Mazda Design Chief wants a new RX-7
10-20-2009, 06:27 PM
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All I want is one more generation of a pure 2-seater light-weight rotary sports car before the rest of you young whipper-snappers are all doomed to hybrid mopeds. This is the car for my retirement and I want it as soon as soon as my oldest turns 16. Back seat, we don't need no stinkin' back seats.
10-20-2009, 06:29 PM
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10-20-2009, 08:02 PM
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interestingly several commenters, here and elsewhere, seem to have taken (im not saying you have)his comment
pushing the brand upmarket by addressing the quality of the company's interiors.
10-21-2009, 06:12 AM
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Revealing that other car companies (Japanese and European primarily) are showing/releasing new sports or sporty cars for production and showing fututre concepts (Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Lotus, etc., etc.) while on the other hand.... Mazda is thinking the time is not right and is saying it's only in the beginning stages of producing sketches for approval.
For example https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...44#post3288244
Show me pre-production metal Mazda or give us a release date...else I say we're all just being strung along again with vague words and little else just like has been happening ... what is this now 6 yrs? Each new guy has these great ideas...then they don't happen... then they move on.
Going back to sleep.....
For example https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...44#post3288244
Show me pre-production metal Mazda or give us a release date...else I say we're all just being strung along again with vague words and little else just like has been happening ... what is this now 6 yrs? Each new guy has these great ideas...then they don't happen... then they move on.
Going back to sleep.....
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10-21-2009, 07:02 AM
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pushing the brand upmarket by addressing the quality of the company's interiors.
10-21-2009, 07:22 AM
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They've been working on an RX7 for years (Mazda Japan), which still doesn't mean anything in this fancy economy with the Yen/USD ratio the way it is presently. What exactly he means by "he's done sketches", I don't know. There are normally quite a few renderings.
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10-21-2009, 10:11 AM
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10-21-2009, 11:23 AM
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I think it has a good shot of production, if the economy improves and the US$ quits pretending to be the equivalent of the Mexican Peso.
But it is nice that are spending some money producing sketches of the next generation RX7. I would love to be a fly on the wall of that studio.
If they keep the price within 10% of the current RX8 prices, it certainly would have me thinking...
Just keep it around the same weight and 275hp, 225 torqies and I'd be happy. Hopefully the designer will come up with a nice iconic car like a modern FD.
But it is nice that are spending some money producing sketches of the next generation RX7. I would love to be a fly on the wall of that studio.
If they keep the price within 10% of the current RX8 prices, it certainly would have me thinking...
Just keep it around the same weight and 275hp, 225 torqies and I'd be happy. Hopefully the designer will come up with a nice iconic car like a modern FD.
10-21-2009, 11:27 AM
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I'm missing where this is "good" news...
... there so far is no hint of anything showing at Tokyo that the 16x is being fit in
... there was a lot of talk of the next rotary car dropping the 4 seats for 2
and now its revealed mazda hasn't even done anything more the a few sketches meaning an actual car is 4-5 years off
... there so far is no hint of anything showing at Tokyo that the 16x is being fit in
... there was a lot of talk of the next rotary car dropping the 4 seats for 2
and now its revealed mazda hasn't even done anything more the a few sketches meaning an actual car is 4-5 years off
10-21-2009, 11:32 AM
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i don't think this car is 4-5 years off....
2-3 IMHO (or less).....Maeda is playing with words.......
they repeatly talked about a NEW rotary engine into a NEW car (CEO, this summer) .
at this level of speak they simply can't talk about "4-5 years off"
10-21-2009, 11:34 AM
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Does this mean the rx-8 days are numbered?
This, although exciting, says and proves nothing but just little enthusiasm on rotary fans. They have been working on a rx-7 for years now and nothing.
Like a previous poster said, show me the pre-production version and/or the release date. Then this will be worth getting happy about
This, although exciting, says and proves nothing but just little enthusiasm on rotary fans. They have been working on a rx-7 for years now and nothing.
Like a previous poster said, show me the pre-production version and/or the release date. Then this will be worth getting happy about
10-21-2009, 11:43 AM
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The RX-8 is going to go down the same road as the RX-7 did... stop exporting it, try to ***** it out to the home market, and wait around for several more years until they actually have something thats competitive int he world market.
10-21-2009, 12:12 PM
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That could be an interpretation, but I doubt it. The current market doesn't really allow anything 'un-green' that is also 'un-practical' right now. Sure there is niche stuff, but even a $30,000 gas guzzling sports car probably wouldn't gain much of a following to support it financially right now. (I almost put $20,000, but then I realized, that is where the econobox's are sitting in price, or almost.) Most of the 8s out there were originally sold well before the economy crash, and that was considered cheap at the time.
10-22-2009, 07:35 AM
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10-22-2009, 01:05 PM
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you guys are so pessemistic.
the purpose of this thread is that they WANT a new RX-7. Is it ready, no. It is designed, no.
But there is hope and all the right people are pushing for it.
the purpose of this thread is that they WANT a new RX-7. Is it ready, no. It is designed, no.
But there is hope and all the right people are pushing for it.
10-23-2009, 05:23 PM
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MOOD HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY
Not sure if this has been posted yet..
Report: 2012 Mazda RX-8 to be Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary
"With the rotary's aforementioned aversion to fuel-economy, torque and emissions laws, though, it'll be a tough sell. The fact that Mazda already has a two-seat sports car in the Miata and a rotary-powered sports car in the RX-8 makes a third sports car that essentially combines the other two a tough proposition, especially in these cash-strapped times"
http://wot.motortrend.com/6584246/au...ary/index.html
Not sure if this has been posted yet..
Report: 2012 Mazda RX-8 to be Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary
"With the rotary's aforementioned aversion to fuel-economy, torque and emissions laws, though, it'll be a tough sell. The fact that Mazda already has a two-seat sports car in the Miata and a rotary-powered sports car in the RX-8 makes a third sports car that essentially combines the other two a tough proposition, especially in these cash-strapped times"
http://wot.motortrend.com/6584246/au...ary/index.html
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10-23-2009, 07:35 PM
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