It's a small pic, but I think it's an actual color, not a photoshoped. I found it on Mazda Japan site.

THANK YOU!

Wow, looks amazing!

Very nice. Would love to see a higher res version of that.

Ask and ye shall receive...
http://rx8forum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=16892

Another?

and another?

Euro altezzas?

Awesome shot... :eek:

Lights on...

What is a post whore? :confused:

Nice tan 8 in the background there;)

two things:

1) I just wet myself

2) I am going to have to get silver/red now instead of red/red

I think those aren't all of the same car. Unless its crazy lighting, look at the fog lamps in pic 6, and in pic 2 they aren't there. what do you think?

Nice tan 8 in the background there
where?
buger is my new best freind!!! where did you find those boogs? i've got backrounds and avatars aplenty now until i get my own car! all hail the great and powerful buger!! my god this car beautiful. i think i need sometime alone now:D

my guess is these are a further leak from the test drives that all the auto mags have been writing their impressions from.

Awww crap buger! I was all convinced that I had chosen yellow over silver. Now you sent me back to square one you bastard!! :D

thanks Buger, you rock!

Originally posted by pmacwill
I think those aren't all of the same car. Unless its crazy lighting, look at the fog lamps in pic 6, and in pic 2 they aren't there. what do you think?

There are 2 silver cars. One is euro spec and has the pissers, clear side markers and a rear rotor fog light.

The other is u.s. spec and has orange side markers.

Wow, those are some OUTSTANDING pics! Where who when how?

Buger can't Say ;) (not to speek for him or anything) but yes i thought silver was going to b the color for me and yup it is any1 notice the triangle outline for a light on the red car is filled in for the silver car im guess this is the loaded model with all the goodies. Its suppose to be are 32k (right Boo/Bug) for the top model, and i think this is wat that is.

Silver again it is! Nice pics.. droool..

Originally posted by Puppy1


There are 2 silver cars. One is euro spec and has the pissers, clear side markers and a rear rotor fog light.

The other is u.s. spec and has orange side markers.

I counted 3 silver cars...

Originally posted by Puppy1


There are 2 silver cars. One is euro spec and has the pissers, clear side markers and a rear rotor fog light.

The other is u.s. spec and has orange side markers.
now that ive had a cigarette and have calmed down, lookingat the pics again i think the pissers are on the north america spec car as it appears to be left hand drive.

Originally posted by BlueAdept


I counted 3 silver cars...
where is the third Blue?

Originally posted by zoom44

now that ive had a cigarette and have calmed down, lookingat the pics again i think the pissers are on the north america spec car as it appears to be left hand drive.


Oops!

I still don't see 3 silver cars. Do you?

Very nice, Buger. Snotty has taught you well. ;)
Looks like the Miyoshi Proving Grounds.

OK...

The left hand drive one with the orange side markers is 1.. And that doesn't have a blue number stuck to the side...

But there is a picture with 2 in it, one in the distance... those BOTH have the blue number stuck to the side...

Also, in that picture... it appears that there is white writing on the tyre... whereas there are other pictures where it is not there... (Optical illusion?)..

The bronze colour in the background looks like it has potential if it's reflective/bright enough.

Originally posted by BlueAdept
OK...

The left hand drive one with the orange side markers is 1.. And that doesn't have a blue number stuck to the side...

But there is a picture with 2 in it, one in the distance... those BOTH have the blue number stuck to the side...

Also, in that picture... it appears that there is white writing on the tyre... whereas there are other pictures where it is not there... (Optical illusion?)..

The bronze colour in the background looks like it has potential if it's reflective/bright enough. I think that the white writing is an illusion, because the only cars that have those kinds of tires suck :)

Originally posted by BlueAdept
OK...

The bronze colour in the background looks like it has potential if it's reflective/bright enough.

That looks like red paint reflecting a grey sky to me.

Originally posted by BlueAdept
OK...

The left hand drive one with the orange side markers is 1.. And that doesn't have a blue number stuck to the side...

But there is a picture with 2 in it, one in the distance... those BOTH have the blue number stuck to the side...

Also, in that picture... it appears that there is white writing on the tyre... whereas there are other pictures where it is not there... (Optical illusion?)..

The bronze colour in the background looks like it has potential if it's reflective/bright enough.
the one in back in the pic with 2 silvers in it has orange side markers, so it could be the one in the first pic just the first pic had the number removed for the pic?
the "bronze" one in the backround looks red on my screen :confused:

try to follow this thought and see if it makes sense to you:
1) if the pic of the shifter, nav controls and bun warmer switches was taken at the same time, then it could be a pic of one of the silver cars since there are no red inserts in the seats.
2) the car with the orange side markers does not appear to have foglights.
3) the car with the clear sidemarkers has the fog lights and the lip spoiler.
4) so if the car with the lip spoiler et al is the one with the nav this could be part a package, maybe the "sport" package which would mean it has the stiffer suspension, without the body roll that some of the reviewers mentioned. :cool:

Originally posted by zoom44
try to follow this thought and see if it makes sense to you:
1) if the pic of the shifter, nav controls and bun warmer switches was taken at the same time, then it could be a pic of one of the silver cars since there are no red inserts in the seats.
2) the car with the orange side markers does not appear to have foglights.
3) the car with the clear sidemarkers has the fog lights and the lip spoiler.
4) so if the car with the lip spoiler et al is the one with the nav this could be part a package, maybe the "sport" package which would mean it has the stiffer suspension, without the body roll that some of the reviewers mentioned. :cool: As per your last comment, Mazda had cars with different suspension setups that weren't representative of what would be the finalized product. I don't think there will be much roll in either suspension setup, sports or not.

yeah but herc i thought i read somewhere in the last couple days in the media posts that there would be a sport package with stiffer suspension tuning. do you remember seeing that?

Buger, all I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you....

the car in the background looks reddish to me too- but wouldn't bronze make a really cool color!

Originally posted by zoom44
yeah but herc i thought i read somewhere in the last couple days in the media posts that there would be a sport package with stiffer suspension tuning. do you remember seeing that? Stiffer yes, but I think in a sports car or one close to it, there shouldn't be roll. Look at the Mazda6 for example, very little roll in the body. Understeer, sure, lots of it. But it's also FWD. A RWD RX-8 with a lighter suspension will still be as good as the 6's.

After seeing those pics, I'm stiffer!

Originally posted by Snowman
After seeing those pics, I'm stiffer! :eek:

Allow me to be about the 100th person to offer thanks for the new pictures. Now I have a new desktop wallpaper and a new color to consider. I really want a dark blue, but these pictures moved a silver one a few notches higher on the list just in case Mazda's blue sucks.

Tan?? Bronze was the word I was looking for.;)