Overall, G35 coupe VS RX8

im deciding which of these two cars i want to get, but i cannot make up my mind. Anyone wanna help with an opinion?

g35 coupe (dreams)

I'd rather an 05' Mustang over either of them, but between those two, I'd say the G35 Coupe is the better car.

it depends on what you want to do. but i would never pick a 05 mustang over a G35 coupe. your comparing a cheaply made american car with live axle to a luxury coupe with a style that will not get old.

to me the 05 mustang looked cool at first, but the more i see it, the more ugly it gets. it really did seem like ford has ran out of ideas and decided to take near carbon copies of the original and remake it. the tail lights on the stang is horrible as well. and the interior looks too kidish.

if you want to go fast in a straight line, go pick the mustang. that car looks too much like a kids car to me. and yes even though i like the EVO and the STi alot atleast they can get away with the looks mainly becasue all of the body work is functional. while the mustang always had false hood scoupes, and false side vents. why? i don't understand. it just makes the car seem soo much cheaper.

plus i've driven quit a few stangs, and most of them being only a year old will have worn out looking buttons, creaking interior, and the interior is totally falling apart. the car is built like utter crap. unbelievable that people pay for cars built like that.

i doubt the newer mustang will be built any better since the top of the line Lincoln Navagtor has some of the cheapest plastics i've ever seen put it a premium car. and the whole dash is built of one big piece of hollow plastic. go knock on any panel on a Navi and you will hear cheap hollowness with flakey interior false silver trim texture that feels like it will fade within month.

so i doubt a cheaper mustang will be built any bette. it will look nice in pictures, but just go out and actually feel the material and drive one and you will realize who crude it is.

The RX-8 and the G35 are fairly different cars, but I'd go with the RX-8, mainly because of the easy-to-access and decently roomy rear seats, awesome styling, uniqueness factor, and incredible fun-to-drive.

G35 Coupe...one word: TORQUE!

G35 coupe no contest...the car has no flaws, it does everything well...the rx 8 has no torque, and on again, off again reliability, or so I've heard....

I would pick the G35 coupe between these two, but like Dinan said above I would take an 05 GT over either of them. As for the cheapness Tat sites, each to their own but I disagree. And, it is worth mentioning that I both sold luxury cars and built interiors for Toyota/Lexus at differing points in my life so I can smell a cheap interior a mile away. I am about as jaded in reagards to a vehicles interior as you can get as nothing impresses me much anymore.

The materials in the new Mustang and F-150 are some of the same used in some Lexus' and high end Toyotas, as are the methods used to construct those materials. I would attribute the "cheapness" many folks claim to see in the newer Ford's interiors to a side-effect of an anti-Ford bias. Usually, when you really want to see something you will find a way to do just that. As for overall construction the new pony appears very well built indeed, and I have seeen my fair share of cars with ridiculously uniform gaps, etc.

On the other hand I do find it ironic that so many Nissan enthusiasts give Ford a hard time for their interiors when Nissan is currenty very weak in this area. Infiniti seems to get the good stuff, but in all sincerity I would not recomend the G35's cousin the 350Z if a cheap-looking interior is a problem for you. Even though I like the car if the Z car has a weak-spot it is the interior, as it does look kinda cheap for the money. And, unlike the Mustang which has received much praise from the press for it's interior this is a common criticism of the Z car and Nissans in general.

Just my two cents

i will admit that certain nissans have poorly built interiors. such as the nissan quest. that interior is absolute rubbish. and the Maxima's qaulity is kinda iffy. however i do not see any flaws real big flaws in the way the 350Z was built. the dash has a nice grain texture to it. the buttons are solid, the design is very modern with circular dials rather then the old style knobs. the only cheap part i can find in it is the cup holder, and that is because it folds in such a weird fashion that it looks flimsy and easily can be broken. the only real grip i have about the Z is the ridicously high belt line. you sit so low, yet the beltline is so high. since 'm kinda short (5'7") i could hardly see outside. howver the door panels have a nice grain to it as well.

i have driven the new F150's and yes i will admit that is probrably the only quality ford that i have driven. too bad i can not say the same about the new expedition, or the explorer. both of them use hollow plasics for the whole dash, and i'm not feeling the vents. they don't even rotate. but who knows, i 've never driven a 05 mustang yet so i can not truely say anything about it until i get a chance to drive it yet.

but from past experiences with mustangs. they were probrably the worst cars ever built period.

i've also driven a few new chevy cars such as the malibu, and they too are still lacking in quality. they just can't get it right. and the most rip off car is the Escalade. i mean holy crap, the wood grain is ridicously cheap looking, and the compartment doors aren't even trimed right. you can still feel the remaining edges on the side of each door. unbelievable that such a piece of trash can be so popular. its amazing how many peope don't look at these things when they fork over so much money to buy such a car.

not to mention the Hummer H2. probrably even worse then the Esclade. as your driving around and and your takin a corner, when the key's dangling from the ignition hits the dash, you'll hear a hollow knock. the car's interior feels like its built out of the same materials used to make a power wheel.

i've seen tooooooooo many poorly built american luxury cars and ordinary cars. the overall ratio of nicely built ameircan cars to imports is just tooooo low. the only way for them to convince me is for them to built a higher quality part.

oh yeah i forgot to mention the chrysler 300C another poorly made interior car with that terrible torqoise shell steering wheel, and the again cheap plastics at the compartment doors, and again i hear squeeks and rattles as i'm driving around a relatively new car.

i'd go with the g35 without hesitation. the 05 6 speed sport coupe packs 298 hp. can't say no to that. plus infiniti's customer service is incredible.

I'd go with the G35 coupe. You could probably get an RX8 cheaper than you could the Infiniti, but if you are willing to spend a little extra, it's worth it.

The G35 is a very sharp car and a whole lot more practicle then the RX8.













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G35. Its more pracitcal, and more powerful (torque). PLus rotaries are unique to mazda, so you might HAVE to go to the dealer for maintenaine, which means more $$

G35

^ How about a little reasoning? :rolleyes:

Personally i'd go for the G35. Better built interior, more torque, cleaner looks than the horribly over-stylised RX-8, and it doesn't have the same appetite for oil as the RX-8.

G35. Its more pracitcal, and more powerful (torque). PLus rotaries are unique to mazda, so you might HAVE to go to the dealer for maintenaine, which means more $$
Depends on how big Rotaries are in your area, I could name plenty of places to get a Rotary serviced/rebuilt in Auckland (Though bear im mind not many'd be overly familiar with the RENESIS, as they usually have older cars with 13B's and 12A's going through them). That said, I'd still take my RX8 to Mazda, should I have one.

Anyway, I'll take an RX8, firstly the RX8 is available new in New Zealand, the G35 isn't (It only comes in second hand from Japan as a Nissan V35 Skyline, without a factory warranty), secondly, I've never seen a V35 Skyline in manual and probably never wil, however every RX8 I have seen is a manual.

The RX8 is also original, how many 4 door rotary sports cars can you name with seating for four? None. The handling is also reputed to be better than the 350Z (And hence is likely to be better than the heavier G35). I also like the way the RX8 looks.

i would pick the G35, i love the exterior, and that exhaust note. under the hood is a big protential V6 that might be on the New GT-R thats hopefully coming to the states. as for the rx-8, i don't know much about that engine, but its a damn good engine fore its size, you can mount it anywhere for better weight distrubation, but i don't think its as good as the old rx-7 engine, i saw some rx-8 with the 20b engine, so whats up with that, and a new Rx-7 coming back?

Sorry, guys, but I have to go with the rotary crowd this time. I rode in a G35 a little while ago and I thought it was terrible. But I usually do hate bulky cars anyways. The interior is...weird compared to what I'm used to. I love the design of the RX-8 both inside and out compared to that nightmare. Plus, the thing has suicide doors stock! What's not to love?

the styling of the rx-8 is questionable. its looks very terrible in some angles. also the flared fendres looked tacked on, and its too bubbly in certain angles. the car is purely overly styled. i wouldn't be surprised if the car will start to ugly 10 years from now. cars with clean lines like the g35, 300zx, rx-7 tt all will stand the test of time. the Z is already almost 16 years old, and the FD is 11 years old, yet they still look better then most cars out in the streets today. the G35 will fall into the same category. hell even my S14 looks better then most cars out now. nice simple and clean flowing lines that will never get old.

i will admit that the RX-8 has a better interior, however again its too childish and kidish feeling, with then over doing it witht eh rotary triangles all over the head rest, and shifter etc etc. plus the RX-8 is painfully slow. i'll take a G35 anyday esp with its new interior for 05, and with 20 more hp.

G35 coupe.... if I had $35k, I would get a loaded 2 door six-speed manual G35 in a heartbeat.

I would say the G35...The RX8 has no power you can feel... Sure it handles better, but at anything...even a track, my moneys on the g35

Argh, I'm beaten! :grinyes:

I would take a 95+ RX-7 over both of them any day!

Ok i fall to the rx7...turbo...rotary...some actuly power...Those ARE nice...compare that to the rx8...the rx8 sorta sucks in my mind

Well, if Mazda gave the RENESIS some goddamn Twin Turbos like the FD before it, it would have been worthy of the title of Mazda's premier rotary sports car...

The RENESIS by itself makes about as much horsepower as the old REW13BTT did with two freaking turbos. I wonder how much the RX-8 could pump out with twin sequentials breathing under the hood...? :evillol:

If Mazda went ahead and built a twinturbo SE3P, I would most definitely take that over the G35. Screw the interior design, because I'd customize it anyways. Roargh! :grinyes:

actually they don't. the RENESIS hardly could put out 190whp. thats why mazda had to rerate the car soo many times casue it was no where near as powerful as the original 250hp as they claimed.

after they put the thing on the dyno and found out how little power it made, they rated to 238hp. which in my opinion is still alittle bit too high for a 190whp car.

the FD3S put down 230whp stock. thats 40 more whp then the RX-8.

Damn you Mazda!!! :disappoin

Still, the damn thing would at least have some more oomph with twin turbos.

g35, nicer, more luxury, and more torque. I do like the styling of the rx-8 more, I like the flared fenders and overall sporty look, but it lacks torque and class of the g35