RX-Hachi

It seems Leno is a bit of a rotary fan. He bought a very rare original Cosmo Sport, one of only 4 or 5 in the US. He also picked the RX-8 as his favorite car out of R&T's Readers' Choice Awards 2004 finalists: RX-8, 350Z Roadster, 911 GT3, BMW 5 series and WRX STi (actual winner).

I wonder how Jay likes his BD present or if he'll keep it.



From the Jul/Aug. '05 Mazda FUEL newsletter:

Mikelikes2drive

haha that's very cool! i dont think he's gonna drive it much, but still very cool! i wish he had a son and it was me... haha

BlueFrenzy

Heh ... that's great ... maybe Jay will start posting here too! Ha ha ha!

But yea, to him it's just one car out of his millions of cars.

Audioslave8

Pretty cool, but im sure if he wanted one he would have had one by now...

XDEEDUBBX

just add it to his other 100 cars he owns...

KYLiquid

cool read, at least we know if all the other shinka 8s meet unfortunate ends, there will be one that is taken care of and gets an owner who will give the car the care it should get.

termigni

he is one of the most passionate car enthusiast?? of course with that much money he makes from entertainment business.

If my income is that much I'd have a bigger car collection than him. i think many of us will.

who cares he got a rx8 for his birthday from mazda? all BS.

"Shanika"

Nice marketing strategy, but Mazda didn't need to. I don't think other celebrities of his calliber will run out to buy a Mazda just because one was given to Leno. I didn't buy mine because some celebrity car callector owned the same car.

Saint_Spinner

Yeah...he probably gave it to his butler or something. To Jay, its kinda like getting one of those birthday presents from a relative becasue he/she knows your hobby, but gets you something totally not cool....yeah...I bet thats what Jays thinking..."Eeerrrr...yeah..thaaaanks...hmmmmmm". Kind of like someone buying you a riced out fast and furious rx-8 toy because they know you like rx-8s...or someone buying you light up spray nozzles because they know your a car guy/gal....

labutler

I know there used to be a thread for 8's in the movies, but I can't find it. Thought I'd post here because of the tv-tie to this thread.

Was watching Intervention on A&E last night. It's the show where they take junkies and addicts and film them doing drugs and crap, follow them for a while and then try to get them into a program to stop. I know - it sounds rivoting, right? Anyway, last night they did a follow-up on 4 of the people after treatment. A counselor went to visit Gabe, the gambling addict, and there was a black 8 parked outside of his apartment building. Dirty, but it was there.

neit_jnf

so millionaires that can buy anything they want get cars as bd gifts directly from the manufacturer?????

and the average joe like me can only dream about buying one...

Lt. Dan

Jay owns all sorts of "unique" vehicles... Steam powered, rotary powered, Cars built off tank platforms, etc....

Dan

DreRX8

I've had 5 Mazdas and I don't get jackS***

Overport

thats nice, but as jay leno...he can afford to buy one if he likes it that much.

i never really understood why celebrities (VERY rich people) get free houses, cars, etc.

give the shinka to a guy who just lost his car in a fire, or recently got his car stolen.

Saint_Spinner

Marketing. It makes people want the Rx-8, if they hear that theyre favorite celebrity got one. Kind of like wolverine driving one :D

jaymusic

I just got my Shinka not too long ago...cool to know we got the same car, color and all