Mazda RX-8 History
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Successor to the RX-7, the RX-8 (2004–2011 in the US) was a four-seat sports car with a naturally aspirated RENESIS rotary and unusual rear-hinged 'freestyle' rear-access doors.
It was the last rotary-engined production car Mazda sold, ending the company's long line of Wankel sports cars when production stopped in 2012.
Body styles
- Coupe (4-door 'freestyle')
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