^Because it's 'affordable'. Woot for Mazda and the RX-8! Although I really don't understand why all these negative comments on, "Rotary engine requires constant maintenance and care". I think this is blown out and is simply perpetual negativity and not derived from true ownership. I've owned my 8 for almost a year and other than regular oil chages (3K miles) and little additional oil added in between, I've had to do absolutly nothing else. I don't see how this would make for being a big bullet point on a "CON" list.
Usually the tards writing the article only know what they hear about a rotary on some old pickup or early model rx7, so they throw it in there to sound witty. Like they are actually up on them.