Mazda RX-8 Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary Edition
The 1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport (or 110S) was the first car to feature Mazda's rotary engine. Since then the rotary engine found its way into several cars, most notably the Familia Rotary Coupe (known as the R100 overseas), the Savanna (RX-3), RX-7, and Eunos Cosmo.
Today Mazda releases the Mazda RX-8 Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary Edition, based on the RX-8 Type S and is limited to 200 units. It comes in a unique Marble White body color, whereas the interior has been designed to resemble the Cosmo Sport.
Special equipment includes exclusive Bilstein dampers and a urethane foam-filled front suspension cross member for a stiffer ride. The special edition is available as a manual or automatic and costs 1,350,000 yen. Available in Japan only.
Exterior
-Semi-gloss chrome light bezels (fitted to headlights and rear combination lights)
-40TH ANNIVERSARY ROTARY ENGINE badge
-18-inch highly reflective Dark Silver chrome aluminum alloy wheels
-Front fog lights (with blue reflectors)
Interior
-Exclusive black genuine leather and light silver ALCANTARA combination seat covers and light silver synthetic leather door trim are a modern interpretation of the Cosmo
Sport’s unique interior design.
-Eight-way power-adjustable front seats with power lumbar support.
-Exclusive black leather-wrapped steering wheel and hand brake (with grey stitching)
-Exclusive black leather-wrapped gear shift (with grey stitching) on the MT model
-Aluminum pedals and footrest (These are special equipment for the 6-speed AT, but are standard equipment on the MT base model.)
-Water repellent glass coating (windshield glass, front door windows, and door mirrors)
-Advanced keyless entry & engine starter system
Engine/Chassis
-Rotary engine
-By using rotors that have been finely balanced for their weight and rotation characteristics, the smooth performance of the rotary engine has been further enhanced.
-Special engine cover
-Bilstein dampers
-The Bilstein dampers were exclusively designed for this limited edition RX-8 in order to achieve higher levels of performance and comfort.
-The front suspension cross member is filled with urethane foam.
-The urethane foam filling provides the ideal amount of vibration suppression to deliver a desirable degree of direct feedback, ensuring a high quality steering feel.
-Large diameter disc brakes (These are special equipment for the 6-speed AT, but are standard equipment on the MT base model.)
-225/45R18 91W tires and 18-inch alloy wheels (These are special equipment for the 6-speed AT, but are standard equipment on the MT base model.)
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