I'm not saying you guys are against the RX8, I think the GT86 is in the same camp :P
Same idea really, focus on handling etc. etc.
The GT86 is going to get the same amount of hate by the mass of people. I just hope it won't hurt its sales... It does get good mpg, reliability remains to be seen ofcourse but then again it has reduced practicality/maybe performance is not as good as an RX8...
For the RX8 the mileage I will give you that, it's not very good and you can't really change that...On the other hand, if you supercharge it too 300hp or so you still retain the same mpg ( even some say you gain 1-2mpg lol) so in that case yeah, it's acceptable
The oil is getting old as an argument, it's been posted and proved many times that the oil consumption for a rotary is part of the design, doesn't cost much in the end (keep in mind you should use non-synthetic oil which is cheap), the quantity is acceptable for even an inline4 VTEC and not a real problem...
I agree that there's no warranty and so on but the car is pretty low cost at this point and my experience with parts is that they are not so expensive. Even a rebuild is not that expensive (even cheaper if you do it before something goes bad- I got an estimate of $2000 for a rebuild including labor + parts and it's good for more than 60k miles)
So way I see it is you can pay $10,000 for an RX8 and risk it that it will cost you more to fix it or you can pay the retail on a new car.
I don't know how much the GT86 will cost in the US but here in EU and especially in my country (Cyprus) the estimate is around $50,000 (USD)
I bought my used RX8 2 years ago for $9000 and you can find cheaper than that in the market (with more miles or with less features/less desirable colors etc.).
I like to change cars so I'm always looking for newer/better but now it's the first time I cannot find a reasonable replacement for the RX8. For me, the GT86/BRZ is the piston equivalent of the RX8 so naturally it attracts me
I am sure I'll miss the 9000rpm redline tho :P