I stumbled across this from way back in 2002.
As a long term Rotary Owner, Mazda UK contacted me and asked for myself and three other members to look and answer the questions they would like answering surrounding the forthcoming RX-8.
It then became a phone conference call with America !
Result was that our some of our "comments went up on the wall on placards you can see behind the people on the day of the official launch of the RX-8 at the 2002 Detroit Motor Show.