[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shipley
[B]Maximum MPG is 25 combined, and rotory engines are very pricey to maintain.

You watch...they'll be cheap secondhand when people realise the pence per mile costs.

 

Looks fantastic ...... front and rear detailing has clearly been influenced by the S2000. On the issue of re-sale value the RX-7 has not performed too badly in that department. Not sure about the back seat issue ........ I would be wary of taking passenger in a car which I wanted to race .... errr I mean take for a nice Sunday afternoon drive.

As for MPG .... well I hate to say it but if your spending between

 

I think the 17inch discs are a typo

 

Perhaps I rest my case then .. if they cant get the copy right on their new flagship rotary engine car then I don't have much faith.

 

Something else to consider with the RX-8 (I think I saw this in EVO this month....) is that Mazda are "Planning to release a true sports car replacement for the RX-7 in addition to the RX-8 sports coupe" so I'm waiting to see what they come up with.......

 

Autocar car drive in the US in the Mag this week. 240 PS version.

Chris Harris (hater of the S2000) thinks its ok in his limited drive, needs to be revved to the max (9500rpm yahooooooooooo!) to get the performance out of it.
Funnily, he calls the Laguna Seca Raceway a mickey mouse track, wonder what our pals over the Pond think?

Quite neutral drive but rears / fronts are both 255 section on 18 inch rims, so I suppose it would understeer if it had the same ratio's as ours.