RX8 Club Malaysia

Well much can be said about the new 2009 RX8 facelift that’s in production today. In short, some of us like it and some of us don’t. But like any other facelift, the usual reaction is “Yucks!, why did they streamline the headlamps?, why did they change the rear lamps?, why they removed the side fender vents?” Only Mazda RX8 designer Noboru Takabuchi (Project Manager, Programme Development) would be able to tell you and with any new facelift; it sets the new direction in the tuning world. The 2009 facelift will slowly but surely grow on us and it’s only time one of us will say….”I want an 09 facelift”. RX8clubmalaysia will be your resource for this news.

Meguair’s Malaysia, Hypercoat Enterprises Sdn. Bhd, dropped us an email and wished all the RX8’s members a Happy New Year 2008 and Chinese New Year.

During this Chinese New Year festival, Hypercoat Enterprises Sdn. Bhd. would like to provide the club members with a SPECIAL Chinese New Year car detailing package.

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Mazda Motor Corporation has confirmed that it will stage the world premiere of the new Mazda Furai concept vehicle and the heavily revised version of the Mazda RX-8 sports car in Detroit on press day (Sunday 13 January, 2008), at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

New Mazda RX-8
Sporting a freshened design, improved handling, stronger  acceleration, enhanced quality and extra features, the heavily revised new version of the Mazda RX-8 continues to be a ‘Sports Car like no other’ and shows that the rotary engine is still an important part of Mazda’s future.

Since its launch in 2003, the Mazda RX-8 has been hailed as a genuine sports car, but with a totally new, four-door, four-seat format that delivers true sports car values and driving pleasure, together with unique passenger comfort.

Powered by the world’s only mass-produced rotary engine, RX-8 is the spiritual successor to the 1967 Cosmo 110S, the world’s first twin-rotor production car. With almost two‑million rotary engines sold, and the company’s legendary win at the 1991 Le Mans 24 Hours – the only Japanese brand to ever win the endurance racing classic – the rotary engine is the sole preserve of Mazda.

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One of the member sent us a scanned shot from a Japanese car magazine featuring what seems to be the facelifted version of the RX-8. If the car in the picture does indeed show the actual facelift model, then differences include new front and rear bumpers, revised grille, headlamps and tailamps.

Finally the new RX8ClubMalaysia.com website is launch.

All the postings on the old forum has successfully migrated over to the new forum, only some minor item needs to be fine tuned and touch up, and I hope all goes well.

Existing members please take note, all the member’s password has been reset, kindly check your email to retrieve the new password format.

Cheer!