Mazda 2011 RX-8 Brochure & Specs page 4

Make no mistake. The Mazda RX-8 is a sports car like no other. With an engine to match. Fact is, Mazda's commitment to rotary-engine technology
enabled it to become the fi rst and only Japanese carmaker to win the grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans. And today, its meticulously hand-assembled, award-
NO CYLINDERS. NO PISTONS.
winning RENESIS rotary engine, which incorporates just three major moving parts, powers every open-wheel racer that competes in the Star Mazda
Racing Series. The RX-8's potent 232-hp powerplant is renowned for its turbinelike smoothness, broad powerband and sky-high 9000-rpm redline.*
NO VAL VES. AND NO EQUAL.
And it's expertly managed by a short-throw, close-ratio 6-speed manual with carbon triple-cone synchronizers for quick, precise gear changes. Also
available on all RX-8 models, except the R3, is a smooth-shifting 6-speed Sport AT automatic transmission. Its Adaptive Shift Logic actually
learns and adjusts to your personal driving style. It even features a manual-shift mode that invites you to upshift or downshift via its
standard shifter or Formula One-inspired steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters. The RX-8's advanced, rotary design refl ects the
countless insights Mazda has gleaned from putting nearly 2 million rotary-powered vehicles on the road. Refl ecting four decades
of exhaustive research, development and refi nement. And of course, racing.
* Automatic transmission produces 212 hp and redlines at 7500 rpm.