Yuhki

These streaming videos from Web CG, one of the japanese famous car web site.

If you do not care Japanese, try these links.
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Web CG
http://www.webcg.net/WEBCG/index.html
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Each is very short video in Japanese.

Part1
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030410_rx8_1.asx
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030410_rx8_2.asx

Part2
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030411_rx8_1.asx

Part3
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030412_rx8_1.asx

Part4
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030413_rx8_1.asx

Part5
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030421_rx8_1.asx

Part6
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030421_rx8_2.asx

Part7
http://211.10.2.99/200304/030421_rx8_3.asx

Lensman

Brilliant Yuhki-san!!! Your posts of today have been fantastic. I'd really like to know what the presenter's opinion of the RX-8 is please. An overview of what he said for english speakers would be extremely welcome. Thanks.

Yuhki

Well, my engilsh is always not correct.
So, please translate to the correct English in case you feel my translation is funny.

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//Part1
1)
The front door opens nearly to 90 degree.
The head space in the rear seat is larger than he imagined. He is 165cm tall and there is enough space above his head.
The back rest leans a little bit backward. This may be to get enough head space.
There is enough space in front of his knees and his tiptoes can be inserted under front seat.
So, he does not feel the room for the rear seat is small.

2)
The rear seat has enough sapce and can be used.
The feel of the fabric does not seems so expensive but he think the quality matches to the price.
The seat is soft, not hard.

The rear door can be opened from inside. But need to open the front door in advance.
He feel that it is a little bit inconvenient.

The center tunnel is very large. This is to gain to body strength by connecting the frame.
So, the rear seat is completely for two people.

There is a pocket here(on the center tunnel)


//Part2
This car is "5MT standard power"(210ps)
This is the fabric seat car though, the fabric quality is not so good, but the seat is soft and comfortable.
The height of the seat can be changed manually.

The steering wheel has only tilt adjustment.
There is some buttons on the steering wheal, volume bottons, etc..
The shift *** has a rotary(triangle) shape, this is a little bit funny...

The interior has black based colour coordinates as most sports cars do.

The angle of the navigation display can be changed.

There is a pocket here(on the center tunnel)

//Part3
Test drive standard 5MT power model.(210ps)
In 1st gear, 60km/h
In 2nd gear, 100km/h
In 3rd gear, 147km/h
At 7500rpm, the alarm sounds to urge to **** up.

//Part4
Test drive standard 5MT power model.
Very smooth engine, everyone would probably say the same thing.
He had thought the rx8 might be one of the normal sedans before he drove this.
But he says now he thinks that the rx8 is a sport car, the engine is smooth.

He feels the weight is light during the test drive.

//Part5
Now, he is driving on the normal road(out of the circuit)
At 60km/h, he does not feel any hard riding. Feels like a normal car.

The front section seems very short from the view of the driver's seat.

//Part6
He is back from the test drive.

The test drive time was very short. So, he is not sure his opinion.
He had thoght the rx-8 might be a crude car due to its new structure(free style door).
He had worried about the body strength.
But as long as he feels in the short test drive, that was not true.

He says "very good(sugoi yokkata desu)" many times here.

//Part7
The rear seat is not a emergency seat. There is a enough room to sit.
To get in/out of the rear seat is a little bit inconvinient.

The test drive was nearly 5 minutes, but as long as he feels in the limited time,
the quality as a car is at high level even with the new concept "free style door" and "4 seat sports car".

The read door window can be slightly opened.

Lensman

Your english is excellent and I am very pleased that you gave your time to do this translation for us.

The only change I would make is from:

At 7500rpm, the alarm sounds to urge to **** up.

TO

At 7500rpm, the alarm sounds to urge to shift up.

Please notice the extra 'f' in shift. What you wrote was (in english) quite amusing but not accurate I think.

Thanks!

Yuhki

Oh!! Shxx....

Thank you for the correction.