looking for more info on the 2005 Mazda RX-8 shinka special edition. I know production will begin in November of 2004. there will be a limited production of only 2000 vehicles. painted in BLACK CHERRY

 

uh, wha?

 

you did not know

 

???

 

Well I don't know about this edition of the RX-8, but I do know the Black Cherry Mica looks sweet on the Miata. Hoping it looks as good on the 8.

 

This thread is useless without pics.

 

Yeah.............we need PICS

 

Shinka, what does that mean??

Sounds like a furry animal of some sort or another

 

"Shinka"? Isn't that a small blade that convicts use to stick you while you're "out in the yard"?

 

Yes i have pics in a PDF file

 

The other night I passed gas and turned mine into an RX-8 "Stinka"

 

rjcrom99: You have pics in a PDF file of a Con being "stuck" with a Shinka or pics of TownDrunk's Stinka???

 

More than likely if it realy exists it means "Evolution" that's what the japanese word means. But, so far no official confirmation on that.

 

lets see it......

 

I think it's a ZSU-23/4. Sweet! an RX-8 with 23mm cannons! Either that or it is tracked for offroading...

 

yes 9-K REVER is right, but Mazda has told there dealers it going to start production in November 2004. It helps to sell mazdas to know that. they put it on the mazda dealers web page for us to see Sep 1 2004 . the enhancements are some chassis and interior & very little to the exterior. they have not set a price yet

 

can u send us a link to the jap page that says shinka

 

Here you go:

2005 RX8 SPECIAL EDITION SHINKA.

SPECIAL EDITION RX8 FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS ONLY. (November, December, January & February)
LIMITED PRODUCTION to a total of 2150 over the four months.
SHINKA Stands for Evolution
Exterior color is Black Cherry MICA Parchment leather interior
Special Bright Finished Alloys.
1GT Package with additional equipment.
Front and Rear CHROME Lamp bezels instead of Gray.
BOSE 300 WATT 9 speakers 6 DISK CD players
Satellite radio with 1 year subscription
NO NAVIGATION AVAILABLE.

Kirk

 

IS this going to be in Japan only or is at least black cherry mica going to be available in the USA (then i might go buy one...)

 

Wow, very nice. Seems like a special edition GT package. I wonder if the Parchment leather will be two-tone or monotone. Where did you get this info from?

I too can confirm that "Shinka" is Japanese for "Evolution". I highly doubt it will make it to the US, too bad for us.

 

I have a good relationship with my local dealer, if it is on the dealer's intranet then I think I can get verification. But, I have been reading alot of Japanese sites and I have not heard of this. But, hey, I can't read every thing so I might have missed something. But, I don't know if a cosmetic upgrade is what the 8 needs.

 

Yeah, in most cases when "Evolution" is added to the name it means a performance upgrade. Such as the 1st gen M3 Evolution that was released in Europe and the Lancer Evo. But alas, we're still waiting for Mazda to come out with a turbo or supercharged Renesis. Just hope it doesn't take them as long as it did with the Miata.

 

I work for one of the top selling Mazda dealerships in the nation and just got the info from corporate a few days ago.

Kirk

PS: For those of you who know budaman here on the forum, we work together.

 

No pics?

 

Agreed. Personaly I am not too excited about it..to me its like the Yellow RX8..Oh hum..they have plenty of those sitting on dealer lots.. Mazda needs to get off the cosmetic tip...the car is beutifull already.. it needs less show and more go.

They need to focus on the car's power and not looks if they want to increase their sold units.