View Full Version : Mazda MX-5 Coupé


jtimbck2
09-04-2003, 09:44 AM
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?previews/previews_story.php?id=39482

mikeb
09-04-2003, 02:24 PM
looks pretty good--I dont think the fender flares look good becuase they look like they are taped on

blizz81
09-04-2003, 03:13 PM
Not coming to the US, I take it.

jtimbck2
09-04-2003, 06:00 PM
Originally posted by blizz81
Not coming to the US, I take it.

Not immediately, but I suspect it will in a couple of years.

Remember all the false rumors about the next generation Miata being based on the RX-8 platform? I think this may be the source of those rumors.

Gord96BRG
09-05-2003, 12:06 AM
Originally posted by jtimbck2
Not immediately, but I suspect it will in a couple of years.


Not that one. Bob Hall explained it on Miata.net forum - he said that it will only be produced in very low numbers at a significant price premium, and the only way Mazda could justify the production investment was to use low-yield body dies. They are much less expensive than the regular high-production tool steel dies, but they can only handle limited production volumes. There's no physical way that Mazda can produce that coupe in significant volumes, and in 2 years the NC Miata will debut (without a coupe version).

Regards,
Gordon

wakeech
09-05-2003, 12:27 AM
...looks like a mini-piston-powered-RX-7 to me, wrapped in a Miata skin.

...i think i'd just as soon get the vert and the hard-top snap on thingy. those rule (doesn't spoil the shape like that fast back).

P00Man
09-05-2003, 07:51 PM
i cant see the pic, or the article (if there is one)
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