Ike

If I could get 10k off a new sport model I'd seriously consider buying one as a second car... I'm guessing that's for a fully loaded model, right?

saturn

Dealer near me sold their last 2005 (GT MT) for $23k in late April.

Renesis_8

Too bad we dont get deals like that in CanaDa......
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saturn

Well, it does come at a price. We do get very cheap RX-8's, but we have to put up with hillbillies and the rest of the world hating us. Fair trade I guess.

alfy28

wow i did not know in US they sold FD for 40k. i move here to US, in 97. guess that is why i never seen car being sold here. lol in japan when they first came out they was the amount that 8 is sold here lol. wow 40k , was supra and z sold same amount?

Raptor75

Yup, that's what killed them off they were asking Porsche prices for cars that were always regarded as good fair priced sports cars. Performance was great but the public was unwilling to pay. Sales kept sliding until they were discontinued.

But I'm sure that won't happen to the RX-8 because people don't mind paying $3 to $4 a gallon for a car which returns 13mpg.

bigguy

Come on Guys... The 8 is a great car for the price! When the average price of a car sold in the US just crept above $30K in 2005. I got my 2004 RX-8 at $25K Sport MT, no leather. Audi A4 V8 sells 3500/month and it is $10K more. Similar gas mileage and all. Gas mileage - gosh the 4 thousand dollars you save buying an eight over the competition will buy 1200 Gallons of Premium Gas - that's like raising the gas milleage over a 5 year span by 5 miles per gallon. Who would be complaining about mileage (or HP for that matter) if they were getting 21 instead of 16 MPG!

The RX-8 is just not that kind of Vehicle - you really have to put it up against the Z or other sports car. The closest in feel to the RX-8 in the Porshe 911, but that is another league of performance. and a 3-1 price difference. IMO that's why the RX-8 is such a great car. Mazda need to position the 8 properly against that car.

I can see the ad now... 15 seconds of quick shots of Silver 8's and a silver 911 rally racing at Mazda raceway... then low camera angle focussing on the Porshe turning right and parking. With the 911 in the foreground, hiding 3 RX-8's behind it - as the camera pans to reveal the RX-8's the Porshe driver gets out and looks over his car at the three eights - moments later 12 people get out of the 8's --- Message "Get more MMMM for your money. zoom, zoom, zoom."

late8

Great point. This is exactly why I passed on the 350Z and the G35C. With all of the options I wanted on those cars, the price including finance charges, would of put me way beyond my budget.

Ike

Have you ever driven a 911? They feel NOTHING alike.

Genom

This is true. I love my 8 but a 911 is a very different beast.

Aseras

exactly what year/model 911 are we talking about? ther's about 10 and they all feel very diffrent.. yes i have driven most of them.. still like my 87 sc turbo though.

DrDiaboloco

Okay, you lost me. The 87 model 911 was called the Carrera, not the SC. The SC model died in, what, '83? In any case, the turbos weren't called "SC Turbo", if memory serves... Unless you added a turbo, of course.

Either way, it doesn't explain why you're calling it "sc". Correct me if I'm wrong.