Motor Trend Magazine - RX8Club.com

Sep 1, 2008 | 12:50 PM

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wow, i just got done reading the new edition of motor Trend and was surprised of the outcome of who's the best handling car in the U.S. Rx8 was 4th overall with AudiRX8 being no.1 followed by Nissan GTR, Bmw M3. and Shelby GT 500KR being no. 10th. Man, i love my car

Sep 1, 2008 | 12:55 PM

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https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-media-news-11/motortrend-best-handling-car-comparo-rx8-included-154884/

Sep 1, 2008 | 01:10 PM

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"Pobst ranked it third on his finishing list."

And the article has been online for a few days

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Sep 1, 2008 | 01:44 PM

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The RX8 is what a sports car is suppose to be.

A great handling safe car. Not over powered.

Sep 1, 2008 | 07:58 PM

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yeah we are what a real sports car should b .....soon we will take over the world....and demolish all pistons and their kin.....oh oops went off tthere for a minute...

Sep 1, 2008 | 09:42 PM

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wow, i just got done reading the new edition of motor Trend and was surprised of the outcome of who's the best handling car in the U.S. Rx8 was 4th overall with AudiRX8 being no.1 followed by Nissan GTR, Bmw M3. and Shelby GT 500KR being no. 10th. Man, i love my car

audi makes an RX8 too?!?!?! why didnt anyone tell me?

Sep 1, 2008 | 09:46 PM

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I think it's an R8 but maybe it's a V-12 biturbo RX-8.

Sep 1, 2008 | 09:58 PM

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thanks for the repost bump, i totally missed that article, great read!

Sep 2, 2008 | 11:07 AM

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Not surprise to see the result. The 8 is a fantastically capable machine that delivers one of the best driving dynamics to those that recognize that performance is not only about hp numbers or Youtube "3 honks" episodes. But this is North America.

Sep 2, 2008 | 11:09 AM

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I need to swing by and pick this up

Sep 2, 2008 | 04:54 PM

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I need to swing by and pick this up

as will i!

Oct 4, 2008 | 01:54 PM

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Yes, I enjoyed reading the article very much. Let's face it, the RX-8 has NEVER pretended to be anything other than what it is--a very fine sports car in the purest sense of the word. You will not blow people away on the straights, you will not hit 200 mph, but who cares?! If you do care, look to many other fine vehicles, but as many others have said, driving the RX is just such a PLEASURE! It really does turn a routine drive to the store to get some groceries a fun thing! I've had my 2008 since July and sometimes when I look in the garage I still can NOT believe that I finally got one! I also have to admit, that when I read media like this article and they have expert drivers saying that the RX is such a superb machine--even when they are driving $100,000 machines back to back, it makes me say "Oh, YEAH!!". Cheers.