I was woundering if there were any kind of set back on the car, I only ask because I was going to go an put a down payment on one in the next week or so, at the mazda location in Clagary here.

-B Cole

Welcome to the forum Moboroshi! There have already been several delays, the initial first delivery date was mid February. The latest I am hearing now is probably June.

My advise to you is to disregard everything that the dealer will tell you about delivery dates; as far as I can tell, Mazda Canada themselves have nothing concrete.

I see, well aside from the date, is there anything else that may set the car back, like the machanics or electrics, the RX-7 series had several issues with them.
I have pondered getting one for a while and then I was going to build some custom parts for it through the many different companies that I work for.
Any ideas.

-B Cole

Welcome to the forum Moboroshi! Off the subject, but Calgary is an awesome city. My best friend from college is a prof. at Univ. of Calgary.

Oh yeah.. just go for it and get the car!!

Fellow Albertan here!
What kind of parts do you specialize in?
The pre-production cars did have a problem with the 'mini-throttles' in the intake ports not opening, but I believe it was mostly a chip/software problem, now fixed.
Would be interested in any parts you can fab up, keep us posted!
S.

At this moment I am working on a set of titanium rings for my g/f's cousins, but when I am finished I have to do a custom gear shifter for a sylvia.
Then I was thinking of doing some shifters for the RX-7/8's...
Just a thought

-B Cole

Yes Cal...Gary is a nice city.

Moboroshi,

Titanium rings? What are you talking abooot? I assume you are talking about jewelry, eh?

AFAIK there are no significant problems with the RX-8. Go on...put your hard earned northern pesos down. Ya hoser.

What can I say. I'm feeling kinda goofy. Okay, I'm finished mocking y'all.;)

Originally posted by babylou
northern pesos

*scoff* who's currency is currently taking a nose-dive against the CDN $ (<-there's a hint ;)), SA Rand, UK Pound, Euro (big time), Japanese Yen, and AUS $ ?? hmmm?? whose?? i forget... somewhere close, but i can't put my finger on it... :p

Got a new update from Mazda, looking at mid-July on Delivery of pre-sold units. Units that are pre-sold will be built and delivered first.

To: All Mazda Dealers

Attn: Dealer Principal/General Manager

The Mazda RX-8 IS UP AND ROLLING! The most revolutionary sports car ever will be on its way to your dealership soon. To better explain the production and launch timing and processes, below is a calendar of key launch milestones. Also attached is a listing of some of the major marketing launch activities for the RX-8.



Jan. 7: Production RX-8 was shown for first time at the Detroit Auto Show, pricing announced.

Jan. 8: Pre-sell website opened for customer orders. Japan receives over 5,000 pre-orders, US receives over 1,200 pre-orders, US dealers report first three months of supply sold out.

Jan. 9-16: Global Long-Lead Media Preview allows 350+ journalists to drive RX-8 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Feb. 17: Mass production, job 1 (MP1), began on schedule.

Mar-Apr.: Media reviews appear in enthusiast publications and websites. Reviews strongly positive about car and engine.

Apr. 9: Public debut of RX-8 in Japan.

May 12: Mass production, job 2 (MP2), begins. MP2 cars are full-production, US-specification cars, incorporating lessons learned on MP1 (Japan market) cars.

June-July: US pre-sell customers receive six status e-mails directly from Mazda: when their car is placed in the build-stream, when a VIN is assigned, when car is built, when car is shipped, when car arrives in US and when car arrives at assigned dealership.

Mid Jul: Pre-sell RX-8s arrive at dealers.

Mid-end-Jul.: Allocated production RX-8s arrive at dealers.



As you can see, this extensive time-table is designed to ensure a strong and successful rollout of RX-8.



I know you are anxious to get this car and many have customers who also can’t wait.
The RX-8 is Mazda’s worldwide flagship, and it WILL be delivered and launched perfectly. RX-8 represents everything that zoom-zoom has been promising, and I’m confident it will put us back where we should be: at the top of consumers’ minds.

Originally posted by wakeech


*scoff* who's currency is currently taking a nose-dive against the CDN $ (<-there's a hint ;)), SA Rand, UK Pound, Euro (big time), Japanese Yen, and AUS $ ?? hmmm?? whose?? i forget... somewhere close, but i can't put my finger on it... :p

I knew that my "northern peso" comment would get a response from our resident economics weenie:D By the way I learned the "northern peso" bit from one of my former Canadian employees.