My new black RX8 is in the driveway as of yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has given me advice recently on pricing etc. You really helped me get a guage on how far dealers will move when pushed. In the end, I am surprised to say I scored a much better deal than I thought was possible on this car. (To think I almost bought a Golf GTi for the same money!) I'm very happy with the price in the end;

I got;
Brand new Leather spec (red& black interior)
Sunroof
Tint
Rotary Crests front and back
Sides sptrikers thingys
Mats
Driveaway $51,500

To be honest, it's a bit of a grudge purchase 'cos I really just want to keep my MX5, but I need backseats with 2 kiddies. At first I wasn't too excited about the RX-8 as the shape feels like it's been around for 10 years...but at this price I can't complain. Black looks hot even if it's a BI@#H to clean.

New 19" wheels fiited today should spruce it up. Then I'll post pics.

 

50k ?? Does it come with $20k in the trunk?

 

Cough... looks which part of the world you are posting.....

WElcome to the family officially and good choice of colour.

 

No offence, but am I missing something. I honestly can;t understand waht either of those posts mean??!?!?!

i must still be speaking MX5!

 

Congratulations on your purchase. I guess those Americans are shocked at the prices we pay for our car. Although it is a bargain compared to what we early adopters paid for ours.

skc

 

ToothFairy is from US, he/she thought you paid US$50k for the car, instead of A$50k.

Welcome, black is hot
who cares if it's a bi@#h to clean

 

Welcome aboard.
Mine's black on the inside & red on the outside - yours in reverse ... are you gonna come to the nationals?

 

lol those US blokes are hilarious!
they come and post in the AU forum and wonder why we pay so much for our parts/cars and we just laugh



congrats on the purpose! just remember, its not a drag car...its a corner holding beast

 

oops! so much for randomly surfing the posts. I need to pay more attention =P

and congratulations on the car

 

Congrats.

BTW Drew, your car looks awesome in the flesh!

JDMST ftw!

 

That IS a good deal! Well done

Doing some quick maths, that's a saving of around $7500 on RRP. Is this a private buyers price, or do you get a fleet discount?

 

Well done, thats about 1.5k less than what I paid only a month ago! Noooo....

 

$51k driveaway is a good price for what you have got.

They are still only $30k in Japan & the USA so natural that they freak when they learn of the crazy prices we must pay for the same car.

More congratulations to Mazda Australia's profit margins for that.

Main thing is you love your new toy, the kiddies have some seats & its time to let the rotary bug bite.

REgards

 

One would have to do that type of deal on a car thats been out for 4 years and is due for replacement in 2 .

Resale values of the 2007 - 2009 RX8"s will take a tumble when the RX9 appears , so unless you buy right you are loosing serious money .


Michael

 

Well done and welcome to an elite group Madkeen..your patience and negotiation skills have paid off.

You'll find this and the RX8.Club.com sites a wealth of information, and we look forward to your pics...

 

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I wouldn't count your chickens just yet Michael.

All first-generation products will have their pitfalls and don't offer enough value to customers. Mazda will build a new model to appease customer satisfaction, but will only provide us with a straight design which will lack the full capabilities of our current RX-8.

Its the second-generation models which will always integrate customer preferences and modelling, which will support a continuous business solution for Mazda. The vehicle design for the RX-9 might well want us to

Thats my 2c worth anyhow...

 

Mazdas strenght lies in its design ,so i dont feel they would go backwards , but if you are right i could allways try and shoehorn the next rotary engine into my current broken down RX8

Michael

 

Congrats Madkeen.

Where's the pics??

I hear you on the rear seats! I'd be driving a two seater if 'er indoors didn't convince me to act all crazy-like 7 and 5.5 years ago...

 

Well done mad keen! I am jealous you got your car so quick!!
I am counting down the days till mine arrives later this month.
Should catch up for a cruise once it arrives. I hope some of that info i gave you
paid off in your negotiations!!! Sounds like you got a good deal.

Cheers
Col

 

Yeah, thanks Col. I certainly benefited from our chats. I wouldn't have pushed down to the $51,500 mark on my own without a precedent...but glad I did.

All the extras inc sunroof were just a bit of negotiating **** - I found the right car on the right showroom floor at the right time. The money I saved let me stick some wheels on straight away. I'll sort some pics out soon.
thanks mate.

P.S To whoever asked, no, that was no buyer/fleet discount. Might have helped that it was the same dealer (by fluke) that I bought an MX5 from for the exact same price back in 1999!