New Mazdaspeed RX-8?
10-15-2004, 11:45 AM
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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."
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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Originally Posted by M12
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."
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."
Interesting, especially this part - supercharged rotary
10-15-2004, 12:31 PM
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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!!
woooot!!
10-15-2004, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by donald121
Great find!!! I will look for that magazine on Oct 26. :D
kind of like a special edition?
10-15-2004, 01:53 PM
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yes its a sepeate new magazine from the folks at R&T available on newstands where ever R&T is sold.
10-15-2004, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by M12
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."
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."
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.
10-15-2004, 02:11 PM
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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
10-15-2004, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by another8owner
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
10-15-2004, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-Hachi
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.
" With its specially-designed Mazdaspeed suspension improvements (shocks and springs, anti-roll bars) and supercharged rotary "
10-15-2004, 04:13 PM
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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.
