My neighbor has a Mazda RX-8 and approximately once a month I see a rollback truck comes and picks it up, and after a few days (of apparent shop work) it brings it back. Must be a real bow-wow!
Resale value says they are. Nice looking cars, very fast. I haven’t driven any of recent vintage but the original RX-7 was a blast, very linear, hummed right up to redline and felt as if it could have kept on going. No wild thrashing, almost turbine-like.
But, they use something like a quart of oil every 2,000 miles as a matter of course, it was in the owner’s manual. They also suck gas like a semi. I suspect all the autopilot American owners and drivers are being too casual about checking and changing the oil in the things, among other bad habits. The Wankel engine is not forgiving of that. Kaboom.