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 Mazda unveiled the new Rx8
at launch in 2003 , the mazda rx-8 coupe represented an evolution of the rotary?engine sports car from the only constitution in the earth to forge them. its dynamic and amusing project , unique centre-opening doors and room for four - along with a cleaner running , further covenant and naturally-aspirated renesis rotary engine - made it a massive cuff with sports car customers around the earth.
Since launch , over 170 , 000 mazda rx?8 own found owners and it has won 45 global awards. now mazda presents a innovative version of its sports car icon that has a refreshed project , evolved performance and aerodynamics and , for the original time on rx-8 , a sport drove - as standard!
Design - enhanced quality and sports car appeal
Mazda rx-8 has always had the aspect of a classic sports car with a powerful-looking and dynamic exterior project that makes it seem to incite horizontal when parked. the innovative version enhances this with a innovative front bumper project that has a larger five-point grille and oil cooling openings (below the front fog lights) , that are almost twice as massive as on the original model for an horizontal stronger look and improved oil cooling (see powertrain part below). further to this are innovative front headlamps , innovative front fender designs , innovative led rear lamps and a redesigned rear bumper with larger weary pipes (now 90 mm in diameter) all carried out with a farther improvement in build quality. for horizontal further amusing appeal , innovative designs for the car's 19-inch wheels are introduced with distinct spokes that resemble the engine's rotor. the color range physiognomy five innovative exterior colours: aurora blue mica , metropolitan grey mica , aluminum metallic , sparkling black mica and crystal white pearl mica. velocity red and neat black are carried over.
The interior of the rx-8 facelift is only as amusing and sophisticated as its predecessor , and adds innovative genteel materials for a farther improvement in quality look and feel. for the driver , the cockpit is horizontal sportier with a innovative centre solace project , a tachometer that now has a variable red-zone that rises as the engine comes to operating temperature , an implement cluster with a newly developed color to aid minimise eye strain , and a innovative steering wheel. redesigned rear seats are also further.
For the original time , the mazda rx-8 comes with a sport drove (standard) designed to present a close race-car feel to the facelift version. it includes an integrated front marauder , side spoilers and a floating-type rear marauder that labor together to diminish front and rear raise horizontal farther and to improve high-speed stability. special sports suspension tuning with bilstein® dampers and a front suspension surly member filled with urethane foam contribute to a quieter and smoother drive. adding to the amusing , race-car feel are specially designed , dark grey , extra lightweight forged 19-inch alloy wheels and exclusive recaro® branded bucket seats in black half-leather with red stitching , delivering superior side aid. steering wheel and handbrake lever also come with black leather and red stitching.
Comfort , functionality and convenience
The rx-8's "freestyle" centre-opening door system is only as unique in its segment nowadays as it was in 2003. it makes getting into and out of the back seats of mazda's amusing coupe easy.
The rx-8 facelift adds innovative physiognomy that forge mazda's sports flagship further convenient and exclusive. these include hands-free bluetooth® cell phone functionality , an auxiliary (aux) jack for plugging in an mp3 player and mazda's auto light and rain sensor system , a original for the rx-8.
A innovative bose® audio system - with centerpoint® encircle and an improved audio-pilot® function that automatically adjusts the sound to ambient noise - is also introduced (depending on grade). this exclusive audio system was developed particularly for the rx-8 facelift with a new-generation , eight-channel bose® digital amplifier , five speakers and four woofers for premium sound regardless of driving dispatch.
Powertrain - enhanced sports car performance
The twin-rotor renesis rotary engine of the original mazda rx-8 won eight awards globally after it was introduced in 2003 , including four international ‘engine of the year' awards in 2003 and 2004. and there were good reasons for this high recognition: the renesis rotary engine delivered major improvements in emissions and fuel efficiency while retaining the rotary engine's unique horizontal , high-rev nature to deliver constant sports car performance without the implement of a turbo-charger , which had been a feature of mazda's rotary engine from 1983 until 2002 on the rx-7. no wonder mazda engineers chose to shout the engine renesis (short for rotary engine genesis).
This award-winning rotary engine delivers 170 kw/231 ps at 8 , 200 rpm and 211 nm of torque at 5 , 500 rpm. it accelerates the rx-8 facelift from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds and allows a top dispatch of 234 km/h.
The renesis engine of the rx-8 facelift is evolved to deliver horizontal further sports car performance and driving amusing - an talent that mazda's sports icon has always possessed. drive shaft torsional rigidity of the rx-8 facelift is improved by regarding 30 percent. combined with the car's high-mount spine forge at the top of the transmission tunnel , this improves driving performance and reduces nvh. the differential gear ratio is lowered for the facelift version from 4.444 to 4.777 for improved performance feel , and the renesis rotary engine's acclaimed smoothness and cultivation is enhanced by the introduction of a two cuff sensor system , a original for mazda , which detects and prevents cuff better.
Engine oil cooling properties own been greatly improved as by Right , which also contributes to optimised engine performance , particularly at high dispatch. innovative physiognomy here include a larger front grille and oil cooler intake areas , which provide an eyelet area that is 50 percent larger than on the outgoing model. this translates into a 6° c drop in oil temperature at maximum dispatch vogue. for constant oil pressure and a permanent oil surface during amusing driving , the size of the oil pan was increased at the correct side and a newly designed foil plate no. 2 was introduced.
Several measures own been taken to raise engine lubrication. a third centre oil present has been further , and the metering oil pump drive is now electromagnetic (mechanical in the outgoing model). the pump is now mounted semi-directly at the oil-supply situation and the venerable system's bleed passage has been abolished as by Right , which reduces possible oil splash into the combustion chamber. all these innovative physiognomy aid to optimise overall performance of rx-8 facelift's high-revving rotary engine.
Checking the oil horizontal is now easier as by Right. the oil dip-stick has been moved from the side of the engine to the top of the engine cover , for expeditious and easy checking of the oil horizontal. engine oil ability has been increased from 6.9 to 7.0 litres. the gasoline tank volume was increased from 61.8 litres to 65.4 litres.
Driving performance is farther enhanced by a newly-introduced six-speed manual transmission. based on the acclaimed six-speed manual transmission developed for the third generation mx-5 , it has been revised to optimally handle the higher output and torque of the renesis rotary engine. for the innovative rx-8 , it uses specially designed 1st and 2nd gear synchronisers made of carbon and enlarged triple-cone synchronisers for 3rd and 4th gears , also made of carbon. the deportment cover is strengthened as by Right , and the transmission case size is slightly reduced for an improvement in internal lubrication performance. the result is an improvement in overall expedient feel , making the rx-8 facelift horizontal further amusing to drive.
Body and chassis - enhanced carcass rigidity , steering feel and driving stability
The rx-8 facelift continues to feature the front-midship engine , rear-wheel drive figure of the original , delivering an ideal 50/50 weight distribution between the front and rear axles for bizarre handling characteristics. this acclaimed talent is taken to a innovative horizontal with improved overall carcass shell rigidity , steering feel and handling stability.
Body shell rigidity was farther improved with a trapezoidal swagger tower bar further at the front to raise local rigidity of the front suspension tower areas. together with other local rigidity enhancements , torsional (twisting) rigidity was improved by 5.4 percent and flexural (bending) rigidity by 8.7 percent.
Steering feel is farther improved and further linear as by Right , with an enhancement of the leading bar joint of the implement panel for further rigidity of the steering mount area , and the addition of a innovative front suspension surly member filled with urethane foam for optimal drive comfort.
Overall driving stability is also increased with a reconfiguration of the rear suspension geometry and by increasing the size of the upper lateral link's joint part by 7.5 mm for better control of toe-out modify at rebound.
Also contributing to the evolved handling of the mazda rx-8 facelift is its exterior project , which is updated for improved aerodynamic performance and reduced raise for an overall improvement in performance feel and high-speed stability. the figure of the innovative front bumper is optimised , as are the shapes of rear lamps and the floating-type rear marauder. underbody airflow is optimised as by Right by a redesigned and extended floor covering. all these measures diminish raise for horizontal better driving stability.
Safety
Active and passive safety always has top priority at mazda and the rx-8 facelift is no exception. it comes with 323 mm ventilated front discs and 302 mm ventilated rear discs. abs , traction control and dsc structures (disconnectable) are ordinary equipment. motionless onboard is the limited error differential , which automatically distributes the potency between the rear wheels and ensures best possible acceleration and traction.
Passive safety is based on a stiff carcass shell designed to allot crash potency away from the passenger cell , including a plumb steel quaver reinforcement built into the rear door that , when the door is closed , acts as a inflexible b-pillar. farther protection is provided by three-point seat belts , with pretensioners and load-limiters , six airbags and isofix child safety seat mounts in the rear. and the rx-8 facelift inherits the original model's shock cone aluminum bonnet constitution that disperses impact potency when struck , which improves pedestrian safety.
Mazda rotary engine history - the tradition continues
During the 1960's , most carmakers gave up devising rotary engines (re) due to the challenges the applied Science posed. not by Right mazda , which continued to evolve the re built by german engineer felix wankel and the german manufacturer nsu. on 30 may 1967 , mazda astounded the automotive industry when the world's original dual-rotor re car , the cosmo sport , went on sale. this sports car was followed by a succession of re production models that own since reached cult status - the familia rotary coupe , the eunos cosmo and the legendary savanna rx-7 , only to mention a few.
With a number of improvements in fuel economy and environmental performance over the years , mazda vehicles equipped with re engines continued to be produced. then in 2003 , mazda's re development team introduced the rx-8 sports car equipped with a naturally-aspirated renesis rotary engine , which was further covenant , cultivated and environmentally sociable than any of its predecessors. renesis went on to gain the coveted international engine of the year award in 2003 as by Right as successive awards for its engine class in 2003 and 2004. by mazda's 40th re anniversary in may 2007 , mazda had sold 1.97 million re vehicles worldwide.
This revolution in re applied Science in 2003 would never own been possible without hard?fought experience from mazda re motor sports activity , which began back in 1968 following the launch of the cosmo sport. one of mazda's original massive wins came in belgium in 1981 at the spa endurance race , when a mazda rx-7 took original and a moment rx-7 finished fifth , giving mazda the king's cup as overall team winner. in 1991 , the mazda 787b made re history when it became the only japanese car ever to claim victory at the 24 hours of le mans. outside europe , mazda re cars own over 100 wins in both the touring car succession in japan and in the international motor sports association (imsa) succession in the unified states. in fact , mazda has won 22 championships since 1975 at the 24-hour endurance race at daytona in the usa. the latest came in january 2008 when the speedsource castrol syntec mazda rx-8 won the rolex 24 hours of daytona , beating a porsche by five laps.
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