Originally posted by Leonard
I'd still call it slow. 
I really think the biggest problem with the RX8 is that people expect it to be the new version of the RX7 because the name is incremental. The reality is that the RX7 was very light and small and the RX8 is failry heavy and large. By making a very different car and using a very similar name, they've clouded their branding. I think mazda would have been better served by calling it the RS1 or RXS1 (S for sedan).
RX8 is heavy and large compared to what?
It's 12 inches shorter in length, 5 inches shorter in height, and only has half an inch less track width. Interior is bigger in the G35 by an inch or 2 in each catagory, but it's also a bigger car, and weighs 350 lbs more.
Compared with an STi, 2 inches longer, 4 inches shorter in height, half inch MORE track width, and 200 lbs lighter. Interiors are just basically equal, give or take ~1" in certain areas going to one or the other.