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looks like the only way i'll be able to afford the car is to go with the GS package. of course that means no leather so i was wondering if anyone had pics of the cloth interior?

zoom44

here's one for you

and check out fritts' pics

jonalan

I believe these pics are of the non-USA RX-8 (gray cloth with gray interior). US models will be black cloth / black interior.

I don't believe there have been any pre-production models with the black cloth (at least I haven't seen any pics). Just another gamble for those of us getting the cloth in the US.

Elara

Unless they had the European spec seats at Detroit, those are pictures of the black cloth seats we'll get in the US. My pictures from Detroit look just the same-the color just doesn't show up well. The seats on the black car at Detroit weren't midnight black, by any standards, but they were definitely black, and not gray.

jonalan

Elara, do you have your pics from Detroit posted in this forum somewhere? I'm getting black cloth and I sure hope they don't look like the pics above!

I do know that one version (it may be the U.K. version) is definitely gray on gray. I was hoping that's what these were.

zoom44

jonalan it appears you are right on both the us and uk interiors. here is the response from mazdausa:

"Hello again, Charlie!

In regards to your question about the cloth interior, vehicles intended
for the U.S.will only have completely black interiors. Please keep in
kind that some pre-production cars are only concept models and may have
features that will not be a part of the production models.

I hope that this info helps!

Again, thank you for contacting Mazda. It has been my pleasure to
assist you. If for any reason this response has not completely
satisfied you, please feel free to reply to this message. You may also
contact our Customer Assistance Center toll-free at 1-800-222-5500."

see the caveat "vehicles intended for the u.s. will only have cmpletely black interiors." other marlets (uk) may be getting the gray

Elara

jonalan, my pictures from Detroit are here . Because of the lighting, everything looked pretty gray, even though it wasn't.

I could be wrong, but it looks like the exact same seats to me. That's interesting that the UK and US will have different cloth seats- I hadn't heard anything- thanks for updating us!