The RX-8 is a high-revving sports car with perfect weight balance and a high-tech vehicle packing a modern version of Felix Wankel's rotary engine. Read More »

New Car Review of the 2005 Mazda RX8 Sports Coupe Description: Sports Coupe Base MSRP Range: $25,375 – $26,875 Invoice Price Range: $23,460 – $24,844 Where built: Japan The slinky sports coupe from Mazda is a high-revving sports car with perfect weight balance and an attitude that seems most satisfied when sent through a slalom course. It’s also a high-tech ... Read More »

The essence of Mazda's favored rotary-powered RX-7 hatchback sports car lives again in modern format with the new RX-8. Read More »

The RX-8, available in the Fall of 2003, is an all-new product from Mazda. It does not replace the RX-7, which is no longer sold in the United States. To Madza the RX-7 is, and will always be, a 2-door, 2-seat sports car. Hence the RX-8 with its 2 full doors, 2 partial doors (similar to those on Saturn’s coupe and positioned like suicide doors) and seating for 4 is in a classification of its own. It is a product offering for people wanting sports car performance from a practical, yet hip, sedan. Read More »

Mazda thinks it's solved the RX-7's shortcomings in a four-door, four-passenger car with aggressive styling and an all-new rotary engine called the RX-8. Sure, it has plenty of power, crisp handling, a firm ride, and a sweet engine, but Mazda goes too far in describing it as "truly a sports car." No matter how quick it is, nothing with four doors and four seats is a sports car. Read More »