Sports Cars 2008-2009

2008 Mazda Miata Sports Car
Price Range: $21,500 - $28,600
Body Style: Convertible
Sum Up: Still brilliant after all these years.

2008 Mazda Miata Sports Car Buyers Guide
Whats New: Few changes for Mazda’s iconic two-seat sports car, which returns in SV, Sport, Touring, and Grand Touring trims. Both basic softtop and Power Retractable Hard Top versions of the Touring/Grand Touring get a new six-disc CD changer while all MX-5 variants add a tire-pressure monitor and height adjuster for the manual driver’s seat.

2008 Mazda Miata Sports Car Specifications
  2008 Mazda Miata Performance & Efficiency Standard Features
- 1,992 cc 2.0 liters in-line 4 front engine with 87.4 mm bore, 83.1 mm stroke, 10.8 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder MZR
- Premium unleaded fuel 91
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 12.7 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 10.6
- Power: 124 kW , 166 HP SAE @ 6,700 rpm; 140 ft lb , 190 Nm @ 5,000 rpm

Source: 2008 Mazda Miata Sports Car, Automobile Sprots Car, Automotive information at motortrend.com

2008Mazda MAZDA3 Compact Car Performance & Efficiency Standard Features
- 1,999 cc 2.0 liters in-line 4 front engine with 87.5 mm bore, 83.1 mm stroke, 10.0 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder LFD
- Unleaded fuel 87
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 14.5 gallon main unleaded fuel tank 12.1
- Power: 110 kW , 148 HP SAE @ 6,500 rpm; 135 ft lb , 183 Nm @ 4,500 rpm

2008 Mazda MAZDA3 Compact Car Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features
- Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
- Immobilizer
- Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel
- Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs

Source: For more information on Mazda MAZDA3 Compact Car, check out http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2008/mazda/mazda3/specifications/

Mazda Sports Car 2008 RX-8 Specifications

2008 Mazda RX-8 Sports Car Performance & Efficiency Standard Features
- 2,616 cc 2.6 liters rotary 2 front engine with 0.0 mm bore, 0.0 mm stroke, 10.0 compression ratio, none and zero valves per cylinder RENESIS
- Premium unleaded fuel 91
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 15.9 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 13.2
- Power: 173 kW , 232 HP SAE @ 8,500 rpm; 159 ft lb , 216 Nm @ 5,500 rpm

2008 Mazda RX-8 Sports Car Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features
- Four-wheel ABS
- Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs
- Electronic brake distribution
- Electronic traction control
- Immobilizer
- Stability control
- Wishbone front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs
- Tire kit

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