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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 09:27 AM
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Check this out! RX8

Mazda emailed this this morning to me.....check out the history parts of it, videos are awsome!!


http://www.mazdausa.com/rx8/home/default.asp?sniffer=1
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 10:07 AM
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Sweet man. I like the little animations in the top right of the screen when you hover your mouse over them. The one showing the intake from inside the rotor housing is sweet . I was just trying to describe that to my friend the other day...Now I have visualizations .

~T.J.

PS - Once this bad boy hits the showrooms, Im gonna be cheking them out. I wanna see the promo stuff for the rotary engine when it comes out all over again .
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 03:41 PM
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Mazda is running a commercial on Speed channel, it is awsome!! They are preparing the public for the new rotary!!

Go to www.rotarynews.com and then go to the second article. There is the full commercial!! Check it out, it is all racing....sooooo cool.
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 07:41 PM
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They look sweet, but I think Mazda is looking a big disappointment.. Man they dont learn... The reason the Rx-7 stopped selling wasnt the style, it was the freaking pricetag! I predict these will sell well for a year and then it will steadily head downward... I hope Im wrong, but they are TOO DAMN expensive.
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 08:06 PM
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$26,000 to under $30,000 for the RX-8 expensive? In todays dollars not really. You can always get a 350Z for over 30K It's got pissed-on though.
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 08:09 PM
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$26,000 to around $30,000 for the RX-8 expensive? In todays dollars for a car of that caliber not really. You can always get a 350Z for over 30K It's got pissed-ons though.
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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 08:25 PM
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Wow...if it's only around the $25k-30k pricetag, then that's not bad at all.
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Old Nov 9, 2002 | 12:09 PM
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I want one.. now
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Old Nov 9, 2002 | 12:14 PM
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Yea it is supposed to be priced just under the WRX, and alot less than the new 350z. Plus it hasa rotary, and suposed to kill both the 350z and WRX.

Drool....... I have my name on the list.
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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 11:24 AM
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At Seven Stock Mazda said under $30k.....in the $26k-$28k

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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 11:26 AM
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Yea it is supposed to be priced just under the WRX, and alot less than the new 350z. Plus it hasa rotary, and suposed to kill both the 350z and WRX.

Drool....... I have my name on the list.


Well, 26-30 is not under the WRX...


I paied 25575 after a bunch of options on my WRX.. It started at like 22K..



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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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all right maybe a little moe than the WRX. the WRX I was looking at buying a while ago was something like $27000.
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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by 851stgen12a
all right maybe a little moe than the WRX. the WRX I was looking at buying a while ago was something like $27000.

Sounds like the dealer was trying to make some money


Or you where getting the stupid rims from subaru...



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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 11:50 AM
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damn double post...
Since the RENESIS is going to be in the next series of Formula Mazdas, wouldnt it be GREAT to have one in our 1st gens?
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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 12:37 PM
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I paid about 25,000 for my WRX. And if I lived in a less wintery area I would have waited for the RX-8, but I'm happy I have a 7!
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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 04:55 PM
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the coolest thing about the rx-8 is that it has a 250hp rotary with no turbos, the engine is like 30% lighter, and its smaller, they redesigned the whole thing, its now called the renesis rotary. its sweet as hell though.
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Old Nov 11, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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I want one so bad!! i sell my soul to the devil for 1!!!! But it needs to have a big f*@kin turbo on it!!!!
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:02 AM
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In the Road and Track buyers guide, The Rx-8's price is $27,000 or it's $26,000. I don't have it in front of me right now.
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:29 AM
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Avoid dealer gouging...wait a year.
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:34 AM
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Exactly, plus let them work the bugs out of it.
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:49 AM
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Here in The Netherlands we have so much taxes
For cars we have an extra tax wich is like 30%(BPM)!!!
We got road-tax, gas tax, BTW(VAT)=19%

BTW+BPM=like a 30-40% increase in price!
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Old Nov 12, 2002 | 10:17 AM
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plastic?

so where is the motor in there?

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