5,000 Pre-Orders at dealers in Japan!
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Checkout the RotaryNews site - http://rotarynews.com/
5,000 Per-Orders produced and are at the dealers and I would think the people are now driving them.
Does anyone in Japan have one and can you give us some details about the car?
5,000 Per-Orders produced and are at the dealers and I would think the people are now driving them.
Does anyone in Japan have one and can you give us some details about the car?
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Re: 5,000 Pre-Orders at dealers in Japan!
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Checkout the RotaryNews site - http://rotarynews.com/
5,000 Per-Orders produced and are at the dealers and I would think the people are now driving them.
Does anyone in Japan have one and can you give us some details about the car?
Checkout the RotaryNews site - http://rotarynews.com/
5,000 Per-Orders produced and are at the dealers and I would think the people are now driving them.
Does anyone in Japan have one and can you give us some details about the car?
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production back on schedual?
that article is dated april 10th, so that means the rx8 hit the dealers on and before the 10th. is there still hope for us? if not, may god help us all....
that article is dated april 10th, so that means the rx8 hit the dealers on and before the 10th. is there still hope for us? if not, may god help us all....
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Originally posted by tribal azn2
it also says 4-8 weeks to ship to US. lets just say it takes 6 weeks, that means 42 days. starting from april 10th, thats.. well u do the math...
it also says 4-8 weeks to ship to US. lets just say it takes 6 weeks, that means 42 days. starting from april 10th, thats.. well u do the math...
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Originally posted by tribal azn2
it also says 4-8 weeks to ship to US. lets just say it takes 6 weeks, that means 42 days. starting from april 10th, thats.. well u do the math...
it also says 4-8 weeks to ship to US. lets just say it takes 6 weeks, that means 42 days. starting from april 10th, thats.. well u do the math...
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Originally posted by tribal azn2
production back on schedual?
that article is dated april 10th, so that means the rx8 hit the dealers on and before the 10th. is there still hope for us? if not, may god help us all....
production back on schedual?
that article is dated april 10th, so that means the rx8 hit the dealers on and before the 10th. is there still hope for us? if not, may god help us all....
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Originally posted by zoom44
the rx-8 has not hit the dealers in japan!!! ask jsg or yuhki or whomever i am forgetting in the asian forum! all it says is that dealers will have them soon and you can go to the dealer and buy one. it is just a report about what was said at the launch the day before. they are going to finish all of the japanese pre-orders before they send any out to the dealers. today was the day that some were to come off the line but even some of those will not be delivered for a week because next week is some japanese holiday week. that means may for some of them being delivered.
the rx-8 has not hit the dealers in japan!!! ask jsg or yuhki or whomever i am forgetting in the asian forum! all it says is that dealers will have them soon and you can go to the dealer and buy one. it is just a report about what was said at the launch the day before. they are going to finish all of the japanese pre-orders before they send any out to the dealers. today was the day that some were to come off the line but even some of those will not be delivered for a week because next week is some japanese holiday week. that means may for some of them being delivered.
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this was posted on april 11th, 2 days after the big shindig in japan (movies available in the multimeadia section, thread "new movie") and 1 day after that article. Yuhki-san is in japan.
Originally posted by Yuhki
I got a call from my dealer yesterday.
I pre-ordered around on Jan/15th though, the production day of my car will be on Apr/28th.
In Japan, there are a lot of national holidays starting from April/29th to May/5th. So, my car probably would come home and be available about in the middle of May
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production hasnt even started on japanese cars??!?!?!?
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Originally posted by Yuhki
I got a call from my dealer yesterday.
I pre-ordered around on Jan/15th though, the production day of my car will be on Apr/28th.
In Japan, there are a lot of national holidays starting from April/29th to May/5th. So, my car probably would come home and be available about in the middle of May
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production hasnt even started on japanese cars??!?!?!?
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Chill out guys! You have to keep on with the deep breathing exercises.
That might be the press release but my dealer won't have a car until at least the end of May. Thankfully Mazda are giving cars to the pre-order customers before the dealers which I really appreciate.
My car finishes production a week today but then I have to wait around 3 weeks to get it. 26 April - 5 May is the Golden Week holiday in Japan where almost everything shuts down. Then there will be a bit of time to ship the car from Hiroshima to Tokyo and install the dealer options at the "port" (the hub where they distribute from in Tokyo).
I still think you guys are looking at July-August in the US. Hang on in there!
That might be the press release but my dealer won't have a car until at least the end of May. Thankfully Mazda are giving cars to the pre-order customers before the dealers which I really appreciate.
My car finishes production a week today but then I have to wait around 3 weeks to get it. 26 April - 5 May is the Golden Week holiday in Japan where almost everything shuts down. Then there will be a bit of time to ship the car from Hiroshima to Tokyo and install the dealer options at the "port" (the hub where they distribute from in Tokyo).
I still think you guys are looking at July-August in the US. Hang on in there!
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I'll post something interesting I heard yesterday. Apparently it's a "secret" that two RX-8s will be at an Ottawa dealership for sale in the next 7 days. Highly unlikely I know, but the salesman was quite confident and competent with the breakdown and prices of the 8, and was aware of a prototype RX-8 being shown a couple days earlier at another dealership. Apparently, the Ottawa dealership is the largest volume dealer in Canada.
While having a couple of 8s in the next week sounds quite unrealisitic, I wouldn't doubt a couple of early production models do appear in Eastern Canada quite soon. I drove a VIN #79 FD, Dec '91 build for six years, and a buddy of mine in Montreal still has a CYM R1 FD VIN in the fifties (#56 I believe).
While having a couple of 8s in the next week sounds quite unrealisitic, I wouldn't doubt a couple of early production models do appear in Eastern Canada quite soon. I drove a VIN #79 FD, Dec '91 build for six years, and a buddy of mine in Montreal still has a CYM R1 FD VIN in the fifties (#56 I believe).
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Originally posted by brownchiro
And 11 hours before that, by Good Duck in the media section.
And 11 hours before that, by Good Duck in the media section.
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Originally posted by brownchiro
And 11 hours before that, by Good Duck in the media section.
And 11 hours before that, by Good Duck in the media section.
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Originally posted by FritzMan
Apparently, the Ottawa dealership is the largest volume dealer in Canada.
Apparently, the Ottawa dealership is the largest volume dealer in Canada.
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