Mazda Launches RX-8 'Sport Prestige Limited' Special Edition

Press Release

1. Interior

• Exclusive leather seats Beige-colored front and rear seats trimmed with double stitches. Front seats including semi-gloss metallic paint rotor-shaped ornaments in the upper portion.
• Driver's seat equipped with electric-powered eight-way adjustments and lumber support.
• Exclusive door trims Matched with the seat color.
• Exclusive black-leather-wrapped steering wheel Wheel and spokes wrapped with one piece of the black leather trimmed with the dark-brown stitching.
• Exclusive piano-black switch panels on steering wheel spokes (only for the six-speed manual transmission model)
• Exclusive leather-wrapped parking brake lever and front/rear console box rids Black leather trimmed with dark-brown stitching.
• Exclusive shift knob (only for the six-speed manual transmission model) Designed with black characters and lines in the silver background. Wrapped with the black leather trimmed with dark-brown stitching.
• Aluminum pedals
• Piano-black-like console side bars with hairline surface
• Semi-gloss paint parts Including the air-conditioner dials, air bent bezel rings, shift-base ring, instrumental panel meter rings, center bench louver knob.
• In-dash six-disc CD changer kit

2. Exterior

• Semi-gloss headlamp bezels and rear combination lamp bezels
• Dark-silver gloss painted aluminum wheels
• Rear lip spoiler
• Front fog lamps

RX-8 'Sport Prestige Limited' features the exclusive body color, "Radiant Ebony Mica." The existing body colors "Titanium Grey Metallic II" and "Brilliant Black" are also available.

4. Driving performance

• 225/45R18 tires and aluminum wheels Now applied also for the Type E base model--18-inch tires and wheels are standard equipment for the Type S base model.
• Large-size brake discs Ventilated disc brakes applied to four wheels--323mm disc rotor for front wheels and 302mm for disc rotor for rear wheels.
• Exclusive tuned suspension system Including Mazda's original "Rigid Foamed Suspension Cross Member" filled with foamed urethane, which helps provide better handling stability and damping force to the vibration from the road. The system also features 14mm-diameter front and rear dampers.
• Enhanced body rigidity Thanks to the reinforced top portion of the A pillars and reinforcements to the mounting points of the rear dampers.

5. Additional equipment

• Water-repellent front glass, front door glasses and door mirrors
• Two retractable-type keys