Winding Road magazine has a new July 7 spotlight titled "Throw Down: Mazda RX-8 R3 Stands All" which pits the car against the Cooper S, 370Z, 335d, Boxter S, and an Audi R8 I saw this today at work on my ipad and this article didn't need a subscription. I loved reading the comparison with the R8 and especially this bit "If the Audi is well worth $114K, then I'd say the RX-8 should go for $85K. Not bad: an $85K car for $32K."

I'd love to link to the page for everyone to see, but it seems like it's not up on Winding Road's website.

Through some ingenuity, I got image captures off the ipad for everyone

 

The RX-8 platform has turned into an "oldie but goodie"

 

nice find, can't wait to ready the all article!!!

 

Neat article. It's nice to hear someone actually defend the 8 for once...though I have a hard time believing that the RX-8 has better steering and shifter than the Boxster.

 

inspiration to keep the 8 for those of you selling it lol... i wanna keep mine and not trade

 

Yea i want to keep mine for a looong time as well (only thing id trade my 8 for is a S2 rather than my 1), i just really need to get a commuter car as well so im not forced to drive the 8 so much.

 

OMG... I knew it!

 

Nice.



He gets it.

 

I dont have a hard time believing that.


If he said Cayman S... then yea, i would have a hard time believing that. That is the only car i would trade my 8 for.

 

Good read.

 

I wonder how well the R3 will stand against the regular RX-8. Good read though.

 

This.


I myself am curious of the difference between the two.

 

I think poor Tom has a touch of rotary fever, not that there's anything wrong with that. But "...declared he could justify the Mazda's abilities versus any
sporting car on sale today"? 1st, that's a fairly broad statement, and what is "justify"?. The RX-8 is what it is, some of it's abilities are excellent, comparable
to some of the best. What do you want the car for... DD, track monster, date car, status symbol?".

"Compare and contrast" would be a valid story, far better than justify.

There are no perfect cars, a few get close, RX-8 perhaps, R8, Cayman S, Boxster S, maybe a Ferrari or two...everyone should be happy we have so many
great choices, depending that is...

 

I love the Audi R8. Kinda cool seeing the RX8 being compared to the R8. An $85k car for $32k? And who said that cars aren't a good investment? haha

 

Nice find Jake!

 

Where were these articles 5 or 6 years ago. The only one that gave this high praise was Clarkson back then. The car my have sold better and we would have a series 3 car.

 

^lol good point.. I think it was Clarkson's review that sold me on the 8 instead of the Z

 

I wonder why they pulled the story?

 

it's still up for download on the app.. their CMS or whoever's job is to put this stuff up on their website must not have done it right and it's been like this since this thread was created lol..

 

'Boxster S for the rest of one's life.' Guess I can't argue with that, as it takes that long to amortize vs. the R3.

 

For the A8's being a babe magnet ... there's the choice of buying an R3 and using the left over $82k to buy babes on an optional basis.

 

ha, that was a good read. thx for sharing

full win for the ipad too :P

 

in reference to the boxter comparison...does the r3 (or any "2nd gen" rx-8) have a lower redline?? i'm pretty sure they do NOT, but it says you have 2000 revs past the porsche's 6400. that's 8400...i guess technically the redline starts at 8500, but everyone knows you can go to 9. i guess it doesn't really matter, but that just caught my eye...

 

nice read. thanks for this.

 

Great Read....