TheColonel

Anybody know when they will stop making '04s? I may be 2 months away ( "soon" never comes, in case you didn't know... ) and am in fear that I will find myself between the '04 and '05 model years with limited selection and inflated prices.

Is there a gap between the shipping of '04s and '05s? Does it stop for a month or so?

dcfc3s

We may see the '05s as early as next month. Remember, July was when the first '04s were taken delivery of.

Typically, though, when the new model year comes out the dealer will make some good deals on the previous model year to clear 'em out. I don't think you'll be in a bad position.

Dale

RobDickinson

uh 31.12.2004 ?

Enzolor

The '04s shipped in July because it was the first release year. Subsequent years will take longer... so expect a November time frame.

TheColonel

So if I can expect Nov for the '05 when does the '04 model stop shipping? Oct?

HollywoodHall

who cares. just buy the car and stop worrying about all the homo details.. 04, 05. same thing. still an rx8. just buy it!

FONZIE

I would care. Maybe there will be some small cosmetic changes as well so he would have a choice of 04 design vs. 05 design......

ByeByeHonda

Actually, there isn't supposed to be any differences in the '05 and the '04...(except the bugs will be fixed already) The '05 won't come out until the end of December or early January... Buy the car, you won't regret it!

Aesculapius

According to the dealers, '05 production is starting in August with delivery in the US 60-90 days after that. So, we should start seeing them earliest by October sometime.

Gord96BRG

What's the source for that claim? (I thing you're very wrong)

I understand that the '05s will start showing up on the dealer lots in September. I think they're in production already. The remaining '04s are already on dealer lots or on the boats coming over.

RX8_ML

Yeah thats what i was told by the dealership, by september, we'll be seein the 05's

TheColonel

I don't care whether it's '05 or '04. My question is when will the supply of '04's stop? I'm worried that by the time I'm ready to buy, production will stop on the '04, and that there may not be new RX-8's coming in for a month or wahtever until the '05's arrive limiting my selection.

zoom44

well ibfubar2000 one of our resident dealers, said that they had already begun placing their next MY stock allocation order and that they had ordered several whites. so if production runs in the same sequence as it did for the previous MY then Japan should start seeing new models in about a month or 2 followed by NA in sept and october then UK and Europe from November onward.

MY= Model Year since folks in different parts of the world count the Model year differently just put in your countries first and second MY in the appropriate place

f852rx8

I bought an '04 last Thursday that was built on June 2, 2004. So, as of 6/2, they were still building '04's.

Gord96BRG

Read my reply two up from your post - I'm quite certain that the '04 production is stopped already, and that '05s are started.

If you're that concerned about selection being limited - go to your dealer and order exactly what you want, 2 or 3 months before you want it.

Regards,
Gordon

Jordan Dalton

I'll probably save my money (so I can make big $$ down payment), and hopefully they'll be cutting a hell of a deal to get the 04's gone.

TheColonel

They already are here. One of the dealer's by me is giving the DVD Nav system for nothing.