no right now its a figment. and watch your language

 

I wish I worked for Mazda.

 

me too- id love to get paid for all this work i do which reminds me i have an email to write and a resume to send

 

I've just updated my resume. Guess I will send it through

 

Im almost up on my lease and looking at other companies.unless mazda releases a turbo rotary soon. for me its simple- stock FI equals warranty, its the Reason I havent gone turbo or supercharged on my current car.

 

^ not to mention that a factory turbo rx8 would most likely be a 4 port with a better manifold etc. than just slapping a turbo kit onto a motor that wasn't designed for a turbo

 

One would have thought that Mazda at least for 2007 would upgrade the Automatic RX8 to the new 6 speed ones in the MX5 Miata .

Pity the guys who are still putting up with the 4 speed Auto s

 

Uh....they upgraded the Auto models to 6speed with 6port engines starting with 2006 models.

 

NOT HERE IN aUSTRALIA THEY HAVENT AS YET

 

Lol. You should put your location in your profile.

 

That's why I was advised by my rotary friend to stop this silly goose chase and just give up trying to figure out Mazda's rotary business plan altogether.

And to think some of us have been waiting since 05. We're now half way into 06 w/o the changes we hoped for, a lacking inventory and it appears the same outlook for 07. I don't even wanna think about 08/09 because it'll always be wait for 2010, 2011. How much longer do we have to wait?!

By the time Mazda has answered us, the sports cars of this decade will have already progressed and evolved into a better generation and the floodgates will open up with the release of new model sportcar platforms too (EVO X, STi hatch, Toyota's, GT-R, BMW, VW, 400z(?), etc.) How will Mazda answer to that? Do they like to be one step behind??

I'm tired of waiting...

 

While I share your frusteration I also feel like there's not a lot out there better right now. Seems like a lot of companies are preparing for a big push in the next 2 years in the coupe market with expanded performance and refinement than the current generation.

With the horsepower wars that are going on I think companies are going to have to get serious about adding some oompf to their "sporty" cars.

I don't want to wait either, but I'm thinking that's the best idea for now -- at least for me.

 

^THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

LAWLZORZZ teehee

 

Reading the original post, if it isn't broke, don't fix it

 

^we can say it's 50HP broken, lol.

Honestly, I have all the power I need...but this is not a "need" thing, this is a "want" thing.

Because as stated, we care about the car overall…about the RX, about it progressing instead of disapearing for half a decade again. It’s not that I would trade my 8 for a new one and put myself in the whole, it’s when I pay off my 8 maybe I’ll go and buy another RX8 and give Mazda a sale. There are a lot of reasons to care and not care, as a fan of the car I want it to progress.

Duhhhhhh, I’m talking about the RX8 you know. This is a 2007 RX8 thread right, who said anything about not taking care of the overall business?

Well, some are I bet but most do revisions. Now, I have no data to back that up so I wont argue about it. I think the continual color changes are WEAK!!!!!!!

My rant about the radio is my biggest complaint about the RX8, and honestly for the future it will be something I will consider in the next purchase.

I love my 8, but as an honest fan I wont sit here and tell you everything is perfect and nothing needs to be tweaked, upgraded, etc etc.

 

That's nice. I'm happy for the people who will be buying the 2007 and beyond. I will be enjoying my 05 for quite some time.

 

Kabura and another 1 not seen yet

 

duhh back at you. you asked what cars dont change in 4 years. i gave you examples. my answer was relevant to your question.

 

MPV has had MANY changes.

 

not in its first few years. that was the point

 

care to elaborate?

 

Quote from Rxwannahave "Because as stated, we care about the car overall…about the RX, about it progressing instead of disapearing for half a decade again. It’s not that I would trade my 8 for a new one and put myself in the whole, it’s when I pay off my 8 maybe I’ll go and buy another RX8 and give Mazda a sale. There are a lot of reasons to care and not care, as a fan of the car I want it to progress"

glad i got to home once a year. because where im from, rx car didnt disapear for half a decade.

 

How is the Kabura going to be an answer to anything? It's probably gonna get that Mazda four banger, be rated around 200 hp, considered slow, and Mazda will say horsepower isn't an issue because handling is what they're all about.

 

Ya know - that's the single most annoying line I hear from Mazda. FAR TOO Many of the rx8's competitors have BOTH. With mazda, it's one or the other.

I swear, if the rx8 didnt LOOK so good I'd have a hard time keeping it - for just a LITTLE bit more I could find a b6 S4, C5, Boxter S...etc...or whatever.

:D

 

IMO
The main reason that we have not seen a factory Turbo-ed RX-8 is because of exhaust emissions, having said this before in other threads many months ago, and I believe that the issue is still the same...emissions.

Then you have engine reliability, extra cost, fuel consumption.etc.

All this when oil prices are at record levels and will continue to be so, IMO gone are the days of cheap gas.

Mazda have gone about as far as they can for their 100% petroleum rotary engine.

As we know the rotary works with a hydrogen hybrid combo, which appears to be the rotaries future thats if you are prepared to lose about 50% of engine HP, and only achieve about 60 miles (kilometres) per tank of hydrogen.

The RX-8 is still the same unique sports car when it debut 4 years ago.