Mazda RX-8 2004 Service Highlights page 7

• Electric power steering (Rack assist type)
— To provide the driver with appropriate road
feel, the power steering system employs
computer controlled power assistance
characteristic based on vehicle speed and a
rack assist mechanism with a motor installed
on the same axis as the rack.
Brake
• Large-diameter, 17-inch type front brakes have been adopted on sport-suspension vehicles for consistent
stopping power.
• 16-inch type front brakes have been adopted on standard-suspension vehicles.
• 16-inch type rear brakes have been adopted on both for sport and standard-suspension vehicles.
Transmission
• Manual transmission
— Cross-ratio six-speed manual transmission has been adopted on the 13B-MSP (High power).
• Automatic transmission (13B-MSP (Standard power))
— Four-speed sport automatic transmission has been adopted that can be shifted up/down by operating the
one-touch steering-wheel-mounted switches.
— Shift patterns have been adopted that optimize the frequently used operating positions of N-D and manual
modes by reducing the shift-lever stroke.
Safety
• Lightweight and highly rigid safe body structure developed uniquely for the Mazda RX-8 has achieved high
international standards of crash safety.
• Reinforcement with high strength has been installed on the area equivalent to the center pillar on the rear
doors, realizing strength nearly equal to that of a center pillar of a standard sedan.
• Dual-inflator type air bags that control deployment of the air bags in two stages by detecting the scale of an
impact have been adopted for front-seat passengers.
• Curtain air bags have been adopted that deploy and cover the front and rear windows and protect the heads of
front and rear passengers.
• Side air bags effective in protecting the upper abdomen of passengers have been adopted and installed in the
outboard sides of the front seat backs.
• Pre-tensioner and load limiter mechanisms have been adopted for the front seat belts.
• Intrusion minimizing mechanism has been adopted for the brake pedal.
• ISO-FIX anchors and tether straps have been adopted for installing child restraint systems on the rear seats.
• Aluminum hood with a shock-absorbing cone structure has been adopted in consideration of pedestrian
protection.
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