Ot: Rx-8

I'm taking a break from re-arranging my bedroom (just moved back home for winter break) and sitting here reading a relatively new Car & Driver... There's a pretty good article about the new RX-8 and I just wanted to start a little discussion about it..

when I first saw it, I gave the looks a big thumbs-down, but I've always had an appreciation for rotary motors (a friend of mine has an old '70's snowmobile with a 1-rotor wankel in it. sweet.), so i gave the car overall a sort of thumbs-sideways.... now as I'm reading this article and looking at the pictures, the body is starting to grow on me.. the interior is super-nice, and the more i read about the Renesis engine, the more I want one. The only thing I wish they had done was make it a two-door.. It might even have been nice if they made it avaliable as a two-seater with more trunk space. I just really don't think those mini-suicide doors belong on a mazda. It's one thing to see them on a Saturn or an Element, but I dunno.. The pictures in the article don't show very well, but is there an "external" b-pillar, or is it built into the door?

The best thing about all these sweet new ~$30,000 cars is that in five to seven years they'll be affordable to guys like myself.. just gotta make sure it's been taken care of is all..

-adam

[Andy]

That's just the way that I have been thinking. If only it had AWD, flat 6...............



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[sfsvx]

Originally posted by alacrity024
The pictures in the article don't show very well, but is there an "external" b-pillar, or is it built into the door?
-adam

No B-pillar, just a huge opening from front to back.

What I find interesting is that they could build a rigid body with that large an opening and still end up with a car weighing a little over 3,000 lb.

Imagine a 3,000 lb SVX . . .