The final limited-production series of the FD3S RX-7, announced March 25, 2002 and on sale from April 22, 2002 at Mazda Anfini and selected Mazda dealerships throughout Japan. Mazda described it as the ultimate RX-7, "boasting the best driving performance in its history." Three variants — Type A (2-seat 5MT, the lightest with Recaro full buckets), Type B (2+2 seat 5MT, leather buckets), and Type C (2+2 seat 4AT, leather buckets) — share interior soft-coating, Nardi red-stitched leather steering wheel/shift knob, red brake calipers, front strut tower bar, BBS alloys, and Spirit R exclusive ornament + meters. FD3S production ended August 2002.

Total: 1,504 units (Type A: 1,044, Type B: 420, Type C: 40), all Series 8 Version VI. Mazda press release stated "1,500 units of the RX-7 Spirit R series are sold only in Japan" — actual deliveries were 1,504 per gtr-registry. A small number of US-market 1995 RX-7s have been retrofitted with Spirit R parts; those are not part of these numbers. For per-colour breakdowns, see the Series 8 colour matrix on the production page; that matrix is the in-repo reference layer until a primary Mazda source is located.