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In the UK, the RX-8 featured in the Mazda sponsored "Formula Women" series (2004), which involved all women drivers with slightly modified RX-8s, and the RX-8 was also campaigned successfully in the Britcar series endurance races (2005/2006). In Belgium, Mazda are currently sponsoring an RX-8 silhouette racer in the GT series.
In 2005, Mazda obtained street approval for this vehicle. The following year, the first vehicles were leased to customers in Idemitsu and Iwatani at a price of 420,000 JPY per month. [ 3 ] In November 2007, Mazda announced the delivery of 30 RX-8 HRE to the Norwegian hydrogen project Hynor .
After Mazda RX-8 production ceased in 2013, Mazda has carried on with testing prototypes to re-introduce the rotary as part of the "SkyActiv" lineup, dubbed SkyActiv R, displacing 1600 cc and featuring direct injection, laser ignition and forced induction. Wankel family – 1.0 L-2.0 L Wankel (1967–present) 10A – 1.0 L (1967–1973)
But the company had continued production continually since the mid-1960s, and was the only maker of Wankel-powered cars when the RX-8 was discontinued from production in June 2012 with 2000 RX-8 Spirit R models being made for the JDM (RHD) market. Though not reflected in the graph at right, the RX-8 was a higher-volume car than its predecessors.
Higher exhaust back pressure reduces mean effective pressure, more severely in peripheral intake port engines. The Mazda RX-8 Renesis engine improved performance by doubling the exhaust port area relative to earlier designs, and there have been studies of the effect of intake and exhaust piping configuration on the performance of Wankel engines ...
6 Performance. Toggle Performance subsection ... 170.8 N⋅m (126.0 lbf⋅ft) per litre – 2005 Mazda RX-8 222 N⋅m ... Internal combustion Wankel rotary-engined ...
2005 Coupé One-off Concept car Mazda: Cosmo: 1967-1996 Coupé Japan Mazda: MX-3: 1992-1998 Coupé Japan Also called "Eunos 30X" Mazda: MX-5: 1989–present Roadster Japan Mazda: MX-5 RF: 2016–present Targa, Fastback Japan Mazda: MX-6: 1988-1997 Coupé Japan Mazda: RX-7: 1978-2002 Roadster, Coupé Japan Mazda: RX-8: 2003-2012 Coupé Japan ...
Mazda had used a number of different marques in the Japan market, including Autozam, Eunos, and Efini, although they have been phased out. In the early 1990s Mazda almost created a luxury marque, Amati , to challenge Acura , Infiniti , and Lexus in North America, but this never happened, leaving the near-luxury Millenia to the Mazda brand.