I'm with the same frame of mind also. This brings me to similar issues when it came to limited production motorcycles (Ducati's). In order for them to be recognized in an international arena for competition there had to be a minimum number produced by the factory that still fell within DOT (country regulations) specifications with regards to safety, emissions etc. For the most part those Ducati's were full blown race bikes with headlights, turn signals, horn, etc and the factory only did that so their bike could be entered into various racing venues. In the case of the MS MX3, I'm not aware that there was a limited run production of this beast. Then again, other parts of the world aside from NA was blessed with some interesting and mostly better versions of our MX. Don't want to rain on your quest, but perhaps there was a Mazdaspeed promotional venture that upgraded a select number of MX's. If so, did they make enough of them to be recognized by insurance companies. Whichever the case, it would probably be in your best interest to contact some insurance organizations and confirm that their books or database has a MS MX3 listed in it first. It would be quite unfortunate for you to assemble a "Mazdaspeed MX3", only to find out that it's not a recognized vehicle and end up paying a fortune for insurance.David Witherow wrote:and what do they class as a mazdaspeed mx-3 cause as far as we know they never existed other then that pic of the red one in the main banner and i think that was just an mx with mazdaspeed parts never really a mazdaspeed mx-3 more so mazdaspeed's mx-3
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PS. IanL, a very knowledgeable countryman is also on this BB and may be able to shed some light on the subject. Try PM'ing him.