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Mazda Y16M-D

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Mazda Y16M-D is a manual gearbox from Mazda. The Society has 4 vehicles on file with it, 4 with a source we opened and 0 still leads.

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Vehicle	Years	Shift pattern	Gearbox source
Mazda RX-8 SE3P US/JDM Renesis 6-speed manual ^[1]	2006-2007	6 speed, reverse bottom right	Corroborated
Mazda RX-8 SE3P US/JDM Renesis 6-speed manual ^[2]	2008	6 speed, reverse bottom right	Corroborated
Mazda RX-8 SE3P US/JDM Renesis 6-speed manual ^[3]	2010 edition	6 speed, reverse top left	Corroborated
Mazda RX-8 SE3P US/JDM Renesis 6-speed manual ^[4]	July 2008 edition	6 speed, reverse top left	Corroborated

Caveats and conflicts (4)

OCR of the highlights also prints M15M-D in a PPF paragraph, which is the MX-5 5-speed. Y16M-D is Chilton's code for the RX-8 6-speed.
Source is the 2006 book; 2008 edition not opened.
Same ambiguity as 2004 row; 2006 manual lists Y16M-D, 2007 not separately seen.
2008 not separately seen; 2008 Specifications item on archive.org has no transmission code.

Service manual. Mazda 2006 RX-8 Service Highlights (archive.org manualzilla-id-7343866) lists "Manual Transmission Workshop Manual Y16M-D" and refers to the 2005MY RX-8 "M15M-D manual transmission description". OCR text; speed count not stated. [link]
Service manual. Mazda 2006 RX-8 Service Highlights (archive.org manualzilla-id-7343866) lists "Manual Transmission Workshop Manual Y16M-D" and refers to the 2005MY RX-8 "M15M-D manual transmission description". OCR text; speed count not stated. [link]
Service manual. 2006 RX-8 Service Highlights lists 'Manual Transmission Workshop Manual Y16M-D'; Mazda 13B-MSP technical sheet lists Y16M-D under RX-8. [link]
Service manual. 2006 RX-8 Service Highlights lists 'Manual Transmission Workshop Manual Y16M-D'; Mazda 13B-MSP technical sheet lists Y16M-D under RX-8. [link]

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