Here are the figures for ya buddy:
RX-8 6sp Manual standard.
manual trans-duh!!
18 inch alloys
ABS with EBD
Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)
Limited Slip Differential (LSD, for the hippies I guess!!!)
Freestyle doors- Duh!!
4seats, air-con with auto temp. control
cruise control
Drivers and passenger airbags
Side and curtain airbags (hopefully with lace tassles!)
6 disc CD player but now that the US isn't getting them I wouldn't count on it.

standars for Auto is the same except they get paddle shifters.

top of the line auto gets the same as Manual except it gets shifter paddles but misses out on the aluminium pedals.

The only things the standard Man. doesn't get is:
leather seats
Xenon headlamps
Fog lights
BOSE
Power drivers seat
Aluminium pedals

Available colours are:
Velocity Red
Lightning Yellow
Winning Blue
Nordic Green
Sunlight Silver
Titanium Grey
Brilliant Black
NO snowflake White Pearl.

Man. standard=$56,170
Leather pack=$62,610
Auto standard=$57,000
Leather pack=$63,280
These prices do not include dealer and statutory charges.

Hope that clears everything up for you, if you want to know anything else, ask me. I know everything, I have the pamphlet.:D

so which audio manufacturer for the standard since bose doesnt come with it
the diff between standard and package $6000 heh, mmmm
among those components which standard doesnt have, BOSE is the only thing that i really wanna have
u know how much the bose itself? planning to upgrade to bose if im getting standard ( if its possible to be upgraded).

THZ yO u know much abt rx8

I'm not 100% sure that you can get the BOSE without getting the Leather pack, but I'll look around for ya. I don't know who produce the standard sound system.

the sound system is a fully "designed" in dash system. I wouldn't rate your chances of getting ANY system to replace the standard one.

The other option is of course to see if Mazda would "option" up the standard with the Bose kit.

By the way, it's got a super-mean amp in the boot with a mazssive heat sink, so it should be able to pump it out pretty well...