OK..as per Oilman's suggestion in the "Delivery info from Mazda" post, here is a new thread where those of us that have pre-ordered can build a list of questions we would like Mazda UK to answer.

Here's some off the top of my head for starters:

1. Confirmation as to which colours/trim levels will be in the first batch of cars to the UK.

2. Confirmation as to when the remaining colours/trims will be available?

3. How many cars are coming to the UK in 2003, and how many in the first batch?

4. Will those of us that have pre-ordered and placed £1000 at a dealer receive priority over web orders once the site is up?

5. When will the final UK specification be available, and when are we likely to see brochures etc.

6. When will accessories and prices be announced?

7. When will we receive news of the planned 'events' program that has been mentioned for pre-order customers?

8. Will we ever receive any email updates from registering on the web site?

9. Will we receive any details of progress over the next 6 months as to when our car is being built etc?

10. Will we be able to see real colour sample before we make decisions on colour?

Comment - If Mazda UK kept their dealers better informed then we would all be better informed.

Feel free to add/amend as you see fit....

Looks good to me.

Also;

1) What else will be offered as part of the buying package (ie AA/ RAC membership, tickets to RX8 women race, cleaning pack etc) I am aware of a special rotary watch which we will get.

2) Letters of purchase confirmation (some sort of order number as in the states).

To be honest cannot think of too much to add.

rael.

Thanks and well done Mark!

You seemed to have covered off my questions very well although I supposed we would all have the sameish.

I would give it a week and we'll compile something.

I have one more at present.

1) Where do they intend to put the front number plate so as not to spoil the looks and restrict airflow?


Cheers
Oilman

ps: I'm sure Morgan will have loads of questions

Sorry, thought of a few more!

1) What will Warranty period be?

2) What will service periods and costs be?

3) Will Mazda have their own insurance scheme for RX8 owners?

Cheers
OILMAN

Oilman, did you see this picture ?

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/tw/images/04rx8_1.jpg

That looks like a number plate plinth on the front and I don't really see anywhere else they can put it that will not obscure something important or touch the ground over speed bumps.

Cheers

Rob

I agree with Rob, several pics have shown that is where the plate will be. Its a shame we cant do without front plates like our US friends.

Damn, every time I see the black I love it....I must keep telling myself that it wont look like that when its dirty after 5 minutes!

Yes Thanks Rob, have it on my PC and used in my thread Decisions, Decisions.

Can't say I like the position but where else can it be put?

I like black but have a black JEEP Grand Cherokee and it's dirty 5 minutes after washing! So I'm not going to go there.

Cheers
OILMAN

Originally posted by MarkW
I agree with Rob, several pics have shown that is where the plate will be. Its a shame we cant do without front plates like our US friends.



actually it's a state by state thing here. in my home state of pennsylvania there is no front plate. but here in oregon, where i reside now, front plates are mandatory. many other states require them also. i think mazda has done something with the palcement of the radiator to minimize the effect of front plates.i remember seeing some pics in the boowana quest forum of from rotarynews.com showing the radiator being slightly below that opening at place at an angle. it still doesn't help with the appearance issue. i'm thinking of breaking one of the hangers and just putting the plate on the dash in case i'm stopped for it :D

Waddaya mean "I', sure Morgan will have loads of questions ?"

errr. Ok , you probably have a point...;)
I will have a think. Thought the provisional list was pretty good though.

One comment I would make is to sort out the order info from the car trivia. At the moment what I really want is communication from them concerning dates and order process (priorities etc) and what the next stage will be.

I think the questions about the other stuff (insurance , trim etc) are of secondary importance in the context we are currently in.
I mean they are important , all of us want the car in the ideal spec for us but to be honest if the car only does 24mpg instead of 25 or if they are not offering insurance deals is it really going to change our minds ? We have put £1000 down on a car we have not even seen for real let alone test driven - I think that makes us pretty keen :)

So - I will think on the questions but really I just want confirmation and a 'roadmap' of expected dates (date of confirmation , date of trim spec , ETA etc etc...)

M.

I could put my questions one by one in the hope of achieving 'Senior' status.....


:) :) :)

CHEAT !!

OILMAN

Good point morgan.

I just listed everything I wanted to know in no particular order.

We should decide on the important questions we need answers to, and have a secondary list of cosmetic questions which would be nice to know.

Mark - I am now a 'member' :)

Hey listen guys, let's not act like the U.N!

I vote we aim for the moon and see what comes back.

Of course we could always send 1 email and all sign it? Ideas please and we'll agree on course of action.

Cheers
Oilman

I agree.

I think Mazda UK probaly know by now what's happening. But one thing is for sure my dealer doesn't.

It sounds like they are allocating cars to dealers already how can the do this without first checking the numbers of pre-orders at each dealer.

As to the number plate, renember on some of the classic cars, they used to have silver or white characters on a black plate, are those now illegal?:confused:

Hi all, just found this board and it's good to see all the enthusiasm for the car so far in advance. I don't have one on order cos to be honest even the low-power model is a bit of a stretch at the moment, but I'll hopefully be there by Christmas.
Anyway, there's loads of questions that need answered by Mazda about the RX-8. I've indirectly obtained the contact phone no and e-mail for the Mazda UK PR Manager. In the interests of responsibility I obviously won't post the details here but if there's about 5 or so UK-centric questions you all feel need answered please let me know and I'll certainly pass them on. At the very worst I won't get an answer from him I suppose

Good morning all

Armed with all the information, I've sourced from you guys ands my existing knowledge of my Mazda dealer, (I got a new MX 5 two years ago) I paid him a visit yesterday. I've got a pretty good relationship with him so think I've got everything he knows.

What he knows is pretty sketchy but here goes

Each dealer has already been allocated a number of cars for 2003. He's got 20. He cannot pre order more cars than this. The 20 cars are all for 2003. i.e. Some will come in the first batch others later in the year. ( he actually showed me the details from Mazda on this)

He states the ordering procedure is this. Prior to production, Mazda Japan, asks Mazda UK what they want, trim level, colour etc, and these will be a production run for the UK. Mazda UK may ask for press cars and some demos, but my dealer expects the first total batch number to be reached pretty soon due to the demand.

Therefore colour requirement spec level etc would be essential prior to Mazda UK ordering the cars from Japan. Those guys not chosen a colour speak to your dealer pretty soon.

Mazda Japan will probably ask UK around mid March.


Warranties will be standard Mazda as my MX. This is
3 years or 60 K
Mazda Eurpoean Assistance (I've never needed it but RAC I think)
Car logging on Mazda National Computer for security (standard these days)
6 years paint etc.

For all you guys worrying about relibility don't. My MX is still mint after 3 years, no problems at all, the mechanics of these cars are pretty bullet proof, and I would certainly expect the RX to be the same

In terms of a Le Mans trip, the dealer knows nothing of this, but at the least we'll probably get some flowers for the missus!!!:)

OK - we have a perfect contact now , thanks to JSC.
And we seem to have current info courtesy of Tinck.

SO - lets go for 5ish pertinent first batch questions. I really feel sending a massive list will be ignored - our best hope is to ask some key questions that may bring forward more information.
I am more than happy to be outvoted though and aim for the moon.
Damn we are a democratic forum !

So - I would like to know
1) Allocation procedure (i.e. £1000 now guaranteed first car)
2) All trim combos available in first batch ?
3) Confirmation procedure (i.e. when will we get some)
4) ETA

5) About a million other questions !

So - lets agree on some action and take up JSC on [his/her] kind offer !

As almost all of us on this forum have put down 1000 pounds of our money on information provided by Mazda, between us we must represent a fair proportion of the RX-8 buyers in the UK.

I therefore suggest that we ask if Mazda UK can include this list or one of our senior members in all correspondence that is sent to dealers of a non confidential nature, or the press.

They have a large chunk of their future prosperity tied up with us, so perhaps we could expect a little special treatment.

(Other dealers seem to be getting new info, why doesn't mine. It's not that he's not interested is it.:mad: )

What do you think, will they go for it?

Another thought!

Tell Mazda Uk about this site and see if they would like to pass the information on to their dealers to give to RX-8 order holders and new customers.

As long as they remind them it is an unofficial source of infomation.

That's enough for tonight, I think I'll go and have a lie down in a darkened room now!;)

The same thought occured about my dealer....
Others seem to have information that he does not.

Do others care more ? Will others gazump me as a result of my dealer not being pro-active enough...

worry,worry,worry....

Still - hopefully soon enough we will be arguing about th signigicance of the ordr number Mazda give us (mine is before yours etc etc) :)

This all good info but I am not sure we have reached a conclusion. Are we all writing to our respective dealers or will someone representing this European (UK) fortum push forward a letter to Mazda UK.

I think Mazda's would listen to us considrig our combined order book and deposits. Even if they cannot be forthcoming with accruate information we should be recognised now and make our intentions known for possible later attack. Also, they might offer us some discounts or freebies for putting our faith with them.

rael

I think there is little point in writing to our dealers as they only know as much (and often less) than we do.

I think we all need to contact Mazda directly, either with one countersigned email, or a number of individual ones stating we are part of an ever growing internet group.

If JSC is kind enough to place a few key questions to his contact, I agree with Morgan's questions and I would also add:

Will there be any cars in the UK available for viewing in the next few months?, and,

Can they give us an approximate timetable of events taking us up to the UK launch, for example:

March - orders confirmed with Mazda japan,
April - Brochures etc available, accessories announced
- events for pre-order customers
June - Cars built
July - first deliveries (how many etc)

This would at least give us some rough dates to look forward too.

Mark

Sorry, been offline for a day or two.

I would suggest an email from all of us may carry more weight, stating that we have all placed £1000 and our faith with them.

If we get a favourable reply then hit them with a second salvo of questions.

We may be pre-empting the web launch on 28/10 but, for my
part I WANT TO KNOW MORE!!

Cheers
OILMAN

I agree, we should draft our list of questions and introductory letter, someone then can PM all concerned for names, addresses and dealer names.

Then post up the finished article for final suggestions before sending it of, or for JSC to send via his contact.

So -

Oilmans suggestion sounds great to me.
First mail explaining situation.
Follow up mail containing a summary of the points made by myself and MarkW (particularly like the timetable one , that would be good to know).

Could this Limbo be coming to an end ?

M.

OK, Where do we go from here?

Is JSC agreeable?

Who'll draft intro and list? I'm not trying to duck the issue but at my speed of typing you'll have it around the time of the car!

Any takers.

Cheers
OILMAN

Sorry about delay in replying as was offline yesterday. I'm OK with whatever you all agree is best as you've all got money tied up in this (I don't yet). Is the best situation therefore to send off an explanatory e-mail with the main concerns, and then take things from there?

Contacting dealers has no value, it shpould be Mazda UK.

I really do not mind what we do but feel that one letter representing us all (ie this UK forum) with our names, dealers registerred with cash paid sent to Mazda should be adequate.

If that is acceptable who should compose the letter and to whom should we send our details. Also, can we 'borrow' the logo head of this site for our letter?

rael.

OK, to get things moving heres my suggestion.

JSC Sends off an explanetory email to his contact stating something along the lines of the following:

"We represent a growing group of individuals who have made contact via the internet. We have all placed £1000 deposit with Mazda UK in good faith for a car we have not yet driven or seen in production form.

"We appreciate details are still being finalised, but we feel that Mazda dealers are lacking in information and there are a large number of questions that we would like to raise with Mazda UK."

"They key questions we want to ask are as follows:

1) What is the Allocation procedure (i.e. £1000 now guaranteed first car)
2) Detail all the trim combos available in first batch ?
3) What is the Confirmation procedure (i.e. when will we get some)
4) ETA of first batch?
5) Will there be any cars or colour swatches in the UK available for viewing in the next few months? (ie before we confirm options)
6) Can you give us an approximate timetable of events taking us up to the UK launch?"

"We are all very excited about this new car and really looking forward to it's arrival. As we have placed a good deal of faith in Mazda UK we would all very much appreciate it if we were kept in the information loop as much as possible in the coming months"

We should then list all of our names, (addresses?) , email addresses and the dealer where we ordered.

Names to include:
Oilman
Morganrogers
Rael
Titanium Grey
tinck
MarkW
any more??


Whadya think? Feel free to change/criticise but at least this will get us started.

I dont mind co-ordinating the names address etc, unless we all send our details directly to JSC

Gets my vote.

I particularly like letting them know about the forum. Perhaps they will start to use this place as an information distribution post.

So - shall I mail my details to you ?

Looks good, just wondering if we should emphasis the forum ie we represent the UK RX8 forum but are part of a substantial larger RX8 specific forum with x number of members all seeking information and surviving on bad and good rumours.

Also, in the UK we seem to be the poor cousins with our lack of external and interior colour options and feel very badly served although money has been deposited.

Besides the questions listed which I am happy with, we should also consider;

1) Could they advise where the UK 'press' car is or organise a day out for us all to visit
2) Accurate & true colour pictures of our 4 colours to allow choice to be made
3) up to date option/ alternative list.

I am happy to provide my name, e-mail address and name of my dealer to who is good enough to compile this letter.

rael

I'd go with all of that, good work guys!

Where do I send my details?

Cheers
Oilman.


PS: Who's for a forum trip to Geneva then?

I am potentially up for a day trip to Geneva -
Would have to be cheap though - I am supposed to be saving for the damn car ! :)

I have to say , I do like rael suggestion about etting mazda to let us know where the press car is. Dont expect to drive it , but I would love to have 30 mins to have a poke around it.
I believe it is blue , which is odd as we are not getting blue !

Still - I just want to have a sit and see the damn thing.

Whatever we decide for the letter (and I think we are nearly there) I think the going to visit the UK press car is a great idea.
Morgan.

I like the letter also, and agree that emphasising the forum would be good.

The Idea of going to see the UK press car is great. I would not be able to get to Geneva or anywhere else in the next few months but somewhere in the UK would be possible.

I'd started doing a letter in work today, but then MarkW's post saved me the trouble. :D Great letter Mark.

Hopefully the forum will be able to get the information we deserve for investing our money in their company.

P.S. What's the intrest youd get on 1000 pounds over six months?;)

Empahasising the forum is a great idea. I can never understand why forums like this don't have some sort of representative from Mazda or any ther car company looking in on them. After all we, the general public are commenting on their cars, service etc, the good points and the bad points

They pay millions on advertising and consumer research and this is all free.

Anyway, down from the soap box and say that post here where we need to send the details and as for Geneva, if the flights are reasonable, I'll be more than interested.

I need to see the car and and realise in the 'flesh' where may hard earned cash will end up.

In trms of the press car, whats it doing, surely they must be taking it to dealers around the country.??

On another note, how many 'press cars' and pre release cars do you think there are? Each magazine has different ones with different colours in differing specs. the US must have loads of em.

Originally posted by tinck
Empahasising the forum is a great idea. I can never understand why forums like this don't have some sort of representative from Mazda or any ther car company looking in on them... We know for a fact that Mazda reps actually do "lurk" around this forum. On occasion, at least (I don't personally know of any Mazda UK reps who lurk here, but I probably wouldn't if they were anyway). It's just that they will rarely sign up, and even more rarely announce themselves as such.

---jps

Originally posted by tinck
.... I can never understand why forums like this don't have some sort of representative from Mazda or any ther car company looking in on them.....


i belive in the past we have been informed ( from rotarynews.com when he interviewed charlie hughes) that mazda (at least mazda usa) does in fact look in on this board from time to time to get our reaction to things. in fact many of us here and folks from the mazda6 boards complained to mazdausa and directed them to posts on this board when the mazda6 packaging for the U.S. first came. the packaging was horrible but they listened and read our posts on this board and changed them to something more reasonable. i believe that the fairly decent and succinct trim level packaging for the rx8 is a direct result of our actions those months ago. now, why the canadiens apparently have to buy the moonroof if they want the nav system, well i have no idea. perhaps their packaging is not yet written in stone... :cool:

hehe sputnick and i said the same thing. though his was less chatty than mine:D

Signed up for a UK only RX forum (mazdarotaryclub) just to see if there was any more news.

Interestingly they claim to have links with Mazda and even hint theat they may be able to get some sort of preferential treatment with regards to RX8 allocation...

The volume of discussion is not as great as here , but then it is 'Rotary' not 'RX8'.
Still - worth a look , and I will certainly be joining the club anyway.

I used to be in the RX owners club but not sure if this is the same or not.... (used to get mag called RXpressions as I recall...)

Anyway - point is if Mazda do read these forums why dont they TELL US SOME NEWS !

M.

**IMPORTANT**

This is an extract from my reply on the other forum.
Is this chap the same as JSC has for a contact or do we now potentially have 2 ?

Quote -

"l hear what you say and will admit that we have been frusterated by the lack of fresh info coming from them, and they know we are actively trying to help them sell this car as l said to them a long time if their involvement with us only sold ten more cars thats 1/4 of a million in the bank for Mazda!

As for your list of questions if you pass them to me l will send them down to the person in Mazda HQ that has been assigned to our club who happens to be the main person in charge of selling the RX-8 in the U/K !

As a club though we are now very honored that we are on their press release list and our full members will from now on receive the new quaterly magazine and RX-8 info through their doors, we beleive we are only the second club on the planit to receive such assistance with the other being SoCal in the U/S. "

Thoughts ?

Morgan.

Thoughts?

The more ways in the better, I suppose we need to know JSC's
contact.

I think Mazda UK should be aware of this forum as it's gathering momentum and it could provide vital feedback for them.

There are many viewing and I'm sure we'll see more and more members over the coming weeks and months.

Cheers
Oilman

His response would suggest that they have a little more influence/ recognition with Mazda than we do although its not clear if they arer getting any response. I would be happy to share our questionnaire (as we 'orders' are still limited in number in total) if we think that they could get some answers as long as our forum benefits.

I have also been on that site although not yet joined and found it does not contain quite the RX8 content and colour this one does.

rael.

I've been on the site many times and this one has far more info and fanatical people on it.

I browse that site once a week but this one twice a day.

Cheers
Oilman

Originally posted by morganrogers
Signed up for a UK only RX forum (mazdarotaryclub) just to see if there was any more news.

Interestingly they claim to have links with Mazda and even hint theat they may be able to get some sort of preferential treatment with regards to RX8 allocation...

The volume of discussion is not as great as here , but then it is 'Rotary' not 'RX8'.
Still - worth a look , and I will certainly be joining the club anyway.

I used to be in the RX owners club but not sure if this is the same or not.... (used to get mag called RXpressions as I recall...)

Anyway - point is if Mazda do read these forums why dont they TELL US SOME NEWS !

M.




Hi Morgan and co ,

Thanks for the support, BTW we are nothing to do with the old RX-7 club as is their right they seem to prefer their Gen 1 RX-7'S , we on the other hand prefer not only to look to the future but embrace past mazdarotary's with the veiw that without these older vehicles, exciteing vehicles like the RX-8 would not be being built as we speak ! infact one of our proposals to Mazda has been that if they put one of our flyers in the customer documents they will if they wish be able to find out first hand about the heritige of their wonderfull new vehicle !

We were very lucky to have been involved in the first launch of the RX-8 in Detroit last January 2002 when we helped Mazda with comments from Rotary owners to form part of the stage
back-drop ( see last Jan's Rotarynews )

Back then the main thing they wanted to know from me was would l dump my Gen 3 ( Yellow BTW!) for an RX-8 , l gave them the anwser they were looking for with l would have an RX-8 in addition to my car but not actualy sell mine to own one , this was important to them as no way is the RX-8 suppost to be a replacement for the RX-7 , with the main aim being to get TT drivers out of there cars and into rx-8's as the TT has been hugely successfull here in the U/K , it is interesrting that when we were asked to keep a list of members wishing to buy the RX-8 by Mazda one has turned out to be a currant TT owner !

l will print off some of the questions that are in this briliant forum
and send them to go with the questions l have already.

With out wishing to interfear with this forum too much if any of you ( in the U/K ) would like to send me an email with your details and wether you have either placed monies with a dealer and which one or will be doing so l will add your names to our list as although they have not promiced they did say there is the possabilaty that these people may receive something to commerate the fact they were one of the first owners of the
RX-8 in the U/K , and yes l know there's no promices in what l have said ! but l will try.

( one of the Moderators in here has been on this list for a while now )

Are Mazda watching, well l know they watch Mazdarotaryclubs forum from things they have told me at show's etc but the U/K
employees seem unaware of this one by the fact that they have been supprised at some things l picked up myself from in here .
but bear in mind they would not post here anyway so you would never know.

O/K sorry to have waffled on ( it's a bit of a passion you know), thanks for your time.

All the Best clive@mazdarotaryclub.com

BTW the first customers will deff receive their cars in July as they did not put the drive away date back after all.

Wow Clive - what a reply !

Some great news in there all in all.
That is a great offer concerning the names and addresses and making contact.
JSC - what do you feel ? You were kind enough to offer first and I do not want to offend ... (I just want information).
Chaps - what do you all feel ?

Funnily enough it was a 1st Gen I had when I was in the RX owners club... :)

Interesting that July is the date you quote . Can I be so bold as to ask where that info came from and is it for the UK ?

Thanks from everyone for becoming involved - as you will have gathered we are getting increasingly frustrated. We just want to be loyal customers !

Morgan.

PS - You dont happen to know where the press car is in the UK at the moment do you ? A group of us really really want to just see one of these things for real and are even thinking of flying to Geneva motor show just to do so..... A UK sighting would be great !

M.

Just like to point out that I am a Audi TT Coupe 225 owner and proud of it (hopefully the RX8 will be made of similar superior material).

rael.

clive is a good man! i don't think anyone from this forum would mind sharing between the rx8forum and the mazdarotaryclub! the more of us that are in it together the louder our voice!
and if you get a chance to see clives rx-7 you will see why he wouldn't trade. a wonderful car!

cheers all!

First of all my thanks to Clive, for visiting and passing on his info.
I for one will be passing my name on for him to add to his list.

Damn! Pressed the return key while on the wrong field!
(Not a ruse to get my posts up;) )

I was going to add that I think we should still proceed with our letter, I agree it would be good to get things through Clive's list, but it would be better if Mazda UK delt with us as well.

After all this is a site purely intrested in the RX-8 and all of us here who participate are confirmed or soon to be confirmed buyers.:D

Does everyone else feel the same way?

I'd agree with Titanium Grey and have passed my details to Clive however, it can't harm to send our own list and make MAZDA aware of this forum as well.

Where do we go from here? Can JSC submit on our behalf and what does he need from us? We can email him through the Forum.

Cheers
OILMAN

Originally posted by zoom44
clive is a good man! i don't think anyone from this forum would mind sharing between the rx8forum and the mazdarotaryclub! the more of us that are in it together the louder our voice!
and if you get a chance to see clives rx-7 you will see why he wouldn't trade. a wonderful car!

cheers all!

Wow thanks for that Zoom and co, and there was l real worried l would upset someone in here by stepping on toe's but hopefully all will see l mean no harm and am just real interested in more info like all of you in here .

l will try and answer the last couple of Q's,

The July date has come from an official press release that was posted to me.

Don't know where the blue RX-8 is now hiding but l suspect it's the Formula Woman car destickered and now road registered
( the one in Auto Express last week )

My Lisa happens by coincidence to work on the floor above Mazda HQ! and all she's seen is Mazda 6s so if she see's RX-8s l will let you know .

BTW Zoom 44 l am underway with a few more little mods with my
car like , 99 nose (less No plate plinth) , new engine and big T04B single Turbo !.


All the Best Clive
e-mail: clive@mazdarotaryclub.com
web: www.mazdarotaryclub.com

One day away and were up to 4 pages and talking of trips to geneva!

Clives post is welcome, any help and info is well appreciated.

I think we should still continue with our email though, as long as JSC is still around to help.

I dont mind finalising the mail on the weekend making the changes requested, and forwarding it to JSC.

If you still want to do this, email me your details in the next couple of days.

I wont send anything till we are all happy with it.

Cheers
Mark

Hi all,
Morgan and MarkW have raised some good questions and points. I'm increasingly thinking though that if I supply the contact details to one of you regular board forum members that it might be better as it'll probably be in more capable hands then. There seems to be a level of knowledge/enthusiasm that I can't quite match yet (maybe when I get closer to affording one!). If one of you wants to PM me I'll reply ASAP with the details, thanks

Guys,

Jonathan (JSC) has kindly provided me with the contact details so I can get the email done.

I suggest we use this wisely as we dont want to pi$$ these guys off at Mazda, but rather encourage them to include us in any info they can share be it official or unofficial.

If you give me your details etc as I said above, I will finalise the email over the next few days.

Cheers
Mark

Originally posted by morganrogers
**IMPORTANT**

This is an extract from my reply on the other forum.
Is this chap the same as JSC has for a contact or do we now potentially have 2 ?

Quote -

"l hear what you say and will admit that we have been frusterated by the lack of fresh info coming from them, and they know we are actively trying to help them sell this car as l said to them a long time if their involvement with us only sold ten more cars thats 1/4 of a million in the bank for Mazda!

As for your list of questions if you pass them to me l will send them down to the person in Mazda HQ that has been assigned to our club who happens to be the main person in charge of selling the RX-8 in the U/K !

As a club though we are now very honored that we are on their press release list and our full members will from now on receive the new quaterly magazine and RX-8 info through their doors, we beleive we are only the second club on the planit to receive such assistance with the other being SoCal in the U/S. "

Thoughts ?

Morgan.



Hi Morgan,

Just reread through your post and realised a there are couple of pieces don't really read that well and/or could do with a little explaining !

l should have stated it's the Mazda magazine and RX-8 publicity info our members will receive from now on .

And all l put was we had a person assigned to the club, Doh it don't read that good does it!!

l have spent 16/17 months badgering Mazda for info/help about the forthcoming RX-8 ( nicely ) we even
approached and received guidance from Dan , Berne , Kelvin Hirashi ( who helped design the RX-8 in Cal) and Koby ( ex Mazda corp. and God father of the RX-7) on how to approach Mazda thankyou to all,

They said it was just a matter of chipping away politely to establish any sort of contacts,l would also like to thank Glenn Butcher for contacting the above for us ( our web man ).

We did this because as they now know we actually believe we can help Mazda U/K sell these cars and also give new owners an insight into the heritage of their wonderful new machine through seeing our older vehicles in the flesh ( we even have a member with a pristine 110s Cosmo) , but we need a little assistance from them as well !

Once Mazda took over the reins again and reorganised last Christmas we started to find that the new staff where a little more interested, it also helped that their new offices were now 5 miles from my door, after being bounced around for a wile we were then asked to write a letter to Mazda's MD outlining what we could do for them and what we wanted in return,as a result of this letter we were assigned a contact person within Mazda.

And this now should explain how Mazdarotaryclub.com was fortunate enough to have a person to contact and give assistance to our club.

Sorry to waffle on but this should hopefully make things seem a little clearer.

All the Best Clive.

I agree that we should make contact with Mazda directly as I think we represent many more purchasers, just one look at our site would confirm that.

Who and how should I contact and what details are required?

rael

Originally posted by rael
I agree that we should make contact with Mazda directly as I think we represent many more purchasers, just one look at our site would confirm that.

Who and how should I contact and what details are required?

rael

Hi Rael,

Apparently Mark has sent a list / letter to someone at Mazda, so lf it's any help contact me with your name address and where you put your deposit as l will be talking to them and sending my list down Wednesday,

l had one of your forum members add his name last week.

May be of interest, l am talking with AON direct ( with no brokers in the middle) about a special insurance deal for RX-8 members.

All the Best Clive@mazdarotaryclub.com