magazineracer

I am new to this forum and before i pose my question i'd just like to say how friendly and intelligent this site is compared to so many other car sites.
ok, enough small talk. I have seen pics of a yellow RX8 (road and track) and a red RX8 (which is in mazdas screen saver) the interiors are vastly different with the red car appearing to have a nav system, some sort of heads up display, and a tac that goes up to 12 (watch the screen saver closely as i do several hours a day) also, the yellow car has a hood bulge whereas the red car has slits cut into the hood. which is the real RX8?????

fuz

The red was the first prototype, the yellow--second prototype. There is no production images that we know of.

magazineracer

thanks much, i could tell you i looked for a posting on this topic to make sure i didn't double up questions but that would just be me saying i can't read very well.

Hercules

This is the closest to production pictures that we have available to us:

Click me and see!

zoom44

herc i think the pics of the silver or red one taken around mazda irvine would be newer

Hercules

Yea but that's an Automatic version.

The manual has still not been seen

Grimace

Are we 100% sure that silver car is an automatic just because it has the 16" wheels? Mazda may offer a base car with all-season 16's and a 5-speed, especially for those less sport-oriented in climates that get lots of rain & snow.