Did anyone else notice that they list the MPG in the brochure at 18/24....

I thought it was listed at 23/30 on the website????

What gives?

 

The website has since been edited. Guess the EPA didn't agree with Mazda's claim...

 

Oh man...that blows!!!!!!!!!

 

Did Mazda make a mistake?

I think the engine is a 8.1L not the 1.3L

 

Can't be as bad as an FD tho. I was getting ~10mpg for city driving

 

wow, i didn't notice that...that is pretty bad...worse than my V6 which i floor all the time

 

whoa 18/24?? is that bad? honestly I dont know...

about how much miles would that be on a full tank I wonder.

 

do you actually measure what you're getting from it?? your MPG is heavily dependant upon how the car is driven, and at what speeds.

 

yea i know...i said i do floor it all the time...my car holds 19.4 gallons or so the manual says...one time i filled up my tank complete, and let my tripmeter run from 0...i got up to about 400 miles before it was on E and the gas light went on...so 400/19.4 = 20.6 m/gallon...

 

Actually you are suppose to divide the mileage by the amount of gas you put in at your fuel stop, not the total size of your tank...unless you ran out of gas.....

 

Perhaps Mazda had quoted a MPG, not Miles per US Gallon. :-D

 

These figures are really dissappointing. For comparison, here is a list of some other cars:

350Z: 20/26 (23)
G35 Coupe: 20/27 (23.5)
S2000: 20/26 (23)
EVO: 18/26 (22)
STI: 18/24 (21)
WRX: 20/27 (23.5)
FD: 17/25 (21)
Cobra: 16/22 (19)
BMW 330I: 21/30 (25.5)
RSX-S: 24/31 (27.5)
RX8: 18/24 (21)

Basically, no improvement vs. the FD. Maybe it will do better on emissions?

 

fuel economy on the RX8 is terrible. Hope buyers out there have don't do high mileages! In the UK, fuel is expensive, so economy and emissions become very very important. Reason why our RX8's are almost 20bhp less than yours.

 

When C&D flogged it around the course, it only got one MPG less than the G35 Coupe....

So it's not *that* bad.. granted not that *good* either; but I'm not buying this car for gas mileage

 

absolutley, buy the car for the performance it offers and that incredible revving ability, which no doubt will suck fuel faster than Saddam can burn oil wells....

Just kidding! Fuel is little sacrifice for the free revving ability and enjoyment the rotory offers. I can't wait to get behing the wheel and floor the 'go' pedal

 

Come back to SA, it is still very cheap here!

 

yup, site shows 18/24 now.. shame on them.

 

sheylen...i hear there is another decrease in fuel prices this month....our Prices in London are about 74p per litre.....that's almost R9 per litre ! BTW : a pint of high grade oil, almost a R100.00


Reason : fuel tax here is almost 75%!

 

I don't think so. If I recall, the mixed fuel economy was 14 for the cobra, 15 for the RX8 and 18 for the G35 coupe. I posted this awhile back below:

http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.p...7436#post37436

 

Mazda certainly didn't deliver on their "improved mileage" promise. What did they say? 20% to 40% at idle?

The only screw up so far. A bit disappointing too. city mileage isn't horrible, but 24 on the freeway is pretty crummy.

 

I remember some magazines saying they got up to 28mpg when they drove like human beings. When they drove like maniacs, they got as little as 22mpg. But that is to be expected, don't you think?

 

What was the MPG on the FD?

 

FD: 17/25 (21)

 

doh, I'm blind.

 

whatever... i don't know how the EPA rated the FD that high: it wasn't.