666power

ive been talking to my dealer about a yellow sport package with GPS, but they cant find one with GPS and today he called me and said that mazda discontinued yellow, and will be making white instead....anyone else hear about this...?

PS white with black, red/black, or brown/black interior

rotarygod

I hope thats not true. That was the mistake that they made with the last RX-7. Only '93 had yellow (CYM) as an option. The other years were white. I really hate white. If this is true then the owners of the yellow ones will probably have one of the most highly sought after models later on. The CYM RX-7 is a rare find and those owners seem to take care of them like no other.

Buckeye3d

Local dealer in Columbus, OH still has yellows.

Jhouse

I have yellow. It's the only color i would buy. It gets washed every friday and spit shined to new.

666power

they can still get some already built yellows, but they cant order me one with the options i want

jtimbck2

For what it's worth, you can still "build" a yellow RX-8 on Mazdausa.com, and you still cannot build a white one. Of course, that may mean nothing right now since we already know Mazda can be a little slow sometimes updating their website. It'll be interesting to see if this rumor is true.

Personally, I think the RX-8 looks great in white (based on the Japan-spec pics I've seen), and I don't like yellow cars. But I hate to see a color choice eliminated -- I'm all for choice!

Lawerence

^^^^^^^^^
I agree totally. The white jdm spec RX8 that is see is so clean.
Much better looking than yellow IMO.

I think the best colors for the RX are black, titanium grey and white.

666power

i wanted yellow b/c i miss my CYM....but i do like the look of the RE Amamiya car..and planed on getting their front bumper coer and rear wing, probily side skirts also

RotaryStalker

CYM was discontinued due to environmental reasons. I think it was too expensive to dispose of CYMs paint by products or something like that. I love that color though, not crazy about the 8's yellow.

RotaryStalker

Reeko

White cars are awesome.
THey show dust and dirt much less than darker colors. Seems like my blue 8 gets dusty as soon as I drive it after a wash.
(I used to have a white 280Z that I loved).

jtimbck2

Sorry for the dumb question, but what's "CYM"?

chinx

competition yellow mica, right? the yellow that was on the fd3s

i LOVE yellow, and yellow is my first choice always. i think it would be a HUGE mistake to discontinue the yellow on the 8. it's one of the best looking colors for the 8. i like the white also, think it looks great on jdm-spec cars. but i like the yellow more. and while i think the green is a very nice color, that's the color they'll likely discontinue next year 'cuz so few people/dealers ordered in green, and imo it is a very beautiful color but seems a bit odd on a car like RX-8. let's hope they don't discontinue the yellow...and if they do let's hope it comes back the year after

they did discontinue yellow on the 2004 mazda6 and replaced it w/ oragne. for the record, yellow showed up and went away and showed up again several times w/ the corvette throughout the years, and manufacturers make changes to color every year, so no telling what's gonna happen

matt

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allstate

How soon will this change happen?

danielk015

iTrader: (1)

I WISH the white is coming out soon... if so, i will wait for it to come out, as long as it is not past the '05 model year... i hope it comes as a .5 version...

Gord96BRG

White is a great colour - for refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, and Camrys. Appliances, in other words! I'm not at all fond of it on cars, especially sports cars. It reminds me of all the delivery vehicles and rental cars around - boring and utilitarian.

IMHO,
Gordon

chinx

if they really do discontinue yellow, i dunno what i'm gonna do...

danielk015

iTrader: (1)

i would agree with that, on porsche, ferraris, even a corvette etc... the rx8 is not quite that sporty... it looks great on the s2000 and the g35c.. i have yet to see it on the 350z (wonder if they carry that color, i dont know cuz im not considering it)... on an rx 8, it looks nice, like the titanium grey, which is not a traditional sports car color but works well here... i would love the rx8 in white, with that dark red leather, like they have on the S2000, or used to with the M3...

bureau13

I'm not a big fan of white myself. I personally wouldn't choose yellow either, but it is one of those "sports car colors." Maybe Mazda likes making a few collector's items along the way, like they did with the CYM FD that everyone is talking about. I've never heard the story about disposal of paint byproducts, that's interesting. Surely they didn't put cadmium in there or something?

jds

rotarymagic

+ red?


Red for sure!

chinx

well, if japanese sports cars are to have their color (as in green for british, blue for french, red for italian), i think it'd be white. and imo white can be a nice color, doesn't have to be a boring standard-issue color. some cars look good in white, some don't. and i think the 8 looks nice in white. and different companies have slightly different shades of white, too. some are nice, some are bleh. 8's white is a pearl coat, isn't it? i too think it looks real clean

rx-7~rx-8

White cars look awesome, hope they make a Navy Blue ( DARK BLUE ) .. oh yeah

666power

well i went up there and talk to them, the white probily wont be here for 2-3 months, they just started making them or just finished making them in japan, so they have to make the boa ride over...