May 6, 2010 - RotaryNews.com has confirmed the MY-2011 (Model Year 2011) RX-8 will be the last. What this means is there will be another gap when Mazda will have no Rotary Powered car in the US market.

There will be no Tokyo Autoshow this year for passenger cars, as 2010 is a commercial vehicle show., nor have we heard of a project car for the LA or Detroit autoshow. What this means is at the earliest, the RX-7 concept could be shown at the 2011 Tokyo Autoshow, in October 2011. Mazda still has to sort out issues with the 16x, so it could 2012-2013 at the earliest before the next Rotary Sports Car hits the streets….
Full story at: http://rotarynews.com/
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-Berny H.
http://rotarynews.com/

 

Does that mean the value of our cars will go up? haha

 

quite the opposite.

What we need is a fast and the furious 5 only using rx-8's, and all through the movie they make comments about how reliable the RX-8 is. Oh also how it can smoke a Ferrari after its been set on fire and trashed at a junkyard.

Yea then we will prosper.

 

we can call it Fast and Furious 8, (obviously!)

 

Nice i like it!

 

So sad.. Such a nice car!

Vince

 

sales is so slow, you really can't blame them. but 9 years (counting jdm) ain't too bad. i'll keep mine for a while

 

Please feel free to leave last model RX-8 feedback on the RN.COM story at:

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/1090

We know Mazda is peeking at the feedback there...



-Bern

 

^^ That is why I posted this here Bern

Go post away and check out his links!

 

Do people REALLY think Mazda is going to go through the expense of federalizing an all new motor or FI setup just for one last final hurrah on a car that has been nailed to the showroom floor?

I want to believe, but come on...

 

Yes

 

 

well at this point they have spent so much on the 16x project they cant exactly turn around so its def going to be released I just don't know if its going to be FI or not. and how many of them they will release.

 

Didn't that guy get shot?

:P

 

wow... I dont even know what to say...

 

I see no problem here. It's the end of it's life....some things can't live forever. I'd rather them not make more RX-8 and waste the money while they sit on a lot. They should instead work on the 16x.

 

yes sir

 

There is even talk that the NeeSSAN 370Z is about to retire, due to poor sales..

 

so i could have a first year, and last year.. sweet.. kinda kills my buy a 09 and stick a 04 diff in it thought train.. sell the ms3..

have just one car! that is just silly..

beers

 

AMEN brother.......... It's time to move on here, and have Mazda concentrate on the 16x or next RX machine.

The RX8 had a great run but it has clearly reached the end of it's line.

I got faith that Mazda will deliver a great sports car. But that can't happened while the 8 is still around.

 

There's a lot of chatter about this on the 370 board. Seems like the 370 might be the end of the line for the Z car. Going forward I think companies are going to have to focus more on lighter sportscars with smaller engines/less power.

 

I'll keep mine for a long long time though.

 

Had a Quick look at 'a' 370Z Forum......
Boy, they are still having issues going back to the 350Z...

Like Long Block replacements, due to excessive Oil Consumption, then a guy says a quart is normal for 3000 miles use ...I use that much with my RX-8!..

5Th gear issues, one guy on his 4th transmission!!..

As far as the 370Z sales go, I think I have seen one in my town, seen more Series II RX-8's than 370Z's.

You have to remember 370Z in Australia are almost $20,000 more than the S2 RX-8.

 

i really hope they dont release that ugly as sin rx-9 concept. it looks terrible. what they need to do is try to redesign a new car. keeping obviously the 13b 50/50 weight and lsd. OR make a turbo version of the rx8!!!! why havent they done that yet!!???

 

mazda hasnt shown any concept of an rx-9. the only thing you have seen is artists conceptions from various magazines own artists.