The RX-8 Hydrogen RE starts immediately with the turn of a key. There's no waiting for it to warm up ... With the aid of the electric motor, Mazda's stop-start system, and regenerative braking ...

The Mazda RX-8 has never given me any problems ... important top 2 check oil every weekend YOU MUST WARM THESE CARS UP AND warm down if you start and turn off before car gets to temp it double ...

Although the core car remains, styling updates leave little doubt whether that RX-8 at the local Mazda Car Club meeting is a 2009 RX-8 or a 2008 RX-8. The changes start with new twin five-spoke ...

Not surprisingly, RX-8 chat rooms have been abuzz with P0420 discussions. Mazda says a cold-start problem with early ... resides beneath a tangle of hot, dirty hoses and the equally oft-used ...

Mazda hadn't pioneered the Wankel engine, but it was definitely the brand most associated with non-piston combustion engines by the time the RX-8 was ... ability to start when both hot and cold.

But that is exactly what Mazda has tried to ... In our street-start test from 5 to 60 mph, the RX-8 needed 7.5 seconds--1.6 seconds longer than the hard-launch time, which is twice the deficit ...