Australia Gets All the Cool Stuff

By Jen

Editor

You might’ve heard about the 40th Anniversary Edition Rotary Engine Mazda RX-8 featured at NAIAS. It’s got a twin-rotor RENESIS engine with side-ported intake and exhaust, and a beefed-up suspension including Bilsteins, urethane-foam-reinforced front-end components, and electric-motor power-assisted steering. Only 200 of these special edition RX-8′s will be produced, and though Mazda’s official press release stated last summer that they’d be available in Japan, CarScoop suggests that Mazda Australia will be producing its own 200 units to be sold domestically. Any of you Aussies or rotary fans got any definitive info on this?

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Posted at 8:56 pm in Australia, Bilstein, Mazda, NAIAS 2008, RENESIS, Rotary, RX-8

Comments

Gomez
Jan 25, 2008 at 3:02 am

retroman….no extra Zoom-Zoom in the 40th Anniversary car. More bling, no more zing.

Gomez.
Jan 25, 2008 at 3:00 am

Australia are getting 179 fully imported cars from Japan….all six speed manuals. Sold here in Marble White, Brilliant Black, Metropolitan Grey and Stormy Blue.

On sale now.

retroman
Jan 25, 2008 at 2:09 am

Any word on how much more Zoom Zoom we can expect from that setup? Any one know if Mazda will be celebrating in the States as well?