abcnews.com / forbes car article with RX-8
 

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/busin...rs_021231.html

not much, but for the archive!

they say 247hp (which i'm sure is 250 ps... whatever the hell a "ps" is)
2900lb
$28 000 US...

not to mention that they called Mazda a "foreign Ford brand", and referred to doors opening as "unclipping"...
<<quiet groan>>

also, 30 mpg??? what fuckin' planet ARE these guys from?? jesus...

I think they took the quote "20% improvement in fuel economy" and applied it to the Rx7's EPA highway estimate of 25.

I'm not expecting 30 MPG on the highway normally, but I wouldn't be shocked seeing some posts in the next year about people approaching that on some long highway trips (albeit driven very delicately).

Anything can be better than 275-300 miles on 14.5 gal I'm getting with my Olds. now and thats Hiway to.:mad:

heh heh, yup... the 18 mpg i'd be getting when i eventually get my FC... ;)
(and i'm sure it'd be less in the city!! :D)

My FD gets around 12MPG city, but gets around 22MPG highway.

On long highway trips, I have gotten as much as 29 mpg in my 1988 FC GTU. More typically it gets about 18-22 mpg, but if a 15 year old FC can get 29 mpg I have no doubt that an RX-8 could reach 30 mpg on a long stretch of freeway.