Do I have a rare rx8
 

I recently purchased a rx8 I've owned an fc fd and rx8 in the past. This rx8 has no sunroof but has bose heated seats and is aubergine and 6 speed is that a rare package I have never seen a sunroof delete gt package before

Are you in Europe? That sounds like an Evolve package - European equivalent to Shinka. They're pretty rare, there were under a 1000 made for the UK, not sure if they were sold in the rest of Europe.

I am in california

It's possible it's a Touring trim and someone installed the seats. Do you have the Bose stereo, Homelink mirror, or know if the mirrors are heated?

is it running? cause that makes it rare lol

qft

Black cherry mica?

Where is the paint code? Is there a special trim?

I doubt somebody installed the seats. I have bose and homelink not sure about the mirrors on how to check if those are heated

bcm was the only color of the shinka in 05 and one of a few colores offered on the 06 shinka. iirc its in the door jamb

It's an 05 with 28w paint code. But I dont see any shinka badges

I think there is a VIN decoder that can help.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...486ec9326e.png

From what I gathered I believe it is a shinka.

post pictures

what color are the seats

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...73edabb635.jpg
It has like really light tan leather seats and has chrome around knobs

looks like black crerry mica which is a shinka. it should say shinka on the bottom of the black part on the b pillars (between the doors)

The shinka logo isn't there anymore

it's a Shinka.
I love that wheels color.

That's some good Shinka action right there. :icon_tup:

I just noticed I have a sticker on the car saying that it was imported from canada also it is a shinka but it has no sunroof. Weird

That's an interesting collection of cars you've got. But that's a Shinka for sure. Mmm, black cherry mica.

Black Cherry Mica is quite the special color! A friend of mine, who's been in the car many times (mostly at night), finally saw it in bright sunlight the other day. "Your car… it's PURPLE!" She likes the color, but it just goes to show how that color changes dramatically. It's a deep, metallic reddish purple-ish (actually, the color of black cherry soda) in sun, dark, blackish-brown when overcast (and when dirty), and black at night. Enjoy it.