A buddy of mine saw a brand new (06 maybe?) 8 out in the Naperville area yesterday. He said it was carbon fiber heaven. When he pulled up next to him to ask questions, the driver said he was from Mazda and was rolling out the new baby with all the trimmings. It had every available Mazdaspeed option on it, including black leather seats with red stitching.

The car had dealer plates, but my friend didn't have a chance to ask which dealer had this car available to view (and the guy driving wasn't very forthcoming either). Don't know if he saw something that wasn't supposed to be shown yet? Does anyone know of this mystery car driving around the Chicago area? Anyone know where I can go to check it out?

I'm so mad I wasn't there. Though I probably would have had to install a drool cup under my chin!!! :D

I don't think it was any new car at all. Just a modded 8.

Sounds like a modded 8.

Black leather with red stitching sounds pretty sweet.

If there was a full MS version coming for '06, I think Zoom would have told us by now. ;)

I will beat the information out of him and get the real scoop on what he saw! Yeah, I thought the leather sounded sweet myself!

Zoom better not be holding out on us.... ;)