In Canada you have 3 interior options: black and taupe, black and black and black and red.

Unfortunately the color of the exterior determines your interior insert color.

I've seen them all, and I like them all about the same. From the brochure I thought the red on black was a bit much, but in person it's fine.

I had to go red + black when I decided on the Velocity Red exterior. No complaints from anyone yet

 

Well, you gotta imagine it all shiny and on a 3-d surface.


But yeah, I think it may be just me and for everyone else it's

 

 

I have the red/black leather with silver. I went out of my way to get this exact combination. The reason is nostolgic: my first RX-7 was silver with black cloth with red highlight. But even more important is that when I met my wife, she was splitting with her Ex and she still owned a 1978 silver Ferrari 308GTS with red/black leather interior. What a fine car that was.

And what a fine car the RX-8 is! :D

 

dude , i hope you get your present regardless of colour ! but the red/black sold me. it was a deal-breaker if i couldn't get the red/black...

my only regret is not getting more red accents!!!

- red handbrake lever
- red shifter ****
- red shifter cover (bag)
- red night lights in footwell
- red neon under-carriage lights

i can't wait for x-mas... i hope i get all this other red crap for this car...

 

My only regret is in not getting the red/black interior, and the nav system. Yeah, it would have meant getting the most loaded up RX8 possible...but I still wish I would have sucked it up and paid a few thousand more.

 

\I am sure it was nice on the car, but here, it looks like gumbys brains.

 

All I can say is that I LOVE the red/black leather in my black 8!! :D

 

I have owned 12 cars - 6 black interiors, 1 red, 1 gray, and 4 tan. I never got tired of the tan/sand/beige. The last 4 cars were this color and I would have gone with a tan interior of sorts if available. The one interior I will never choose again is gray. I got sick of it in less than 6 months and it starts to look dirty. The all red interior wore on me too. I never even considered the 2 tone interior in the 8 until AFTER I bought mine and saw a Titanium with brown/black - nice combination. The red is nice too on a black car and I guess the red too. Still, I wish the blue had a tan option. That would look good.

 

I was sold on the red/black interior ever since I saw it in an Alfa 3.0 GTV. This was the car I was planning to buy until the RX-8 came on to the market

 

Looks nice with the black paint - I have to admit.

 

Kevin,
The red & black interior looks great with your black RX-8. It is much more subdued than the same interior on my Velocity Red. With my car it screams at you a little more. I wanted my car to look a little outrageous and it fits the bill perfectly. :D

 

Roy:

My first choice when looking for the 8 was Velocity Red, but then I saw the black with the red and I was sold. I just remember the 93 LE Miata that was black and red leather and it looked mint. I couldn't pass this car up

 

I had plain black leather on my first 8 and my new one has Red/Black. I was worried to because my car is Silver but when I saw it. WOW!!!!! I LOVE it....even on silver it is very striking and everyone that has seen it thinks it is WAY better than the plain black....My 6 year old says it looks "fancy"

 

I have had more "Ooooo's" and "Ahhhhh's" over the red and black interior than any other car I have ever purchased. The choice is just perfect.

 

The leather gets more attention than the outside.

 

I just got my 8......the black area with the ridges seems to be vinyl and the black area higher up on the sides seems to be real leather. anyone agree?

 

I agree

 

Yup, I do think that is right, much better then my gsx...the back seats were vinyl, as were the sides of the front seats...This from a 2000 leather option!

 

I thought about the red and black but only for a second. It really depends on your personality and tastes. I myself wanted something mroe conservative looking and less flashy, so I went with sunlight silver and all black interior.
But if you want to be a little more loud and get a little more attention (as if this car needs more attention) the red/black combined with a louder color is the way to go.