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THE RIGHT STUFF; Mazda's RX-8 provides plenty of driving joy, on the track and on the road.(Mazda Motor Corp.'s RX-8 automobile, evaluation and statistics)

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Byline: MAC MORRISON

It takes less than halfway through your first lap of Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca to gain new respect for those who make a living at the limit around the 2.238-mile circuit. You know an ill-balanced, unpredictable car is the last thing you want to strap into on a clear, northern California morning. Neither TV nor PlayStation can convey the sheer blindness of some corners, or how severely the elevation changes. And then there's the speed: It amplifies feelings that one too-abrupt wheel tug or missed brake point equals disaster.

It's good, then, to learn Laguna's layout behind the wheel of Mazda's sporty new RX-8. That's sporty, not ...

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