Rotary Bliss 2009 Mazda RX-8 @ 2008 Detroit Auto Show

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2008/2009mazdarx8.html

If you're really into rotary engine-inspired wheels, the 2009 Mazda RX-8 might fall into the "special" category. For the rest of us, this RX-8 is merely what car companies like to call a "midcycle refresh." No major sheet metal changes, a relatively untouched interior and nothing much going on under the hood. It's an attempt to inject some newness into an aging car without spending the big bucks to give it a full redesign.

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• 2009
• Mazda
• RX-8
• 2008
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[ReggaeZal]

a "sports" car is not defined by the number of doors.

[TKDWolf]

Saying Mazda's rotary engine is a "german engine" is like saying all cars that use piston engines are from the country where they first invented piston engines. It's a Japanese engine.

[jazon345]

@samartz Not a lot, you just have to make sure you take care of it, don't treat it like a Camry or anything.

[hernandadmx]

@hernandadmx not china LMAO Japan

[hernandadmx]

@TKDWolf Its a japenese engine. its been refined and fixed in china. If that were so all v8s are French.

[samartz]

whats the maintenance costs like with these cars?

[orochiThing]

@TurkeySammiches Ive seen em all and know some.

[JoRgItOnAzGuL]

@TurkeySammiches i dont know where ur live but moms drive all those cars here in calgary dude

[kjwade]

@TKDWolf LMAO "Can I at least get a lick?"

[kjwade]

@TurkeySammiches LMAO!!

[TKDWolf]

Mad Mike's 26B (er, 23A? It used 12A rotors I think) drift car made 600HP NA, and they built it in two months. That's pretty close, right? :P 

Can I at least get a lick? lol, jk.

[TurkeySammiches]

@TKDWolf If you can find me a road legal engine like that I will suck your dick