Last week Mazda unveiled the RX-8 Spirit R – a farewell to the four-door, four-seat rotary engine sports car. So does that mean Mazda won’t be doing any other rotary engine powered cars? Not at all. In fact, when the Mazda RX-8 Spirit R was released, the company’s Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President and [...]
Mazda is saying farewell to the RX-8 with a new special-edition model of its four-door, four-seat rotary engine sports car. Known as the Mazda RX-8 Spirit R, the special-edition model will go on sale from November 24, 2011 at all Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealerships throughout Japan. Production of the Mazda RX-8 will end in [...]
The future of Mazda’s rotary-powered sports car replacement is very much in question. First, we heard that Mazda was looking into an RX8 replacement with the highlight being that the RX8-predecessory could have a one-of-a-kind laser ignition system. But afterwards, the last bit of news suggested that Mazda was going to axe the rotary all [...]
Mazda may be retiring its unique rotary motor 44 years after its debut. Popular among enthusiasts, the rotary motor has recently been featured in the RX-8 model, which is being retired after the 2011 model year. The current version has been in production since 2004. Some reports provide information that gives the possibility of seeing [...]
Mazda has been doing a good job at keeping us in the dark with its RX-8 successor. Little detail is known about the trademarked flagship for the brand. But just recently, reports have provided some more details regarding the new rotary Wankel engine that will be powering Mazda’s famous sports car. The Japanese brand said [...]
Mazda has been the only one to continue its signature Wankel engine since the 1964 Cosmo R100 Coupe through the famed RX- sports cars. And just recently, the Japanese make provided an update to some of the latest efforts. We’ve already known that Mazda has been working on a new RX-8 replacement for quite some [...]
The earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan continues to delay car imports from Japan. Mazda told its U.S. dealers today to stop ordering vehicles made in Japan as the company prepares to shutdown plants again after a brief reopening. Mazda spokesman Jay Amestoy said that the suspension affects the May allocation for Mazda’s U.S. sales [...]
Mazda has been keeping all of us on our toes with their plans for the RX-8 replacement. Of course we know, by tradition it will be powered by a rotary Wankel engine. It seems like Mazda may have run into a little wall because on their Facebook page, they asked: “If you were to design [...]
Since it was first introduced back in 2003, the Mazda RX-8 has maintained a rather large following of enthusiasts. The model would go on to win a total of 48 global vehicle awards since its inception, including nine for the RENESIS Rotary Engine. With close to 182,000 models sold to date around the world, RX-8 [...]
According to some high-up sources, Mazda is planning on ceasing sales of the rotary-powered RX-8 coupe after the 2011 model year. Mazda has already officially announced that sales of the Mazda RX-8 will not continue in Europe after 2011 due to strict EuroV emissions standards. The Wankel-engined 2+2 sports car, which was refreshed in 2009, [...]
