Hi my American Friends i am on the other side of the atlantic in the UK and just been ordered myself a RX8 in strato blue but i have a small problem!

NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!!!!! in that colour (dont say 'kinda like a red one but dark blue'), the only pics i have seen are the Mazdaspeed ones! so do any of you nice owners have this colour?

its my first 200 bhp + car so looking forward to it! driven FQ and scoobys alot but on looks the RX winns hands down been waiting a month now so have a while to go!

one thing wich is odd however is in the uk the lower power model starts at $38200
but you do get all the toys thrown in free like 18's and 6 disc ect but in the states they seem cheaper?

not that i am worried its a moving in present from my dad!

any pics would be much appriciated!

Thanks

 

You can check it out with the color configurator at www.mazda.de.

 

Thats the midnight blue everyone is talking about I think , weird they are calling it the strato blue ...

 

Strato is probably a better description for it. I haven't seen much blue at midnight but the stratosphere certainly is a deep, pure, beautiful blue.

I've only seen MS pics of that color.

 

If they're offering strato blue as a standard color in the UK, does that mean we're going to get it in the US as well?

 

midnight blue is different from strato blue

strato blue (seen on a new Mazda3) is a deeper, darker blue than the midnight blue I have on my 2000 Protege.

 

negative, '05 will only have white as new color for US

 

Mazda 3 and 6's have strato blue offered here in the US. I did a quick search and I found some pictures of a 6 with that color. The color configurator does not gives a good detail of the shade. Anyway, the color is close or same as the MS 8 posted somewhere in this forum. Hopefully this will help.

 

That has got to be the best Mazda color ever IMO. I kept staring at the Mazda 6 Strato Blue the first time I saw it, just as I did with the RX-8. Just imagine what a Strato Blue RX-8 could do to a person!

 

This RX-8 looks to be a different shade of blue. Or is it just the lighting?
http://www.pistonheads.com/roadtests...p?storyId=7249

 

that's the titanium gray...

 

People at work call my "titanium" 8 "blue". I cannot believe it. It does have a serious pearl tint to it, but I don't think blue sticks out as much as, hmmmmm, dark silver. WoW. Anywho, I remember seeing that pic of the MS midnight blue, and , IMHO, it blows the strato blue outta the sky. No pun intended. LOL. Sorry. Purplish-violet-blue is definately not common for stock colors, and I consider it a gem. Too bad it costs and arm and a leg to repaint a car. I would paint mine in second if I could cut that kinda cheese.

 

I am repeating myself big time here, but I gotta say it again: DAMN I wish Mazda would give us the RX-8 in Strato Blue!!!!