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Customers in Japan can once again purchase a Mazda wearing the Spirit badge – but it’s nothing like the limited-edition rotary-engined RX sports cars enthusiasts have come to love.

The Spirit badge rose to prominence among global Mazda fans in 2002 on the RX-7 Spirit R, the final iteration of the brand’s RX-7 rotary sports car, with just 1500 units destined solely for the Japanese market. Additions over lesser RX-7 models included items such as 17-inch forged BBS-designed wheels, red brake calipers, and, on some models, larger ventilated brakes, Bilstein dampers and Recaro bucket seats.

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