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Hurra hurra, our RX-8 is here. The joy is great when the nice transfer driver of a morning presents us with the dark red rice racer in front of the EVOCARS portal. Finally, in this special Mazda a very special heart beats. And that is a 1,300 cc “smaller” Wankelmotor with 231 hp (at 8,200 rpm) and 235 things top. Understandably that we were excited about our latest test candidate in the three “Fast and Furious” films. aten. On the same evening we are itchy and we go on the slopes with the 36,049 Euro expensive athlete. It is dry and the highway is empty. Best conditions to feel the winter tire sticker, which warns to a maximum of 240 things, once on the tooth. Already on the way to the highway makes us feel that we are being followed. We just won’t get rid of the thought. Behind us a Hayabusa driver makes fun of us, drives without light again and again dic It’s probably ten minutes before we realize that the infernal screeching is not a motorcycle behind us, but the Wankel devil in front of us. Too unusual is this soundscape in a car. Whoever runs the gears to the red range at 8,500 rpm, is not only in 6.4 seconds at 100 speed and in 26.5 seconds at 200, but also experiences an unexpected sound spectacle. Good, starting from 180 conversations are almost impossible, but besides the shouting, there is nothing at all to indicate the speed. 180, 200 or 230 – the RX-8 is relaxed and the suspension is just the right mixture of dry crispy and pleasant headache-friendly. And as far as the top speed … as you can see from the entry in the backstage (March 5, 2007), the speed pin is still about 1,000 revolutions away from the red area for winter tires. The cool Japse now has to prove his country road qualities. We pull ourselves back to the roads around Hamburg, avoid places and people and feel our subject’s right on the tooth. Important realization: Only those who leave the DSC switch untouched, have in tight curves and on slightly slippery Un We wish all the others good success in capturing the breaking tail with too much gas and avoiding a fancy turn. Although the curve behaviour is exemplary thanks to the optimal weight distribution of 50 to 50, the temptation to put down a perfect drift is ubiquitous and highly dangerous. Above all, the performance development of the last Wankel representative in the world, however, is the one that tears out of the seats. mms-friends should get in rapture in view of the power, which is also above 6,500 turns and causes the pilots to always new intermediate sprints. This baby wants to be kicked. Whoever keeps the needle well above 5,000, feels himself as a full-blooded car fan for the first time like a motorcycle driver. Whether this also applies to the negative acceleration, shows the 100-on-zero shocker. Three times in a row we hit the brake pedal at speed 100 on the bottom sheet, hold there the steering wheel stoically straight and hope the inside ventilated 323 brake discs in front and the 302 rear do a good job. Do it! Although it is enough after the third attempt a little strict, but the promised 42 meters are more than realistic. A little bit taken away from the brake Harakiri we look for a quiet parking space to devote ourselves to the inner values of the Mazda RX-8 special edition Revolution Reloaded. Well then we check off: Six airbags, Electronic Stabi DSC, Xenon, N Ebellampen, 18-inch, Tempomat, Leder-Alcantara-Sitze, Bose-Soundsystem, Klimaautomatik and electric window lifter. What this list conceals, however, is the ratt-geile ergonomics, which captivates us in the RX-8 cockpit. One simply divinely sits in this Wankel-Devil and the mixture of pure-bred sports car and everyday fun device is a dream. The middle armrest is extra-high, the switching knob is so short that really every man has to say “look how small it is” and the handlebar ad is fantastic in the hand. A real treat also the rev indicator – dominant in the middle with integrated and inconspicuous damn digital speedometer shows immediately where the journey in the RX-8 goes: forward! Small criticism point: The hand brake lever is a bit far away, even if looking pretty. But who needs the thing already in view of the rear drive. We understand each other! Only in the back – well, you can’t sit there. At most a ten-minute trip to the poker night leaves sic h survive here. Longer distances only last the four 12-year-olds who stole the car to make a nice one on thick pants. Yes, to specify works fine with the RX-8. The opening of the rear doors at the rear makes an impression. And only the fat wheel houses, in which the 18-inch looks even more huge – fantastic! Continues with a arched bonnet, beasty slit headlights and a crispy short brush with double exhaust. That likes. Similar Only the first Audi TT stands out from the mass of the unit breis in the coupés. But where there is light, there is also shadow. Only a real criticism of the otherwise impeccable and cult-suspicious exception coupès: consumption. Ok, ok, the Mazda technicians have abandoned the abnormal drinking habits of their predecessor RX-7 to the current wankler, but the new edition has not changed to ascetic. With 11.2 liters Super, the zoomers give the fuel consumption in a third mix. This value may be real. However, only for those who have control over themselves and their gas foot and who do not hold anything from shrill speeding out and high-speed orgies anyway. During the time in the EVOCARS editorial department, the project never approved less than 15.44 liters. However, with hours of highway hatz with ground-on-blech strategy, almost 21 liters were also due.Our opinion on the Mazda RX-8 with 231 hp: The thing is cool and becomes cult!Betting!?http://www.evo-cars.de/fahrberichte/b53531 198f1135413f9.jpghttp://www.evo-cars.de/driving reports/b53531198f113594400.jpghttp://www.evo-cars.de/driving reports/b53531198f1135f1410.jpghttp://www.evo-cars.de/driving reports/b53531198f1135f1419.jpg http://www.evo-cars.de/driving reports/b53531198f1135944011.jpg