tissot

Hey guys, I'm interested in buying a RX-8 and while I was looking at the Canadian and American website I noticed that in the American site a black exterior is available with black & red interior.....but in the Canadian site they only have a black interior for a black exterior..... now is this real or is it a glitch in the Canadian site????

khtm

This is for real. CDN 8s have a very limited choice of interiors.

RXMAN16

Buy a red, they go faster. Don't buy silver, they crash.

Cudgel

Yup, in Canada, you can only get the red and black leather interior on a red RX8.

Frostee

you cant choose the interior of an 8 in Canada (as people have already said) i enquired about this at the dealership too, and they told me it was because they make them as 2 packages (GS & GT) GS = black cloth GT = black leather except on the red and titanium. that way they can ship without having to account for different combinations (at least thats what i was told)

dazygirl415

That sucks to hear guys. I've read about a member getting custom leather on his 8 (he got black w/SS accents). Maybe that could be a route to think about... then you could get a cheaper pkg w/cloth.

Frostee

theres other things to the packages too. the GT is like the american version GT

the GS is base model. and if you want one option thats in the GT model, you buy the GT. single things like that, i dont think they do. if you want the moonroof (yup, you guessed it), GT. its all a money-making gimmick...

mikey8

my black has two tone interior its black and tan. so i dont know if thats just on the site because i did realize the site doesnt show the colour combination that i have.

Frostee

are you canadian? was your car a canadian model?

gerhardj

My dealer (Park Mazda Sherwood Park) told me when I bought RED is the only color available now with a 2 tone interior ( red black) The brochure still shows the Titanium Grey Metallic as available with a BLACK/TAUPE combo but apparently this is something of the past for Canadians in the 2005 modelyear as well.

red is faster though......I agree

mikey8

Yes i am canadian and so is the car

Danielson

WRONG !!! I drive a silver RX8, with now over 37000 km on it, nothing wrong with it (Those accident are the drivers fault), I also went on the DYNO and get 186 hp at rear wheel with only a K&N air filter, kicking everyone ***(with a RX8), now talk to me about red one's again ?? :D :D

RXMAN16

Sorry man, red's are just faster. I believe it has something to do with the paint. I'm not to sure but my dealer said that the red paint adds 20hp, and I believe everything the dealer says. He wouldn't have just said that to sell me the car would he!!!

Danielson

HAHAHAHAHA, Poor you, in believing something like this ...no such thing of 20HP more because of the color !! In the other hand, manual have more poney than automatic

Smoker

Sorry Danielson, but RXMAN is right. Didn't you read about that review of all the RX-8 in different colours 2 months ago ? The Red ones has 20hp over the other RX-8s. The silver one is the slowlest because the material of the paint adds a full 0.125 to the wind drag. Do a search and you will see.

Danielson

Well, let me tell you what do I know, the RX8CLUB had a meet in Toronto a couples of week ago, we all put our RX8 on dyno, the machine don't make mistake, I did get the higher number on the dyno for the RX8 with 186 hp at the rear wheel (original is 167hp), the only mod, I did put a typhoon K&N system.
We were comparing all different air filter and mods done to the car, my friend Helas can tell you this is all too real, he did used my video camera...Anyway, if you want to try it, name a place and a time, I will show you if red is actually faster than silver...because so far, it didn't happend to me, I can also tell you the maximum of the RX8 is 253 km/h and then the converner stop the car.
I love driving my RX8, I don't mind driving to Toronto just for show

Smoker

Naah see, that's when you are wrong. If you read the Yamaguchi book, then you will know that the special Velocity Red paint adds at least 20hps to the engine and the higher drag Sunlight Silver paint helps absorb the sunlight but reducing the performance of the engine because now the cam shaft needs to operate at a higher temperature. Take a look and you will see. You don't think those paint names are just marketing statements do you ?

Besides, that new anti-silver-curse TSB (J Flash) only applies to sunlight silvers while the rest of the people don't need it .... so clearly Red is better than silver.

RXMAN, feel free to jump in and give your 2 cents.

RXMAN16

Your 100% right Smoker. You just can't argue with the facts. Danielson, you'll need to read the Yamaguchi book, the truth is in there!

Danielson

I don't read much, I rather stay with the FACT ! But if you still believe it, good for you, I would love to show you wrong...My RX8 silver is fast, very fast and so far, no one has pass me.
Helas, where are you man, with your Red RX8, help those guy's with the fact...

Smoker

see, that's the problem. You didn't read the Yamaguchi book about the horsepower enchancing paint that they use. The book documents everything from the design all the way from the ground up. I'm sure they've done a whole lot more testing than just a few dynos.

Helas and the rest of the guys probably were going easy on the throttle when they were dyno'ing their cars. Since your Silver was close by, they might be worrying that their cars might fly off the dyno and get into an accident with yours.

HELAS

Dan, I donno what you are talking about. Red 8's do go faster:D Numbers are numbers but the proof is in the pudding (Bellville)hahahahahahaha

DARKMAZ8

Guys, colour has nothing to do with it. Base 8's are faster period :p

HELAS

Where's Sham when the red's need him :D

DARKMAZ8

I think I read somewhere that sham is in Florida.

Btw your car is not the same as the other reds. You got the Harry potter special ed. red

HELAS

this is true:D

you know some one in the paint shop had a cold and sneezed when mixing the paint for my car :p