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http://autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=101179

By the way, that's not the actual Mazdaspeed RX-8, just an 8 with a few bolt ons from the dealer. Here's the actual car to watch for:

http://roadandtrack.com/article.asp?...rticle_id=1627

Speed Magazine, Availible on Oct 26.

"Renegade Rotary
SPEED Editor Sam Mitani gains exclusive access to Mazda's super-secret RX-8. With its specially-designed Mazdaspeed suspension improvements (shocks and springs, anti-roll bars) and supercharged rotary, this is one mean sports car, lapping Willow Springs faster than a Porsche Boxster S or the Nissan 350Z."

 
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I read that a while back... And damn, I thought Honda's inhouse parts were overpriced.

 
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More info on the next FI rotary:
http://rotarynews.com/?q=node/view/466

 
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still wont match an evo MR or a wrx STI around the track...
Good car but all honesty its only peak performance is through the curves, just about everything will eat it alive in a straight away. Let me know when mazda speed comes out with thier version that goes under 6 secounds to 60mph and has some torque....

 
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i saw that in 2006 they are gonna offer electronically assisted turbo for the RX-8 as a $3000 option. suposedly this allows the turbo to kick in earlier at lower RPMs and power power in the higher RPMs. I saw it on the Speed Channel a couple weeks back.

 
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Well this is Mazda USA's car. Here's what the Aussies have up their sleeves...

http://www.mazda.com.au/currentnews....cleZoneID=3225
If anyone was interested i did the math for english units and it comes out to:
362 horsepower
258 ft-lbs of torque

 
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The RX8 def needs more HP/TRQ and a factory boost is the only way to go. I feel bad for all the current owners who are getting owned by cars with 50-60 less HP.

 
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gooding read

 
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thats just the concept car. That car is seriously lacking some power..The rx7 was a faster car. Im not saying the suspension isnt top notch but seriously you get raped by a mustang GT on the street with an rx-8.

 
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the front on both cars look nice! too expensive for me to afford and if ihad the money i'd get a g35 or if im looking for hp the mustang gt or the new to come cobra would be nice alternatives for the same $$$

 
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The RX-7 was also 40,000 dollars in 1993. Adjust for inflation and that is about 48,000 today. For that price it better be faster than a 26,000 dollar RX-8. The Renesis makes 238 crank hp where the old 13B-REW made 255 hp twin sequential turbos. The Renesis is an amazing motor and good things will come for it....wait and see.

 
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wow thats a good lookin car

 
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Thats a good point sports cars were really expensive, I rememer a turbo Supra costing over 60 grand canadian (the last one)

 
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no no, nothing beats TRD's prices. Want a TRD oil cap? 100 bucks. Don't even get me started on the other things they sell.

 
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Exactly. This is the reason why the 300ZX, Supra, and RX-7 were all discontinued in the late 90's. The SUV market took over. They are making a come back though, and what's nice about it, is that they're getting back to their roots of being AFFORDABLE sporty cars. The 300ZX, Supra, and RX-7 were near super car status in the late 90's. Notice how their predecessors (350Z and RX-8) both seem to pale in performance compared to before? I read an article about this in road and track a couple years back.

I for one, am very happy that they are selling the Z and the 8 with affordablility in mind, with a little more liveability. Even if it means less performance. We can sit here and snoot all we want at them all day, but the bottom line is that if they brought these cars back as successors to be even better than the last generation, then nobody short of 100,000 dollars a year could afford one.

 
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Anyhow RX-8 is crazy. I'm guessing its more reliable than a rx-7, its has 3 doors, probably better luxury features and it looks freaking sick. I mean if you were to take a stock RX-8 and compare it to a stock RX-7 and RX-8 in my opinion looks like it would cost more.