RARITY RIDES / THE COLLECTION

2000s

Explore 2000s through the published vehicle profiles in the archive. Follow the engineering, design and documented identity behind each machine.

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282profiles in this collection

39makes represented

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A MORE CONSIDERED COLLECTION

The stories behind 2000s.

These are existing vehicle profiles grouped by their recorded classification. Read each profile for its own source notes, image context and production scope. A shared collection does not establish that different editions or chassis are the same identity.

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THE COLLECTION

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282 profiles

Honda 2002

2002 Honda NSX-R (NA2)

The 2002 Honda NSX-R revisited the Type R idea in the fixed-headlamp first-generation NSX body.

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Hyundai 2002

2002 Hyundai HCD-7 Concept

The 2002 Hyundai HCD-7 Concept explores flagship luxury through an aircraft-inspired cabin and a substantial sedan body. It is a physical design study with its own published front-drive V8 proposal, rather than…

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Lincoln 2002

2002 Lincoln Continental Concept

The 2002 Continental Concept applies a formal executive-car brief to a new interpretation of the Continental name. Its physical body and center-opening doors form the archive’s core identity.

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Mazda 2002

2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A

The 2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A is the two-seat, manual-transmission branch of the final Spirit R series. Mazda’s 1,500-car announcement applies across three types. Keeping the Type A specification separate…

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Mercedes-Benz 2002

2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Straßenversion Roadster

The Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Straßenversion Roadster turns the road-going GT1-derived programme into an open car. It needs a careful production description: five customer cars and a broader six-roadster fabrication account appear in different…

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Mitsubishi 2002

2002 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII GT-A (Japan)

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII GT-A is documented here as a Japanese factory grade, with its own equipment reference and a carefully scoped rarity record. The GT-A’s collector interest comes from its distinct…

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Model-family reference photograph; see profile for identity limits.

Peugeot 2002

2002 Peugeot H2O Concept

Peugeot's H2O presented fuel-cell research through the unexpected form of a compact firefighting vehicle. Introduced in 2002 and shown again at Geneva in 2003, it used a practical service-vehicle theme to make…

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Renault 2002

2002 Renault R202 Formula One

The Renault R202 marked Renault’s return as a complete Formula One team in 2002. Behind its blue-and-yellow bodywork lay a distinctive wide-angle V10 programme and the beginnings of the organisation that would…

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Subaru 2002

2002 Subaru Impreza S202 STI Version

The S202 developed the competition-oriented Impreza into a deliberately focused STI complete car. Its 2002 programme combined increased output, reduced mass and specific suspension work within a factory-stated 400-unit reference.

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Volkswagen 2002

2002 Volkswagen W12 Nardo Record Car

The W12 Nardo used a low sports-car body and a 6.0-litre twelve-cylinder engine to pursue sustained high-speed records. Volkswagen’s account links its 2001 and 2002 attempts, including a 24-hour average of 322.891…

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Aprilia 2003

2003 Aprilia RSV Mille R Colin Edwards Replica

Aprilia introduced the RSV Mille R Colin Edwards Replica in 2003, with the US announcement describing it as a 2004 model. The edition paired a rider tribute with a supplied performance kit.…

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Buick 2003

2003 Buick Centieme Concept

2003 Buick Centieme Concept brings a documented physical design experiment into Buick’s history. This profile explains its history, specification, production scope and collector significance with named sources and credited photographs.

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THE RARITY RIDES STANDARD

Documentation before the number.

A limited offer is not automatically a completed-production total. A surviving vehicle is not a complete factory census. We keep those distinctions visible and link each collection back to the individual profile’s evidence.

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