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Mazda's legendary rotary-powered 2004 RX-8 sports cars return with the all new Mazda RX-8...a vehicle that delivers striking, sporty styling, a superior blend of handling and performance, and ride comfort for four adults. Power from a new RENESIS rotary engine with a targeted 240hp and an innovative freestyle door configuration are among the many features that put this unique sports car in a world all its own. One ride of the Mazda RX-8 and you'll know...the wait was well worth it.

The RX8 idea was simple: Create the ultimate expression of ZOOM-ZOOM --- build a new kind of sports car with a superb combination of power, performance, comfort and grace.
The result is simple too... simply incredible.RX-8

The Mazda RX-8 is the very embodiment of the innovation. Its RENESIS engine is the product of new technologies and enhancements applied to an engine that was already the only one of its kind. TheMazda RX-8 body opens up like no other sports car, providing easy access to the surprisingly ample rear seats. But these, and the many other technological advancements in the Mazda RX-8, are more than mere gimmicks or novelties – they’re engineered to deliver a maximum-performance, adrenaline-pumping driving experience.
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A chirp of the Rx-8 tires. A fast left foot. A quick right wrist. A quarter-mile gone in a blink. A tight right corner. And then a left…and another right…with vise-like grip, ultra-tight response and virtually no sway or roll. This is what sports car drivers love. It’s what the Mazda RX-8 delivers.

The RX-8 6-speed comes standard with all the performance and handling features available. This includes the 238 hp RENESIS engine, a limited-slip differential, sport-tuning for the suspension and 18-inch wheels housing larger front brakes. Of course, there is also the 6-speed transmission with Mazda's renown precise shift linkage made even more special with an aluminum and leather-wrapped shift knob that is matched by aluminum foot pedals.

The 6-speed has a large array of standard features and the full complement of safety components. "Sport", "Touring" and "Grand Touring" packages add even more comfort and convenience.

Felix Wankel, pioneer of the rotary engine, Kenichi Yamamoto, the first head of Mazda’s RE (Rotary Engine) Research Department in 1963, and Nobuhiro Hayama, today’s general manager of Mazda global powertrain activities: the names are synonymous with rotary engines and, now, the International Engine of the Year 2003, the RENESIS Rotary.

The achievement is against all the odds: rotary engines had been dismissed by many – including Europe’s emission legislators, who banished Mazda’s last Wankel, the 13B-REW, from its markets in the last decade – as too inefficient, too polluting.

However, the Japanese car maker has bounced back in tremendous style, the 2003 RENESIS gathering 316 points, some 72 more than the second-placed Volkswagen. Indeed, 44 of the panel of 50 judges voted for the RENESIS to take the most prestigious Awards title – a massive endorsement of Mazda’s efforts with this unconventional engine.

The starting point for RENESIS’ – appropriately, it stands for ‘RE (rotary engine’s) GENESIS’ – rise to glory was the Multi-Side-Port rotary Engine, or MSP-E. This unit was introduced in the RX-01 concept at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1995. It was then presented in a refined version at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show in the RX-EVOLV four-door sports car concept, forerunner
to the eye-catching RX-8 that it now powers.

Naturally aspirated and available with two power outputs (192bhp or 240bhp), the rotary impressed the judges with its silky smooth power delivery, incredible refinement and willingness to rev so freely.

Perhaps winning the International Engine of the Year 2003 title will see Mazda invest further in rotary engines (for now, some 60,000 a year will be made at Mazda’s Hiroshima factory). That RENESIS already meets the forth coming 2005 EURO 4 emissions standards proves that Mazda’s brilliant adoption of Felix Wankel’s concept has a very promising future.