I am not among the masses that like the new changes in '09, but I think there is potential with some changes. Here is my wish list. Some minor, some.... a little major.
Let's put them in here and give the aftermarket some ideas for change.

 

gotta love it

 

don't we wish!

 

OMG i want it the way it is, forget change!

 

that took me a while hahaha

 

that engine cover is sweet! as for the new 8 i dont think it is horrible, but i dont think it looks great either.

 

im in love with the rims..

 

I like them too, but they need a 9.5" or 10" rim so you can throw on some 265 or 275 tires in the back. The stock wheels look like pizza cutters.

I chopped the above pic with 300s in the back.

 

That's the beauty of it. If I ever go into business making turbo kits for cars I want to do it under the disguise of OEM. I think it is much harder to make things look like they belong than to pimp them out with bling, and for that reason I think it is more desirable.

 

is this an actual car ? looks awesome . Love the hood vent

 

very nice!

 

Photoshop is something I still have to learn...a great job....

 

It is an actual car, sort of... but I pulled off all the plastic crap on the bumper, added the '99 spec rear wing, added wider tires, dropped it by 3", changed it to gray and last but not least added a turbo hood scoop. The scoop is a throw-back from an early Mazda R&D mazdaspeed concept.

 

Looks so much better without the fogs!

 

Disapointed we dont have more yet.

 

haha.. the MAzdaspeed one should look like this!

 

Took out the fog lights on the MS

 

omg.. is that the ms one? I WANT IT!

EDIT: what's the ms year?

 

It's a MS concept, but I would expect it to be close. Mazda R&D guys seem to have a better grasp on what looks good than whoever came up with the 09 restyle.

 

Thats friggin' sexy.

 

love the look, but i prefer no hood scoop. look a little bit too much

 

the hood scoop reminds me of a bull frog for some reason

 

It's nothing new...

 

This shows us where the roots of those stupid fog lights stemmed from.

 

If the scoop was functional for the purposes of drawing air into a supercharger and/or intercooler it'd be a different story. But yea otherwise I agree.