New Mazdaspeed RX-8?
 

http://roadandtrack.com/article.asp?...rticle_id=1627

Speed Magazine, Availible on Oct 26.

"Renegade Rotary
SPEED Editor Sam Mitani gains exclusive access to Mazda's super-secret RX-8. With its specially-designed Mazdaspeed suspension improvements (shocks and springs, anti-roll bars) and supercharged rotary, this is one mean sports car, lapping Willow Springs faster than a Porsche Boxster S or the Nissan 350Z."

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http://roadandtrack.com/assets/image/10152004105747.jpg

Interesting, especially this part - supercharged rotary

:eek: :eek: :eek:

:D SWEEEEETTTTT

What's that - a hood scoop????

wow ... can't wait to see that!

DAMN.. finally. a post with some evidence!!

I was going to cry if it was another bogus thread.....

Great find!!

It's my new avatar! Looks like it was M12's first post - your right - great find. Can't wait toll 10-26-04 now!

What is Speed though? I have not heard of this magazine.. Is it different from Road & Track?

This should be my new avatar.... haha

http://roadandtrack.com/assets/image...0418252285.jpg

OK.. back on topic.. but damn..

Great find!!! I will look for that magazine on Oct 26. :D

..but damn is right Dave!

Seems we have missed the first issue! New magazine just for us :)

F@#*ing sweet !!!!! thank you "m12"!!! sam mitani has been the llucky journo to be rthe first to drive each version of the * i believe. glad he was the one to get the scoop here.

woooot!!

So does this mean it will be in news stands and is a seperate mag from R&T?

kind of like a special edition?

That's what I'm talking about! Party! Reverse the curse, not, sorry boston fans.

yes its a sepeate new magazine from the folks at R&T available on newstands where ever R&T is sold.

Speed is a sweet magazine for tuners and sports car enthusiasts, it's similar to a regular road and track magazine but without the SUV and other silly articles, and a little more in depth numbers and stuff.

:eek: :eek: :eek: Oh baby! I think my heart just skipped a beat. I know what my next car will be. :D

Sam is the man! He also was first to sample the yellow prototype RX-8 at Mazda's proving grounds, long before the other mags. Mazda must like him and R&T. That looks like a very cool issue. They've also got an article on the SpeedSource Grand Am RX-8, which has won 4 races this year and has chance of beating BMW for the championship in the last race.

interesting how mazda australia and now this car both show up around the same time sporting forced induction, makes you wonder if there was a competition within mazda corp to see what each division could develop. notice they both have the blacked out headlight covers and nobody else seems to have seen them before.....hmmmmm

Damnit... and all we get is a teaser! I want the whole article!!! :D

Man oh man I hope the offer a non-warranty voiding retrofit kit...

Yes an interesting coincidence. But the new Mazdaspeed body kit looks way better than the old one for me. Combined with enhanced suspension tuning and a factory engineered FI solution, I'll take the Mazdaspeed one over the Aussie effort. This little teaser is just what Mazda needs to keep the spot light and interest on the RX-8.

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*note to self: pick up SPEED mag next week*

where are you seeing anything about a new mazdaspeed kit? all i see is
" With its specially-designed Mazdaspeed suspension improvements (shocks and springs, anti-roll bars) and supercharged rotary "

If you look very closely at the photos (I know they are small), you will see the front spoiler is a different design. The rear spoiler is also different and there's a rotary shaped hood scoop as well.

Look at the photo... specifically around the oil cooler ducts, side skirts, and rear underside of the car. (wing is different too)

Bigger picture..... worse quality, look at the front, and the spoiler

Definitely not a seport. Good find bro'. :)

The car looks promising, and the fact it's supercharged opens up new doors for yours truly. ;)

I like the new kit a little better too. Although, I want to see that hoodscoop in more detail and those fog lites have to go.

Great find though.

Instead of the black headlight covers, I hope they do a clear lens with body colored backing like the Ferrari 360 Modena and the new Corvette. Looking closer at the photos, it even looks like the rear diffuser is new too.

Ferrari style headlights would look great, and i agree the rear diffuser does look different.

Diffuser or wing? It's kind of hard to see the diffuser.

Hopefully the supercharged RX-8 will be released outside of the japanese market , at a reasonable price ????

cheers
michael

Hopefully any kit will be released... This is killing me.

Different design yes, is it a mazdaspeed design or not well who knows. The bold print said Mazda's Super Secret RX-8 not Mazdaspeed RX-8. It is a stunning design for the kit but IMO i think we should wait till we get a bit more info about it before making any speculations.

The front end looks very similar to racing beat's front end w/o the cross bar in the middle.
Also note the black head light and tail light masks. Those look sexy.
There's more! The rear end is a solid white as well and it's got euro style mirrors.

Very sexy.

True. Until it's officially released, everything is speculation. But as it's a Mazda factory car, I assumed the new body kit is either Mazdaspeed or simply Mazda. Mazdaspeed had several kits over the years for the FD RX-7.

Regardless if it's Mazdaspeed or Mazda, I love it!

THE SIDEskirts seem to flow alot better into the wheel arches. almost like its made that way and not just added on. maybe its just me?!? and the rear side right behind the wheel well looks catches my eye as being different but that could be because its all one color. is the front the same as the "mazdaspeed 2" body or is it also different? either way i am liking this look more than the original mazdaspeed kit.

Amen Brother Man RX-8 enthusiest type person also known as Omicron.. I have a lot of time put into my 8 modding it so far and really don't want to sell it then buy the supercharged one.. a reliable bolt on kit, even if it doesn't fall under the warrenty, is number one on my list if this rumor pans out to be true.. lets just hope it's not 5 years down the road..

Well this cat is out of the bag.... unfortunately due to this R&T article/scoop, we were unable to display this bad boy at SevenStock this year. We had it all ready to go, but they pulled the plug on us, the day before the event. It was understandable, but still a dissapointment.... for all those that attended SevenStock, it was right behind a few doors!! ;)

The car does have a one-off body kit, including scoop and unique body treatment. It has actually been in development for a 1 year +. This is something that the Mazda R&D boys here in the USA (including MazdaSpeed NA) have been working on, so if it ever makes production, it will be available in the USA. It's still only a concept study.

btw, It looks pretty good in person too!! :D

-Bern

wait a second. So you saw this car, in person, and you didn't take pictures?

Does anyone else think that its cool that it has the white paint on white rims look of the Ann. Ed. of the FC made in '88? I think its sweet!

i bet berny did... when R&T dudes weren't looking ;)

Wow great find ... supercharged .... sign me up ... looks great .... Bern you're teasing us ... bet you have more info to release once the Speed article is out?

This should be a stickey

More details please! How much hp/torque? What kind of supercharger? Potential target release dates? etc. etc...

As you are most likely aware Mazda motorsport have also created a forced induction RX8 here in Australia and it was shown at the sydney motor show they said that it was a concept car but would not be going to be available here in Australia .
They were hoping to get 270kw and a huge 350 nm :D

http://www.mazda.com.au/currentnews....cleZoneID=3225

cheers
michael

:eek:Got proof ? lets see a bigger better photo of it since it is going to be on newsstands nationwide anyway. :D

I wonder if this was the car that was at Racing Beat during the focus group. They had an 8 there that was covered but definitely had a hood scoop bulge and the rumor at the time was that it was supercharged.

Cool find! Thanks!

I'm quite eager to check it out on newstands...

So, does this mean we were all looking at a blown 13B sitting on the porting bench at Racing Beat during Sevenstock7, that was part of the testing for this car??

OMFG

Which doors?? If I only had my cloak of invisibility with me! :cool:

Please, please, please let this be sold in kit form as well....