{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c81dba567a769ef1ea9dc91a","clusterId":"c_4871825692b23a26eb8aa89e","slug":"mazda-ties-initial-d-to-60th-rotary-anniversary-with-rx-7-model-set","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Mazda Ties Initial D To 60th Rotary Anniversary With RX-7 Model Set","summary":"Mazda will sell a two-car 1/64 die-cast set of the FC3S Savanna RX-7 driven by Ryosuke Takahashi and the FD3S Efini RX-7 driven by Keisuke Takahashi, the company announced. Sales start Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM at the MAZDA ONLINE SHOP and MAZDA FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY, with dealership orders from Thursday, October 8. The set costs 11,000 yen.","whyItMatters":"Mazda is using its own characters' cars as anniversary merchandise for the rotary engine, and the packaging line pulled from Ryosuke Takahashi came from a Mazda employee who got into cars through Initial D.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe set packages a white FC3S Savanna RX-7 and a yellow FD3S Efini RX-7 in 1/64 die-cast, with the two cars offset and angled to suggest a mountain pass run. The box art shows a mountain road in morning light, and the cars can be displayed inside it. Mazda puts the price at 11,000 yen including tax, and the product marks the company\u0026#39;s 60th anniversary in May 2027 of the Cosmo Sport, its first mass-production rotary-engine car.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mazda's Initial D set sells at Mazda FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY before dealership orders open October 8. The RX-7s are the mass market; the die-cast pair is the fan channel.","twitterPost":"Mazda's Initial D RX-7 set reaches Mazda FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY on October 3, five days before dealership orders.","threadsPost":"Mazda's Initial D RX-7 set goes on sale at Mazda FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY on October 3, with dealership orders starting October 8. The event-first window puts the die-cast pair in front of the rotary faithful before the wider dealer network.","newsletterBlurb":"Mazda will sell an Initial D RX-7 two-car set in 1/64 die-cast, pairing Ryosuke Takahashi's FC3S Savanna RX-7 with Keisuke Takahashi's FD3S Efini RX-7. It goes on sale October 3, 2026 at the MAZDA ONLINE SHOP and MAZDA FAN FESTA 2026 at FUJI SPEEDWAY for 11,000 yen, with dealership orders from October 8. The set is tied to the 60th anniversary in May 2027 of the Cosmo Sport.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Dengeki Hobby Web\",\"url\":\"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3183907/\",\"title\":\"Official Collaboration Between the Manga \\\"Initial D\\\" and Mazda! Ahead of the 60th Anniversary of the Rotary Engine, Model Cars of the \\\"FC3S Savanna RX-7\\\" and \\\"FD3S ɛ̃fini RX-7\\\" Driven by the Takahashi Brothers to Be Sold as a Set!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4501,"outputTokens":777,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1790930669,"createdAt":"2026-10-02T08:39:23.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T08:43:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T08:43:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4871825692b23a26eb8aa89e","canonicalTitle":"漫画『頭文字D』とマツダの公式コラボが実現！ロータリーエンジン誕生60周年に向け、高橋兄弟が駆る「FC3S サバンナRX-7」と「FD3S アンフィニRX-7」のモデルカーをセット販売！","representativeArticleId":"a_bd92ec02b7724fb74f07ecd9","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Initial D\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Mazda RX-7 (FC3S Savanna RX-7 / FD3S Anfin RX-7) model car set\"],\"studios\":[\"Mazda\"],\"people\":[\"Shuichi Shigeno\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T05:08:34.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T05:08:34.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T08:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Dengeki Hobby Web","url":"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3183907/","title":"漫画『頭文字D』とマツダの公式コラボが実現！ロータリーエンジン誕生60周年に向け、高橋兄弟が駆る「FC3S サバンナRX-7」と「FD3S アンフィニRX-7」のモデルカーをセット販売！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Initial D"],"work_titles":["Mazda RX-7 (FC3S Savanna RX-7 / FD3S Anfin RX-7) model car set"],"studios":["Mazda"],"people":["Shuichi Shigeno"],"type":"announcement","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}