Mazda RX-8 (2006)


 * This is for the 2006 version of the RX-8. For the 2009 version, please go to this article.

The 1st Generation of the Mazda RX-8 was introduced in 2003 and is powered by an 1.3L Renesis 13B-RSP Wankel 654x2 Rotary Engine.

When the 2006 model year of the RX-8 was launched in the United States a 6-speed gearbox was added and replaced the previous 4-speed gearbox.

A 2nd oil cooler was added to the Automatic transmission model of the car since it was only standard in the manual transmission model.

Red
The "Red" edition was released on February 14th, 2012, as part of the Valentine's Day celebrations. The car comes pre-equipped with street-tuned Performance Parts.

Renesis
The "Renesis" was released on March 27th, 2012. The car comes pre-equipped with race-tuned performance parts, 2-star Skill Mods and aftermarket parts. It also features an unique livery and paint job.

Blue
The "Blue" edition was released on November 14th, 2012, and is the Cash version of the car. The car is completely stock and features no performance parts.

Overall Performance
The Mazda RX-8 (2006) has a stock top speed of 217 km/h (135 mph) which is average for many Class D cars. The acceleration is strong throughout all of its gears but a weak nitrous output. The handling is very good and responsive as it can also do high-speed cornering without losing much speed, but it will become stiff at times, but it is not likely to understeer. The performance, when compared with the '09 edition, is very similar to one another, with very minor handling differences.

For Pursuit Outrun and Team Escape the RX-8 '06 can perform well. It can go through roadblocks fairly easily and it can dodge heavy police vehicles such as rhinos well because of its responsive handling. But due to the light weight that the '06 has, the RX-8 cannot take head-on collisions with rhinos very well. However, because of its good acceleration, the RX-8 can regain lost speed back quickly.

Trivia

 * When the RX-8 was released, some of its Bodykits were incomplete, causing parts of the car, including the roof in some cases, to be missing.