also, they didnt lie abotu the power of the rx-8, it merely was miscommunication.

the PR department heard fromt he engineers that it would be rated at X horsepower, but then the US slapped them with more emissions bull and they had to detune it, no one ever told the PR dept.

it was a screw up on their part.

infact i believe was it two years ago that top gear's guys said it was one of the nicest (in euro/japanese form) cars avalible at the time in terms of performance?