because it just looks silly.....

and thats because it is

 

What? Lotus Elise & Exige are awesome! Wish it seats four, has proper A/C, leather heated seats, comfortable as a DD and was priced lower. It would be perfect! Oh wait... that's the RX-8.

 

"In the purest sense of a sports car, the rear-drive RX-8 is the most satisfying through corners. I felt like it was a glove on my hand. I could put it right where I wanted. Extremely well balanced, easy to drift, unfettered by weight. The all-wheel-drive cars tend to understeer, and then when they do break loose it's a big event and a lot happens. In the RX-8, on the other hand, things happen a little bit at a time. It's just so much fun to drive." Pobst's words only reinforce our own: Big handling numbers are instructive and meaningful, but they often tell you nothing about the actual experience of driving a car, how it "feels." Though underpowered and under-tired compared with other entries here, the RX-8 has grace and fluidity and balance like few other sports cars on the market today. "The more powerful cars feel like riding a horse," Pobst says. "The RX-8 feels like wings bolted right to your arms."

Which is what I have been saying for years to people like IkeWRX and others who frequented this forum to bash the 8.

Screw the numbers. What people don't get is that the way the engine pulls the car is perfectly suited to it's chassis, which is perfectly suited to the interior, which is perfectly suited to the unique look of the car. The RX-8 is all of a piece, not a collection of pieces bolted to what I derided as Japanese Buicks.

Small wonder that those who test cars for a living still love this car, despite the years having gone by. To those who understand what the experience of a car is about, not the specs, the car provides unending enjoyment,

 

How VERY True...

I often think if the RX-8 was being released today for the first time it would still be a motoring hit...it is amazing after ALL these years the RX-8 still is respected and enjoyed by owners, professional drivers and reviewers..

As I have said before this car will be an Icon and Classic many years from now.
It is a masterpiece of engineering..it is a pity the knockers who have never owned or who just do not get it will never *live* with this Sports Car and own the "Complete Experience"... It is just so satisfying in every way.

 

[F]re[e]-post!!!!

 

Well they left the updated RX-8 off the 2009 test this year. However, the updated MX-5 Miata carried Mazda into a 3rd place win after the Audi R8 (2) and Cayman S (1). MT got the manual MX-5 0-60 in 6.7 seconds. That's really not too far off the pace of an 8...

Camaro came in dead last, 10th.

http://www.motortrend.com/features/p...car/index.html

 

yup the camaro was last but i hate the magazines that compare the gt500 to the camaro it costs WAY more and is a souped up version keep it gt vs ss man ... plus im a camaro owner ...

 

The updated RX-8 was in last years test....which is what this thread is about.

Great to see the MX-5 also in 3rd position..

 

this isthe most true statement.

the rx8 gives you a little bit of everything all gently rolled up into a perfect machine, unique in so many ways.

That's why I love My RX8