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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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From sketchpad to Production


This link at Mazdadesign follows the development of the RX-8 from the sketchpad drawings up to production.
http://www.mazdadesign.net/RX8/RX8dev.htm


My appologies if this was covered before. I performed several searches but came up empty.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 04:13 PM
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Great find! Thanks for posting it.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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Ditto! It's interesting to see how long Mazda was kicking around the basic design.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 11:38 PM
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This rearend is interesting. Clearly takes design cues from the FD:

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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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Clearly takes design cues from the FD:
Looks that way. But then Ford decided to borrow that styling cue for their Taurus.
See here:
http://www.atfx.com/spoiler/fordc/T1630A.html
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 06:51 PM
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Yep, that always upset me too (being an owner of an FD).
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