End of an era? (Mazda...)
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Tue, 06/26/2012 - 09:02
End of an era? (Mazda...)
The Rotary has ended...for now. (Check out the part about 1000 Spirit-R RX-8's at end of run!)
Mazda ends production of rotary engine
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/06/26/mazda-ends-production-rotary-engine/?intcmp=features
WTF?????
Yeah, I thought I heard this was coming. One of my previous Car and Driver's this year had an article looking at car sales from the past year. Don't quote me but I want to say that either Ferrari or Lamborghini (something exotic) sold more cars in the US than Mazda sold RX-8s. I wan't to say they sold less than 2,000.
EDIT - http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/mazda-rx-8-sales-figures.html
found this, apparently they only sold 759 in the US last year, not going to make any money like that.
Mazda extended production if the RX-8 sports car with a run of 1,000 special edition Spirit-R models celebrating the engine.
I wonder if T10 will borrow one of those models for a bit.