The two-door Mazda RX-8 coupe holds a special place in the history of the small Japanese company.
The small rear-wheel drive sports car was sold in Australia from 2003 to 2011, and is to date the last rotary-engined car ever made by Mazda. Powered by a 1.3-litre Wankel rotary engine, the RX-8 was available as a six-speed manual and four-speed automatic The RX-8 can trace its lineage directly back to 1978 with the RX-7, while the rotary was first used in the Cosmo in 1967. The single-cylinder rotary engine will make a return to the Mazda range, as a range extender for a forthcoming electric vehicle.