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Mazda RX8 100,000th
Mazda Motor Corporation’s four-door, four-seat sports car--the RX-8-has reached a significant production milestone: number 100,000 rolled off the Ujina No.1 final assembly line near Mazda’s corporate headquarters on September 29, 2004. This important milestone was achieved 18 months after production began in April 2003.
Reaching 100,000 units in 18 months compares favorably with Mazda's other famous sports car, the open-top, two-seat Roadster / MX-5 / MX-5 Miata. With the Roadster, which has been recognized by the book of Guinness World Records as the world's best-selling convertible sports car, only 17 months were required to reach number 100,000.
As an entirely new type of sports car that features distinctive sports car styling and excellent performance, the Mazda RX-8 was launched in Japan in April 2003 and is now sold in over 20 countries around the globe. Cumulative sales volume as of the end of August 2004 was over 23,000 units in Japan, over 29,000 units in the US and in excess of 18,000 units in Europe.
Mazda's RX-8 is powered by the award-winning, naturally aspirated RENESIS engine. The compact, high performance rotary engine is without a doubt Mazda's spiritual soul and shortly after being launched in 2003 was named "2003 International Engine of The Year."
In total, the RX-8 and its RENESIS engine have won more than 37 important automotive awards around the globe to date, including Japan's "2004 RJC Car of The Year", "2003-2004 Most Excellent Developer Award", presented by the Japan Automobile Hall of Fame, the 2003-2004 Japan Car of the Year 'Most Fun' special award, "10 Best Cars 2004" by US's CAR AND DRIVER magazine and in Australia, "2003 Car of The Year" by Wheels magazine.
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