Special edition on vin sticker ? But cant work it out online Reg R818CNY

Hi there new to MX-5 ownership , brought a green na mk1 1997 my reg is r8181cny

New learning wise with mx5s and would like to know why it says on my chassis sticker in the door special edition? Iv looked at the editions online and as far as i can tell mine doesn’t match and on visuals is a basic 1.8L black interior , manual windows , manual in racing green . hopefully someone can answer my weird thought :joy:

Ps if your the previous owner to me hoping youll be on here somewhere ( enugh stickers in the window) would like you to know your cars going back on the road as its had a bump up the rear and i brought it cat n salvage ( buy alot for work and got temped)

Thankyou hope to be more active more often Liam

Welcome. A couple of pics would help.

Some clues here Roadster.Blog: SPECIALS & CONCEPTS

Carcheck.co.uk shows the reg to be an MX-5 Classic, however the autocataloguarchive show the Classic to have only been available in black, in the UK. I am sure someone will be a long presently to clear the mystery up.

Thanks ill get some picks of the vin sticker when im back of holiday over the weekend. I will have a look though that link attached thankyou . I’ll attach some of just the car now

The car itself to me i believe is just normal it just confused me after a friend pointed it out and neither of us could work it out :man_facepalming::joy:

Thanks Liam

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All of the labels have special edition on, it’s just the title of the column and it’s often blank.

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That makes more sense, thankyou . Always assumed it is a standard MX-5 untill my mate was questioning it and made me think then