View Full Version : New silver pic.. nope titanium


Wing
03-18-2003, 08:08 AM
It certainly looks silver, but it must be tit This is from the calgary auto show.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/03images/calgary/rx8.jpg

ZoomZoom
03-18-2003, 08:32 AM
I agree that it looks like silver but silver is not available with the red accented interior in Canada. My guess is that the car is actually titanium and the lighting makes it appear silver.

pmacwill
03-18-2003, 09:00 AM
I don't know why people have such a hard time discerning the different colours. Thats silver, and that show car has been all over the place. Just because that colour combination isn't available in canada doesn't mean it would prohibit them from showing it there.

Smoker
03-18-2003, 09:02 AM
This is another one of those pre-production RX-8 so whether the interior colour and the exterior colour match up has nothing to do with what colour-trim they are offering in Canada.

If you look at photos from the magazine reviews, you can see their review model have Sunlight Silver/Red-Interior as well.

I pretty sure this is a Sunlight Silver in the picture.

Wing
03-18-2003, 09:14 AM
That could be dark brown / tan leather with funny lighting? I don't know.

I agree though it sure looks like silver to me.

evel333
03-18-2003, 01:50 PM
Looks silver to me.

In discerning between the two colors: I've always compared the body color to that of the wheels. Silver is the same as, if not slightly lighter than, the wheels; titanium is slightly darker...

zoom44
03-18-2003, 01:52 PM
i third pmac's and smoker's posts. the cars showed at various events are not spec'd out for the place they are shown.

jonalan
03-18-2003, 02:43 PM
Definitely silver.

I think this color shows the lines of the car better than any other. If my last 4 cars weren't silver, I would have ordered it.

Gord96BRG
03-19-2003, 03:34 PM
I was at the Calgary show - the car was silver with the red accent leather interior, a colour combination not available in Canada. I was told by Mazda's regional representative that the show RX-8 was US spec, and that the combination would not be available here, matching previous info about colours. No mystery!

Regards,
Gordon

91vert
03-20-2003, 09:41 PM
Does it look to you guys like the ass-end of that car is all hiked up? :confused:

Looks like somebody put a set of air shocks on it or something.

BTW.....I agree that it is silver, not titanium

StephenF
03-22-2003, 12:22 AM
Originally posted by 91vert
Does it look to you guys like the ass-end of that car is all hiked up? :confused:

Looks like somebody put a set of air shocks on it or something.

BTW.....I agree that it is silver, not titanium Yeah, I noticed that too, but I think it's just all the light shining at it from the side and lighting up the wheel well.

-Stephen

Lensman
04-01-2003, 03:06 PM
Easy way to tell Titanium and Silver apart is to see if the paint is darker than the wheels. If so it's Titanium.

TiRX8
04-02-2003, 04:30 PM
This same car was at the Edmonton show. It is definitely silver and all dealerships in Edmonton are constantly talking about the "silver auto show RX-8".