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Originally Posted by 18bsTiRX8
Mazda is trying to produce a sports car that will sell to a lot of people, attracting a large customer pool within a reasonable price range.
They are not going to change something to please just a small segment of enthusiasts and risk losing sales from all the other folks (that don't roam enthusiast boards) that can't afford $45k on a toy. Keep perspective...there are a lot more RX8 owners to consider than those represented on the internet :) Also if they released an F/I 8, the price wouldn't be as high as you have imagined. The car would probably have been around the same ball park as a G35 Coupe...32-36k, and there are shitloads of those cars out there. Plenty of people can afford them. All I'm saying is that in the US, for majority of sports car buyers, horsepower is everything. |
Sales may not have been great, but I doubt ANY increase in price (even for an extra 50hp) would do anything to improve those numbers.
Like I said before, I would have liked to see more power but the only way they would sell more of these cars is to increase power and lower price. With quality also being a concern, throw that into the mix and you will see that the requests in this thread are nearly impossible to meet (ie more power, more options but same or lower price) And about the comparison to the G35, I almost bought an 05 G35 6MT Coupe...it has HP on paper, but drive one after driving your 8. I expected a big jump when I heard of the 300hp, but I was thoroughly disappointed. I don't know if the "idea" of 300hp make you guys think that car is faster, but it made me decide to keep my 8. |
Originally Posted by praxis1301
wow.. ya'll are a bunch of cry babies... if ya don't like the car, don't like the features, don't like enough about the car, don't buy it. if ya bought it, then that was ur choice and no one forced you to, so quit whining about it. you bought it 'cause you liked it and liked what it offered. if ya wanted power and torque and muscle go buy a good ole american muscle car. if you want luxury and cool gadgets and features go buy a lexus or cadillac. just quit trashing a car that you must have liked enough to purchase. now i'll step off my soap box.
preech on my fellow Phantom Blue Brethren, Preech on! :rock: |
Originally Posted by DMRH
You girls think your hard core whinging now. (Americans remind me of my wife :boring: ) Just wait until the RX-8 gets dropped.
Look back to 1990. Mazda released the Eunos Cosmo. Sales did not live up to expectations so it was axed after 6 years. During that period, there was no significant changes for the series-II update from 94-95. Since 03 there has been no significant changes on the RX-8. Colours, trim colours, little things here & there (just like the Cosmo). It seems the colour rotation is happening again in 07 but I personally fear the RX-8 may not last as Mazda are doing the same to the RX-8 that they did to the Cosmo plus they are not making any noise about the future of the rotary right now. I know the words "USA, stop whinging" will fall on deaf ears but the decision may have already been made over in Hiroshima REgards To date they have made more RX-8's when compared to the RX-7 apart from series 1 in the same production period. Mazda have made more RX-8's since it's birth than their only other sports car the MX-5-Miata to the end of January 2007. If you recall the MX-5 (NA) had NO changes apart from colors and limited editions in its first 4 years also.. I am very sure we will see a mild face-lift in the RX-8 later this year for 2008MY. To Quote Mazda Australia's customer services manager yesterday... "The RX-8 is still very much our flagship model now and into the future as our unique sports car. Speculation on forums and blogs make for interesting reading if nothing else" |
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