Mazda’s Going Black & Matte with the Miata
WYHI?
Mazda unveiled this blacked out Miata to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Miata in France. All looks here folks, as there's no performance upgrades to the car...unless you consider the gems sprinkled through out the cabin as adding some needed HP. 
I'd prolly hit it...gems and all. I'm a sucker for flat paint jobs. Remember that Prodrive RSX? Sexy.
Mazda 3 to be at the LA Auto Show
Moving away from Honda, Mazda seems to be doing great with their design. Earlier we saw the debut of the Mazda 6 and the Mazda 3 looks like a mini-version, with the same headlight design and RX8-like fender. Not bad...
Presser after the split...
My Baby Is Back Home…
So, I've pretty much gone a month without having updated the site. For that I'm really sorry, I wish I could spend more time doing the stuff I want to do with the site. Then again, this is all just out of my spare time and this month I just felt I had none. =( I've been splitting my time at work between two locations and both are constantly on me so much that when I get home, I just don't want to do anything else but sleep. Then when the weekend hits, I'm off to another birthday party or going away party or "friends are in town, let's go party" party. So I've been running back and forth between here and there with little time spent online for most of the month. Anyhow, the good thing out of this month is that I finally got my car back. Yup, the S2K was in the shop for warranty work...apparently my car threw a CEL a couple weeks ago: low compression in the 2,3, & 4 cylinder. The culprit - a bent valve. Sucked. This car made driving so much fun that I'm glad it finally came back because I was really depressed when it came to driving. In honor of the return of my beloved S2K, Here's a fun S2K video with Tsuchiya behind the wheel...its another drift comparo between the S2K, RX7, and Silvia.
2009 RX-8 Debuts @ NAIAS
Launched in 2003, the Mazda RX-8 hit the global market with a serious bang. The RX-8 has won more than 50 global awards since its release including 2003 RJC Car of the Year in Japan Australia's Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 2003, 2003 International Engine of the Year, 2004 Singapore Car of the Year, the 2004 U.S. Best Sports Car and UK Car of the Year 2004. It was also named on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 2004, 2005, and 2006. All together, Mazda has sold nearly 167,000 RX-8s around the world.
For 2009, Mazda will further the evolution of the four-door, four-seater sports coupe, giving RX-8 a refreshed exterior and interior design, enhanced performance and a new R3 sport package for the ultimate driving enthusiast.
Unchanged is the core of the RX-8 – a high-powered, lightweight and perfectly balanced machine powered by the world-renowned twin-rotor RENESIS rotary engine.
“Dating back to the Cosmo Sport released in 1967, every sports car ever developed by Mazda has had the same fundamental mission – to provide car lovers with a vehicle that’s fun-to-drive, exciting to look at and easy to own,” said Tetsu Nakazawa, Mazda North American Operations’ RX-8 vehicle line manager. “The 2009 RX-8 embodies that mission, conveying the unique and distinctive Mazda brand DNA to the fullest.”
To enhance the highly successful RX-8, Mazda engineers focused on innovation in three key areas for the 2009 RX-8: styling, performance and packaging. “The enhancements made to RX-8’s exterior, interior, packaging and performance takes it to a whole new level of visual and driving excitement,” remarked Nakazawa.
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Tighten Those Lugnuts…
Happy New Year to you all. To start of another year, I thought I'd post up this clip of an RX-7 at any old autocross. Never did I think this would happen tho: