Striker911

Ok here we go, hello Mr. Obvious, longtime listener, first time caller. I have myself a 40th anniversary, the dealership and literature were saying it is a limited production run of like 10,000. Yeah limited my aunt fannie eh. But anyways down to the meat of the question. Does anyone know how I can find out what production number my 40th anniversary rx8 is? Is there a website that I enter my VIN or something? Hmmm just had a thought, 10,000 produced per available color per country or state??? But any help is greatly appreciated. This is more out of wonderment than vanity or ego.

Still love my RX8 zoom zoom

CyberPitz

I'd say it's on the VIN number somewhere....where exactly, you ask? Good question :P

OldCodger

"* Limited availability to 1000 units"

MazdaUSA website list the number as 1,000 not 10,000. A quick look at inventory shows about half, six of twelve near PDX, of the 2008s available are 40th Anniversary Edition units. Mazda sold 912 RX8s in thefirst three months of 2008.

seven-to-eight

How did you find these these numbers?
cheers

kersh4w

iTrader: (3)

read much?

OldCodger

Oops forgot. - Congrats on the car Striker911. I love that color combo.

I doubt you can find the sequence number from the VIN. You could not on any of the MX5 special editions. All numbers courtesy of MazdaUSA.com in previous posts.

Striker911

I am gonna bite the bullet......... and call Mazda usa HQ and see what they have to say and I will keep you all posted as to my trials and tribulations with trying to get what should be a simple answer to a simple question for the great Mazda gods at HQ. Cover me, I'm going in!!!!!

silvernite8

Would also like to know. One dealer by me has 3 40th anv. RX-8s on their lot. and the second closest one near me has one. The dealer that i got my RX-8 from has two so i'll be very interested to see how many were made.
Best of luck with the car
Its a very fun to drive car

Striker911

I did a live chat with Mazda USA and here is the transcript of the chat

7:34:40 AM System Welcome Striker ...
7:34:40 AM System Connecting to server. Please wait...
7:34:40 AM System Connected to Mazdachat.mazdausa.com
7:38:05 AM System Bernadette has joined this session!
7:38:05 AM System Connected with Bernadette
7:38:05 AM Bernadette Thank you for connecting with Mazda’s Personal Shopping Assistant. My name is Bernadette, how may I help you?
7:38:25 AM You hi
7:38:59 AM You got a question for you
7:39:35 AM Bernadette Whenever your ready!
7:39:45 AM Bernadette What's your question?
7:39:49 AM You I have a new 40th anniversary edition rx8
7:40:04 AM You and i was wondering how many of these limited editions were made
7:40:22 AM You and also how can i find out what production number mine is
7:40:51 AM Bernadette There were 1000 of these models made. The production numbers are not available yet.
7:41:11 AM You 1000 eh, are they still being produced at this time?
7:41:38 AM You for I see lots of them on my local dealership and people on the mazda sites are saying they see lots too on their lots
7:41:41 AM Bernadette Actually, they are provided the numbers. What is your VIN?
7:42:18 AM You my vin is JMF*************
7:42:41 AM Bernadette Your vehicle is number 721
7:42:55 AM You 721 huh
7:43:29 AM You is there a pdf download of the document showing the cross refer of the vins and the production numbers
7:43:43 AM You or could you e-mail this to me?
7:43:46 AM Bernadette No, that is not available.
7:43:56 AM You the funny thing is
7:44:28 AM You is that i just got off the phone with a mazda rep from mazda usa and he says that they are still producting them and that they are not a limited run
7:45:02 AM You and that mazda is this kind of thinking about how many they are going to produce
7:46:21 AM Bernadette Well, now you know your number. Is there anything else?
7:46:47 AM You nope i am good thanks for your help you have yerself a marvy day k
7:46:57 AM Bernadette You're Welcome!
7:46:57 AM Bernadette Thank you for contacting Mazda's Personal Shopping Assistance team. Have a great day.

Like I said in the chat, I was also on the phone with Mazda USA at the same time and the guy was saying that they were still producing the rx8 anniversary edition and that there were no numbers released and they had not halted production due to a high demand for the model. So I guess we believe they people we wanna believe. I would like to know other people's thoughts on this. Who do you believe???

alnielsen

iTrader: (4)

As far as I know, there hasn't been a special VIN number for a different trim level for the RX8.
This sound like a question for Zoom44. He may have an answer.

fikren

iTrader: (1)

thats odd they gave you a number, I called mazdausa and the guy had to go do some digging and call me back a couple of days later. I was told that there is no indicator what "place" your car was in. All the vins will show it as a 40th anny but have no indicators of a place in the line.

zoom44

i havent looked specifically into this but with the first shinka there was a way to tell and im certain that with the 40th A cars there is as well. They are only producing 1000 2008 40th A cars for the US. They have to all be built already since 2008 production ended months ago and production started a couple weeks ago for 2009s. 2009s will hit the ground here in about 5 weeks.

JRichter

Congrats on the car and welcome to the club.

robrecht

Unfortunately, you are not getting correct info from the Mazda rep on the phone. When he says they are still being produced he probably only means they are still for sale at dealers. Same type of response I've gotten from MazdaUSA, they're supporting the dealers who are still selling 2008s so they wouldn't want to admit that 2009s are already being produced. We've already seen pics of the 2009s on dealers' lots in Japan for a while now.

batsupsidedown

nothing like bringing up a 6 year old thread, but... Did anyone ever find out if the 40th an/ed has a production number???

WhiteDealershipRice

Unfortunately the only true "individually numbered, limited production run" was the 2005 Black Cherry Mica- colored Shinka. (they had a special numberplate in the engine compartment listing the production number) For 2006 Shinka became a trim level, and the 40 Aniversary edition became the renaming of the Shinka trim level on the following year... Yes, they were only a certain number of that particular trim level made but Mazda did not keep an individually numbered record of the production run. Unlike the Shinka as a trim level though (which came in a variety of colors) the 40 Ani only came in gray, with two tone brown/black interior.

By the way; did you hear that this year's special edition MX-5 run preorder sold out on just 10 minutes? Insane! (Red/black paint with the power-hardtop option and special edition black wheels... looks gorgeous in pictures... if only it had a rotary under the hood :-p

blckninja

iTrader: (1)

The 05 Shinka wasn't the only limited production, the 40th anniversary rx8 was a limited edition as well. Production was limited to 200 units in Japan, UK would get 400, Canada got 100 units, and the US received 1000 units. If you had a 40th ani rx8, you would email or call mazda, give them your vin, and they would tell you what your production number was.

Ask usnidc or batsupsidedown, both of them contacted mazda and received what production number they had.

WhiteDealershipRice

Ninja, the "production number" is not the same as "individualy numbered" (I.E. the car came from the factory with a plaque that was etched
"Special edition# X of XX") the 2005 Shinka was the only model so equipped. so yes, the 2007/8 40 Anniversary was a limited production run of a trim level.
I'm pretty sure I could get the "production number" of my 06 shinka, as all cars come out sequentially from the factory in japan. Heck, the VIN number will tell you where you stand as far as production in regards to every other RX-8 ever made.

Doesn't make it any less special; just not "individually numbered"

Mazda RX-8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2007 saw the release of a special edition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Mazda's rotary engine. The 40th Anniversary special editions were different in the Japan and North American markets. The Japanese version came in Marble White as an homage to the Mazda Cosmo Sport, which was initially only available in white. The North American version came in Metropolitan Grey Mica exterior with the interior clad in special Cosmo Red leather. It also had wheels of a new design later incorporated in the 2009 facelift, as well as an exclusive sport-tuned suspension with Bilstein dampers. Further upgrades included an enhanced urethane foam injected front cross member intended to improve steering feel.[8] In North America, this special edition was available only in 2008.

MazdaUSA > Models > 2008 RX-8 40th Anniversary Special Edition

jerry43351

My 40th is number 421 of 1000.

batsupsidedown

I did email mazdausa and got my number, 279/1000.