RogueTadhg

Yeah, too bad the american Mazda website reads more like a dealership.

supergoat

Those wheels are ugly as ****.

map

That's a really nice write-up

rotorhead335

ditto that

altspace

iTrader: (2)

Japan video and website.

http://www.carview.co.jp/magazine/re...azda_rx8_40th/

rogerdodger

Oh well, my 06 shinka has all of the options including the Bilstein shocks and H-Tein springs, the handling is awesome, not too surprise they went with the Bilsteins. A turbo with 6-7 psi would have been nice for a 42-49% more power.

solelife

not impressive sigh..

Tirminyl

Im trading my 8 in for it! Can't wait!!!

pfloydss

Does anyone make a rotor shaped wheel design? If not then someone should as we have that all over the car now anyway.

CosmosMpower

Is it me or do I see Bilsteins in the japanese brochure? If so that'd be the best feature of the whole edition.

Mazda used to have cool special/limited edition cars like my 93LE miata. Full red leather miata (no other miata ever produced had that), suspension from the R package miata (bilsteins, stiffer springs, larger swaybars), headrest speakers/bass shakers, chrome door panels, special 9 lbs BBS wheels etc.

CosmosMpower

Is it me or do I see Bilsteins in the japanese brochure? If so that'd be the best feature of the whole edition.

Mazda used to have cool special/limited edition cars like my 93LE miata. Full red leather miata (no other miata ever produced had that), suspension from the R package miata (bilsteins, stiffer springs, larger swaybars), headrest speakers/bass shakers, chrome door panels, special 9 lbs BBS wheels etc, LSD, ABS etc.

New Yorker

I'm thinkin' the same thing myself. Tempting.

nbthing

Autoblog gives its take on the 40th anniv. edition here:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/17/f...ecial-edition/

One not-so-nice soundbyte from the article:
Mazda's official hyperbole about the RX-8 brags that the car changed customer expectations of what an affordable sports car should be when they launched the four-place coupe in 2003. It sure did; we've now come to expect less than the stated power output from the Renesis Wankel, which also swills oil like a... well, like a Wankel.

But there are some compliments after that.

solo8

So no more power, but if the car handles even better with the suspension upgrades, you'd almost never have to slow down!!

To me that makes a sports car more than pure HP. If I found a deal on a 40th anniv. down the line I'd consider training, unless the next gen is something special. The pics I've seen of the supposed prototype are ugly IMO though.

New Yorker

What bothers me is when they say "…swills oil like a… well, like a Wankel." That's very misleading—particularly to newcomers contemplating a purchase. For decades, everyone knows that "bad" engines (i.e. old engines, poorly designed engines, poorly maintained engines, etc.) burn oil.

Autoblog's choice of words makes it sound like the Renesis belongs in the "bad engine" category when, in fact, it doesn't, since it consumes oil by design, which is a very different thing. (And while we're on the subject of being misleading, the Renesis doesn't "swill" oil—it sips it.)

delhi

Errr.... the 2006 NC Miata SE had red interior. Very hot too. Or was it a Canadian only thing?

77mjd

I like that white one better than the grey one. They should also have a whitewater pearl with some sort of black/white color combo on the interior leather.

lone_wolf025

Are those foam members even that good? Do they provide any benefit other than sound dampening?

hondasr4kids

Yeah wheels are ugly, they look like glorified automatics rims.

The supposedly stiffen the chassis also.

onephatguy

Badging, a couple of DIY mods, and a couple extra thousand dollars. I would prefer the Shinka edition. I have a Titanium Grey, and I would agree, they've done enough shades of Grey. Come out with another yellow, or orange, red, bring back winning blue, just something different but classy.

ASH8

Anniversary RX-8 Models are now available here in Australia..
Caught a quick look today as I drove past a Mazda showroom, it was in Metropolitan Grey.
The car was reversed in so all I could catch was it's rear end.

Mikeluvs8

yeah, a special edition with nothing special on it!!!

Mikeluvs8

ill just buy the 40th anniversary badge my car would look like the white one but better!!!

Rotary Xperiment

Thanks for the info!! Keep us posted, particularly with the interior. Is it available only in Cosmo Red, or are there other combinations?

Rotary Xperiment

Oh and don't forget about the wheels, Ash. Do they look like the US version or the Japan version?