hey roadRacer you seem pretty informed, while ford and mazda do share patents (and by the way id say its more ford that owns mazda, seein as how mazda was on the brink of goin bankrupt before ford bought a percentage of the company)do you really think that ford had any hand in the engineering of the new RX? well the rotary is definitly all mazda engineering and the suspension with double wishbone fronts and multilink rears seems like it isnt much influenced by ford (lookin at the mustang with its macpherson front and non-independent 4-bar rear). not to knock ford at all, but i think its highly unfair to attribute ford any credit, besides financially, on the designing of the RX-8.

And Chris and Honda-S2000, i can see why you guys are so turned off by it as i have read on the s2ki forum bout how the rx8 supposedly rips off alot of styling cues from the s2000, ill have to admit the s2000 is a much more beautiful car, but gotta give credit to mazda for makin a car that can deliver such a high level of performance and still have the accessibility and roominess of a sedan.