Wasn't from me guys but here it is from Car and Driver:

Look under "future car intelligence":

http://www.caranddriver.com/default....A&agModel=RX-8

Time

 

I'll post the pic when I get home

 

Found it

 

2 door coupe? would it then be a 2-seater? otherwise, why would they eliminate the suicide doors?

 

Oh god, I hate convertibles. I guarentee that only chicks will buy a RX8 convertible.

 

i hate when magazines etc truncate information to have mor e"flash". this is based on3 or so year old information that mazda was working on convertible and coupe variants on the PLATFORM. of course the vert turned into the new MX-5 and the 2 door coupe would be the Kabura concept or the car that makes it to production based on it. i hear there is one other car in the works on the platform but no specifics at all. could just be another concept. they've had that rumour up for a year or more. been discussed before of course

 

yea i dont particularly like convertibles, and i dont like the way it changes the look of the rx-8.

same goes for the 350z convertible.

 

i think the z was actually sucessful but most look hedious

 

Very interesting pic dom. I was actually curious what the 8 would look like if a vert was ever offered...

I must say it looks better than i thought it would from that pic you've got. I'm pretty sure i'd still want a coupe, but it's an interesting idea, i think.

 

thats an actual custom job - the car is injapan

 

even so, the visual of what the 8 looks like without the top gives you the idea. I'm curious as to how much more stiffening that the chassis would have needed.

 

I could not agree more!

 

I didn't think the chassis would be stiff enough for it. Now, an RX-8 T-Top would be SWEET.

 

betcha the suicide doors don't work on the one in the pic. Even with that fugly roll bar, I'd hate to get rear ended in that car - the back end would just fold up and in. Maybe that's what all the speakers are for, padding?

 

I'd be pretty confident that the RX-8 chassis is stiff enough to go topless.

Also, that white RX-8 looks amazing with the top down. I'd buy one if it wasn't much heavier than the hard top assuming it actually went onto production.

 

You guys like the RX8 'vert? It just doesn't look right to me.

 

Looks awful. Leave it as a custom job.

 

Agreed the car looks best as a hard top.

 

I like convertibles but it just seems to ruin the unique looks of the car. It really needs it's top on.

 

retractable hardtop be wuld be nice.

 

Da Drizzle!

 

Big question is would the convertible be a 2 or 4 seater? I could see the coupe as one.

 

Now THAT would be sexy. Soft-tops have to be banned.

 

I'd forgotten that our car is one of Car and Driver's 10 Best for all three years it's been on the market . Thanks for the reminder.

I like convertibles (love the wife's '01 Miata, and the '06 MX-5), but that chop job is hideous (so are Z-verts).

 

on the retract idea, i forgot bout the pillar so i do not know what could be done with out the pillar, with out making the windows funky looking sigh so much for retract idea