Then they might as well go all the way and introduce a pure sports 4th gen RX-7 or call it RX-9. Would be pretty lame having the rear free style doors without back seats. But I want a Mazdaspeed RX-8 to be an RX-8, and that means rear seats to me.

You betcha! :D

And I like the rear spoiler/wing better than the current one to... looks to be a good compromise between the factory spoiler/wing (which I like pretty well) and the current MS one.

Why? It's staying on top all on it's own...

***DROOL***

One thing to say...
 

Wooohooo!!!

Of course they are!

was this on the board that showed the various development-stage RB body kits?

I don't think it looks at all like the Racing Beat kit. It looks more like an evolution of the Mazdaspeed RX-8 front bumper with a touch of the old face lifted '99-'02 RX-7 mixed in.

well damn we all looked at the board with the focus group pics!! with the various designs for body kits. we remarked about how the final design and one or 2 of the others looked as if they COULD BE THE NEXT evolution "STOCK" body style.

which just didnt make the leap

i want it

See it now?

Nope, sorry I don't. Heck, I can photoshop my own front bumper to make it look like that too, that's cheating. Anyway, the RB bumper has a sharper squared off edge to the front nose, while the white prototype seems to have a softer more rounded edge. IMHO, I believe the body kit is a US Mazda/Mazdaspeed design. If anything, Mazda is probably getting RB's help with the supercharger testing.

I dunno. We saw the RB bumper first hand at RB and it was very smooth. They also noted that it may not be the final design. I see the resemblance but mostly it's because i've seen it firsthand and know how the edges actually looked.

That doesnt look like a new spoiler. It looks like the MS spoiler at its highest setting. I just set mine up like that. Its to dark to take pics outside, but ill take pics tomorrow.

Haha....secret agent. Sorry, I have no connection to Road and Track or Mazda.
Im just waiting for the next car that will meet my requirements and I would like that car to be the Mazdaspeed RX-8. I was just browsing the internet and found something that might be the mazdaspeed rx-8 but I guess it might not be.

I guess we will find out on Oct 26 ( or hope we can get more information prior to that *cough*Bern*Cough*).

-M12
Possibly Future Mazda RX-8 Nut. :D

I sir am forever in your debt.

Hmmm... Just a thought that the RX-8 fetured in that article is supercharged, wonder if they are working off of the factory ECU but just fine tuned it. Makes me wonder if all of the problems that aftermarket companies are having with the ECU is do to Mazda intentionally making the ECU hard to alter so people would have a tough time cracking at it? If someone doesn't perfect the ECU soon I might think about selling mine and getting that 8 in the article. I love the 8, but my preference is more power. We'll have to see what that article has to say about the engine management.

Here is a pic the my MS spoiler on the high setting.

You could be right. Hard to say, because the photos of the white car are so small.

But the wing looks to be a slightly different shape with the sides tapering down a bit more than the current MS one. From this front shot, to my eye, it looks a little more square-ish compared to the current MS or factory wing.

I guess we'll all have to wait for this next issue of R&T's SPEED magazine to find out.

no need to sell yours, the real value in a OEM FI model is that the aftermarket can reverse engineer the ECU, or hell just buy the MS ECU and retune the car that way. What I want to know is what was done if anything to the engine, such as seal upgrades, etc....

That's true brillo I really didn't even think of it that way.

The article doesn't matter much to me because it'll be at least another year until it comes out and I can't wait that damn long.

So, they said it beat a 350z on track (which I've read that stock can do that) but a new Porsche boxster S, 0-60 in 5.2 I wonder how well the handling is on the box compared to the mazspd 8.

Pretty impressive to say the least, I hope it hits the states in a nice quantity sometime soon. :)

Willow Springs is in the US. This is a Mazda North American Operations car.

must... resist.... doh! NICE! my wallet's gonna take a beating once this hits production...