> Paul,
>
> Our favorite car, the RX8, isn't doing so well in the sales department
> lately. According to today's Wall Street Journal, the RX8 sold just 1335
> units so far in 2006 and is down 45% from last year's comparable period.
>
> Barry Gardner
> Wheaton, IL
>
> That is not too surprising. There was a lot of pent up demands
> for rotaries when the RX8 came out. Given the $35K price relative
> to the other Mazda products it is amazing they sold so many last
> year. It out sold the Miata about two to one despite %50 more money.
> It also received some deserved criticism for a lack of low RPM torque.
> It is time for an upgrade in the guise of the bigger displacement
> higher torque 16B. It is amazing to me Mazda have not increased the
> displacement of the 13B engine since it came out in about 1974.
> In cars it is time for "No replacement for displacement." :)
> Look around. How many 2.6 Liter cars do you see selling for $35K?
> Right off the bat I can't think of one.
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
The bottom end Mercedes C230 here has a base of $30K and goes to over
$40K when you add typical stuff. It is 2.5L
Good point though. Didn't they increase the street price when the
demand went up ?
-dave
Best Regards /Mit freundlichen
Gruessen,
dave ( at ) arb.net
http://arb.net
There is a used 2004 RX8 with auto tranny no less here in Ventura. They are
asking roughly what sold it for back in 2004 $26K. You can buy mid 90's
Corvettes for $13K or so. Rotaries have some of the lowest depreciation of
any car. A clean first gen RX7 is bringing what it cost to buy in the late
70's early 80's.... 89-91 Turbo II's are out of sight. Probably more than
they cost to buy new. Early 90's third gens are going for $13K to $15K.
I would not sell my RX8 for what I paid for it unless the 16B comes out :)
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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I see them sell used for under $20k pretty regularly,under $15k for a
few auto trans models a new 6 spd base RX-8 is only $26k list
Mark Sipe
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Where is that? The people in California want to know.
Yes the new base is $26K but few go out the door at that price.
Loaded they are $35K after CA taxes and license.
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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