Mazda Kabura prototype
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Mazda Kabura prototype
Picked up a copy of Sport Compact Car and they had a good article about a test drive in the Mazda Kabura prototype. Pick it up if you have a chance. They have some good pics of the car. The 3+1 seating is sorta trippy. They discuss the possibility of puting a rotary in it, but the prototype has the 2.0L from the MX-5 Miata.
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You guys are way too harsh. chill out.
Its a good article- the SCC guys actually got to drive the car. Its clear to me from reading the article that the writer has read this forum's threads about the Kabura. more on that tomorrow when i have a chance to scan and post the article
Its a good article- the SCC guys actually got to drive the car. Its clear to me from reading the article that the writer has read this forum's threads about the Kabura. more on that tomorrow when i have a chance to scan and post the article
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ok here are the scans. 1st is the cover where they make a "NEXT RX-7!" blurb just to sell mags. 2nd is their short bit about seeing the car at Detroit. the rest are the article.
When reading see if you can spot why i believe the writer has been reading our forum
When reading see if you can spot why i believe the writer has been reading our forum
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LOl yah one of my friends called me , he was yelling saying dude go pick up MT they have the new rx7 on cover. then i told him read the article, it says that car is build off the mx5 platform. So hmm i do not think that is the rx 7 :P , then of course he said oh
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Isn't the Miata platform based on the Rx-8 platform? Which would mean the Kabura platform is really based on the Rx-8 platform?
EDIT: Just because it's your birfday, doesn't mean you can post the same thing as me, before me!!
EDIT: Just because it's your birfday, doesn't mean you can post the same thing as me, before me!!
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Originally Posted by zoom44
the mx-5 is based on the rx-8 platform. why couldnt the next rx-7 be on the same platform?
Mazda MX-5
The new MX5/Miata is both quite similar to its predecessor and yet also rather different.
Because it is based on a shortened version of the RX8 platform, the new car is far broader of track which gives it a significantly more masculine and less lithe feel to the car it replaces. This is accentuated by the larger wheels, more substantial body side section and RX8 style wheel-arch treatment.
But the car is also very similar to the previous MX5, particularly in its rear aspect and a front lamp graphic that stems directly from that of the first generation car, and is very similar to the Ibuki concept car shown in Tokyo in 2003.
A logically conservative new design that looks like its newfound more masculine design identity will broaden its market appeal, if potentially also reduce some of the uniquely lithesome and feminine appeal of its quintessential predecessor.
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Mazda Ibuki concept - Tokyo 2003
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Originally Posted by zoom44
what? no one see's what im talking about, when i say the writer was reading this forum?
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the first part is easy- actually read any rotary forum and there is alot of screaming for at least a rotary option- especially knowing the car was intially designed for the rotary.
then check these out
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1106159
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1193723
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...highlight=MX-3
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1255966
(more comments from me in that last link read thru a little ^)
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1260904
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1301580
btw i propose that Mazda let me Drive this car so i can review(read that "steal") it for RXTuner!!(if read "steal" previously change the last bit to "for myself")
then check these out
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1106159
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1193723
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...highlight=MX-3
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1255966
(more comments from me in that last link read thru a little ^)
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1260904
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1301580
btw i propose that Mazda let me Drive this car so i can review(read that "steal") it for RXTuner!!(if read "steal" previously change the last bit to "for myself")
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Originally Posted by zoom44
the first part is easy- actually read any rotary forum and there is alot of screaming for at least a rotary option- especially knowing the car was intially designed for the rotary.
then check these out
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1106159
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1193723
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...highlight=MX-3
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1255966
(more comments from me in that last link read thru a little ^)
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1260904
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1301580
btw i propose that Mazda let me Drive this car so i can review(read that "steal") it for RXTuner!!(if read "steal" previously change the last bit to "for myself")
then check these out
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1106159
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1193723
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...highlight=MX-3
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1255966
(more comments from me in that last link read thru a little ^)
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1260904
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...-3#post1301580
btw i propose that Mazda let me Drive this car so i can review(read that "steal") it for RXTuner!!(if read "steal" previously change the last bit to "for myself")
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the second part is what really burns me check out my links!! ive been saying MX-3/RX-3 since OCTOBER and as often as i can since then. Then they throw it in like its their idea. BS! they're quoted me without the attribution.
not that im tooting my own horn or anything
not that im tooting my own horn or anything
#21
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Originally Posted by zoom44
the second part is what really burns me check out my links!! ive been saying MX-3/RX-3 since OCTOBER and as often as i can since then. Then they throw it in like its their idea. BS! they're quoted me without the attribution.
not that im tooting my own horn or anything
not that im tooting my own horn or anything
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Kabura video at edmunds http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=108811
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what car video is more fun to listen to. especially when he says the concept has a rotary hybrid under the hood.
http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219009
http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219009