rx-8 on top gear tonight.
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rx-8 on top gear tonight.
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but for the people who've never seen the top gear rx-8 review, it's on tonight on BBC America. They are showing a "lost" season. Anyway thought I'd share 
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I've watched every season twice now, and I don't believe they ever talked about it in relation to the cool wall. Many cars on the wall they never talked about, but I'd have to pause it and see if I can find it to see if it is there or not
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Season 3, 2nd or 3rd episode I believe.
Time on their test track matched that of a 350Z and BMW M3, which is pretty nice for us fanbois.
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They've put it on the cool wall. It ended up being in the "cool" section. Richard and Jeremy were arguing about it but think it ended up there. I think they put it up after the challenge episode with the TT and Brera.
I am really trying to stay objective here, but the 8 in stock form, is one of the best handling cars from the factory, at ANY PRICE POINT.
I believe it would have been something of a runaway sales success had Mazda split the difference on the styling between the 8 and the RX7, and had they found a way to wring out an additional 40 to 50 horsies (280ish bhp at 3100 lbs sounds about right to me). Throwing in something in terms of gearing for lower RPM freeway cruising for the sake of highway fuel economy would've helped, too.
TTAC has a great review on the R3 RX-8, where John Lieberman nails it on the handling (here's the last paragraph of the review):
And here’s the cincher: [For] $32k, you can have one of the world’s finest-handling sports cars. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying that the RX-8 R3 handles well for a $32k car. I’m saying it handles better than a $320k car. Or, more importantly, whatever you’re driving.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/200...9-mazda-rx-r3/
TTAC's reviews are brutal. That the RX-8 has been consistently praised by every one of their writers who has reviewed speaks volumes.
I believe it would have been something of a runaway sales success had Mazda split the difference on the styling between the 8 and the RX7, and had they found a way to wring out an additional 40 to 50 horsies (280ish bhp at 3100 lbs sounds about right to me). Throwing in something in terms of gearing for lower RPM freeway cruising for the sake of highway fuel economy would've helped, too.
TTAC has a great review on the R3 RX-8, where John Lieberman nails it on the handling (here's the last paragraph of the review):
And here’s the cincher: [For] $32k, you can have one of the world’s finest-handling sports cars. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying that the RX-8 R3 handles well for a $32k car. I’m saying it handles better than a $320k car. Or, more importantly, whatever you’re driving.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/200...9-mazda-rx-r3/
TTAC's reviews are brutal. That the RX-8 has been consistently praised by every one of their writers who has reviewed speaks volumes.
