The Mach 8 (マッハ八) is a kart available in Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart Tour.
Description[]
It resembles both a jet with a turbine-like engine in the front and the Formula One cars of the 1950s, having a color combination an intense blue color while sporting a yellow racing stripe and tailfin.
In Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[]
It offers good speed and weight, and bad acceleration and traction. Its stats are identical with the Sports Coupe, Circuit Special, Gold Standard, B Dasher, and P-Wing.
A CPU-controlled Luigi or Yoshi may sometimes use this vehicle body, often paired with the Slim tires. In addition, both characters even have official artworks using the Mach 8 with Slim tires.
In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a CPU-controlled Link (both versions) would use this Vehicle body, but this time, paired with Triforce Tires.
Statistics[]
Stat Name | Stat Value |
---|---|
Speed | +0.5 |
Acceleration | -0.25 |
Weight | +0.25 |
Handling | 0 |
Traction | -1 |
In Mario Kart Tour[]
In reference to the official artworks for Luigi and Yoshi in the Mach 8, the kart now becomes equipped with the Slim tires from its debut game. It is classified as a Super kart, which increases the duration of Slipstream boosts and the points earned for performing them.
Mario Kart Tour also brings a new variant of the Mach 8, called the Karp Kart, which appeared in the Trick Tour in 2020, classified as a High-End kart.
Trivia![]
- This is one of the few vehicles that doesn't change color no matter who is driving it. Others being the P-Wing and The Sports Coupe.
- The Mach 8's design is based on a plane.
- Also, the number 8 was used due to the game being called "Mario Kart 8."
- This is one of the two vehicles to have a 8 on the kart before or after being selected.
- The Mach 8's name is similar to the Mach Bike from Mario Kart Wii despite this, the two vehicles are completely unrelated.
- The Mach 8 could in fact be a relative to the Comet, as they both have turbine fans in the front.
- The Comet could also be in fact a Bike Counterpart for the Mach 8.