Mazda RX8
Posted by: NB on 14 November 2003
I am thinking of selling my Toyota Supra and buying the new Mazda RX8.
Has anyone had the pleasure of driving one yet? and are they as good looking as the new advert suggests?
Regards
NB
Has anyone had the pleasure of driving one yet? and are they as good looking as the new advert suggests?
Regards
NB
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and maybe even the Z4!
Heh, yeah, but it is a BMW
Cheers
John...
Populist thinking exalts the simplistic and the ordinary
Buyer beware - I long lusted after the RX-7 (predecessor to the RX-8) and was actually talked out of buying one by a surprisingly honest dealer, who claimed that should I ever need any major work done, to be prepared with a second mortgage, as very few dealers are qualified to work on the rotary engines.
Dunno if that's true or not, but there's logic there...
Also, the RX-8 came off poorly in the Autocar 'racing around a track' magazine I bought the other week. They rated the MX-5 above it, despite lack of practicality.
Saying that, they rated the MCS Works lower than I'd have expected too, so I'm taking their tests with a pinch of salt...
John (who wants a Mini Cooper M )
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
Dunno if that's true or not, but there's logic there...
Also, the RX-8 came off poorly in the Autocar 'racing around a track' magazine I bought the other week. They rated the MX-5 above it, despite lack of practicality.
Saying that, they rated the MCS Works lower than I'd have expected too, so I'm taking their tests with a pinch of salt...
John (who wants a Mini Cooper M
)TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
D) They are responsible motorists and didn't want to end up in a heap of flaming wreckage or worse.
Liquidken with a driving attitude like that, I'm surprised you haven't lived up to your namesake.
Liquidken with a driving attitude like that, I'm surprised you haven't lived up to your namesake.
And now for something totally different...
Heheh, read a review today in the English 'CAR' mag, of the to be Vauxhall Monaro. Of course this is pretty much US/AUS technology, designed and built in AUS, and now being exported to the US as a Pontiac GTO, and to dear old Blighty as a Vauxhall Monaro.
As the review said, what it gave away in sophistication, it made up for in looks, get up and go, and a fun, fun drive.
Had to laugh though at the description of it being 'big'
In the US, they're complaining that it's 'small', and not butch enough. Here of course, it's just right
Still, a gorgeous looker, and with a 5.7 litre bent eight with 235kw it ain't to be sneezed at.
Just a thought. Heheh, a real mans car D
Cheers
John...
Populist thinking exalts the simplistic and the ordinary
Heheh, read a review today in the English 'CAR' mag, of the to be Vauxhall Monaro. Of course this is pretty much US/AUS technology, designed and built in AUS, and now being exported to the US as a Pontiac GTO, and to dear old Blighty as a Vauxhall Monaro.
As the review said, what it gave away in sophistication, it made up for in looks, get up and go, and a fun, fun drive.
Had to laugh though at the description of it being 'big'
In the US, they're complaining that it's 'small', and not butch enough. Here of course, it's just right Still, a gorgeous looker, and with a 5.7 litre bent eight with 235kw it ain't to be sneezed at.
Just a thought. Heheh, a real mans car D
Cheers
John...
Populist thinking exalts the simplistic and the ordinary
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did you see the 260bhp mini cooper s on top gear last night
It was 275bhp, actually. Bonkers, but how much fun would that be!!! I actually know someone who drove that very same car (it's the tuner's own personal wheels) when it was at 240bhp and was impressed enough to have her car modded to 220bhp (spoiled, sadly, by a _very unsuitable_ boy-racer-style bodykit. Yuk!)
I'm sure BMW will at some point retaliate, perhaps with a 3.2 Cooper M. Can't see why they shouldn't; a V6 with that supercharger, and a bit of stiffening here and there, should be good for about 290bhp...
But I'm dreaming again. Back in the real world, I recently moved to the S from a Cooper and I'm having lots of fun. It's nippy, handles impeccably and everyone loves it...
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
OK, fair enough. Everyone but Bruce loves it 
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
Algers, to clarify- I was speaking in regards to Mini in the US (and perhaps Canada?). I was also speaking based on memory of a WSJ story several months ago, which detailed their North American marketing strategy. I have no idea Mini's brand equity in Europe.