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Postby Fatty » Tue May 06, 2008 4:47 pm

Benny wrote:I have my doubts about a Crystal Blue SP.

The colour was discontinued before the SP's were made.


discontinued how long before the SP's were made?

AFAIK the SP's were just standard cars taken off showroom floors etc and to the factory where they had the turbo stuff added. so if a crystal blue had been sitting around a showroom for a while then it would have been a good candidate for the conversion, no?

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Postby Steampunk » Tue May 06, 2008 5:08 pm

Fatty wrote: so if a crystal blue had been sitting around a showroom for a while then it would have been a good candidate for the conversion, no?

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Postby GS » Tue May 06, 2008 5:10 pm

Fatty wrote:
Benny wrote:I have my doubts about a Crystal Blue SP.

The colour was discontinued before the SP's were made.


discontinued how long before the SP's were made?

AFAIK the SP's were just standard cars taken off showroom floors etc and to the factory where they had the turbo stuff added. so if a crystal blue had been sitting around a showroom for a while then it would have been a good candidate for the conversion, no?


Then it can return to sitting in the same showroom as an SP for a while longer :P

Didnt i hear that it took a while for the dealers to clear all 100 SP's??
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Postby Boags » Tue May 06, 2008 5:11 pm

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Fatty wrote: so if a crystal blue had been sitting around a showroom for a while then it would have been a good candidate for the conversion, no?

Yes


Did they come from showrooms though? I thought they came direct from Mazda Australia and were sent to dealers already SPed.

I've been wrong before though.
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Postby MX5-SP » Tue May 06, 2008 10:35 pm

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administrator wrote:2001/02 SP (Turbo) 100 made
SP colours/numbers:
Silver 45
Black 34
Red 6
Green 6
Crystal Blue 1
Supreme Blue 6
White 2


stolen from
http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.ph ... e73920a871


there is your answer

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are the two white ones


Well, if we apply some logic here... If there's no Crystal Blue SP (...dries Jules tears) then there must be either a mis-count of the above list ...or there were only 99 SPs produced ...or ...Casey... maybe there's a 3rd Whitey out there????!!!

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Postby Garry » Wed May 07, 2008 10:14 am

The cars were randomly selected from Mazda's holding yard, not from dealers.

All the SP's were sold off by mid 2003. Not bad I guess seeing as there was no advertising from Mazda other than motorshows. Sales were generated from word of mouth and a couple of magazine articles.
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Postby Steampunk » Wed May 07, 2008 10:23 am

A couple of little birdies told me that a number of cars were \"ordered\" in a colour of their choice.
Some people who have close ties with Horsley and/or inside goss, managed to put in an order. No? :roll:
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Postby Boags » Wed May 07, 2008 10:55 am

1red5 wrote:A couple of little birdies told me that a number of cars were "ordered" in a colour of their choice.
Some people who have close ties with Horsley and/or inside goss, managed to put in an order. No? :roll:


Yes, Casey is quite open about the fact that, after hearing Mazda were not going to make any in white, he threatened death and permanent disability upon them all. Needless to say, he was sooper pissed when they made a second one. :mrgreen:
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Postby Stu » Wed May 07, 2008 12:35 pm

Starting to sniff around a couple of the other colours since no one wants to sell me their Classic Red SP

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Postby Casey » Wed May 07, 2008 9:55 pm

Boags'MX5 wrote:
1red5 wrote:A couple of little birdies told me that a number of cars were "ordered" in a colour of their choice.
Some people who have close ties with Horsley and/or inside goss, managed to put in an order. No? :roll:


Yes, Casey is quite open about the fact that, after hearing Mazda were not going to make any in white, he threatened death and permanent disability upon them all. Needless to say, he was sooper pissed when they made a second one. :mrgreen:


I might have mentioned it once or twice before :oops:

A correction though - I had my order in about 18 months prior and was then told about 8 months out that white was not going to be an option. Seemed a bit silly not to have Japan's racing colour on offer, and Mazda Australia did that with the RX8 initially too (and the SE). Have since seen some RX8s in white and they look great (as does the SE).

If only Darby owned his white SP before his silver one, then mine could well be the one and only :mrgreen: :oops:
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Postby jules » Thu May 08, 2008 1:42 pm

Casey wrote:Seemed a bit silly not to have Japan's racing colour on offer


Why? The model is an Australian only issue. They could have made it green with gold accents, now that could be a worry.

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