I'm going to be really surprised if I'm really surprised by what they reveal tomorrow.

my kids have dentist appointments at that time tomorrow. im taking the laptop with me :)

I would just reschedule the appointments. :cool:

I'm asian, so I'm going to be making a chicken hotpot with fresh chicken pieces in a herbal soup with lettuce and other fixings. I'm gonna drag the big screen TV right in front of the dining table so I'll be watching it while I'm eating my chicken hotpot!

I'll be at work. Might shut down the machines and make my guys watch it with me in my office....
it'll be just as if alabama was playing :) #rolltide

#geauxtigers!!

#LSWho
extremely off topic, but you guys are the team to beat. no doubt about that.

Anything.....................................?

Christmas has come early, can't wait until the reveal!!!

"Mazda design boss Ikuo Maeda added that the concept "represents our dream, but we don't want it to be a dream too long"

Neither Do I

I just hope they don't play a god awful band like they did with the Mazda 3 and 6.

OMG, I'd wiped that awful memory, but now it's back!!! Arrrrgggg! :Drooling_

Brace yourselves for disappointment.

Assuming that AutoCar isn't just making up that whole story, Kiyoshi Fujiwara allegedly said "People think rotary can not meet modern Eco demands." Yep, that's what I think.

Then he goes on to say "Some time in the future it will return and be called SkyActiv-R". Who knows how far away "the future" is...

I admit that "SkyActiv-R" is kind of catchy. :cool:

I think the "future" is 2017 as a 2018 YM. That is definitely not far....

They have mentioned "Sky-R" several times in the past few years.

At least that autocar article isn't full of outlandish "it will have", but more realistic discussion of the challenges and some direct quotes.

This piece seems to confirm what I've been assuming:
Also this:
...confirms that this is style only. And I'd also take it as proof that they are definitely working on the car as a whole. Still early, but not "dead".

Mazda has conditioned me to expect the worst, and never get my hopes up.:yesnod:

Before the concept car is shown


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...ae61a66bd6.gif


After the disappoint settles in that it is not going to happen


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...fb282d47e8.gif

bring on the SkyActiv-R !

Umm-dee-dum tap tap tap ummm ummm .. just waiting ... NOTHING TO DO!

So...let's see..

(For your listening enjoyment - turn it UP!) some while-we-wait, back-in-the-day flashback vids)

(disclosure - for the youngins - my 1st rotary, the one that hooked me was '72 RX-2, wherein I blew two engines:yesnod:)

(sigh....our beloved rotary *before* being muzzled & neutered to be PC)

To be totally deflated - Compare these to whatever Mazda springs on us tonight - ha ha ha! Enjoy....

Rotary Engine Love :cuddle:

RX-3 Drag :shocking:

Rotary turbos :kiss:

guys red rx-7 :cool:

race day rx-3 :yelrotflm

7sec RX-3 :bowdown:

Just another source.. I literally gasped and whimpered a bit at my desk when I read it:

Mazda Confirms Their Sports Car Concept Will Have A New Rotary Engine Called 'SkyActiv-R'

I already see people saying that it had better have 400 hp and be able to keep up with Corvettes. Those people are going to be sadly disappointed. A realistic expectation is around 275 hp or so (a true rating this time please!) with a car weighing sub 2700 lbs and it needs to stay well under $40K. That's a realistic expectation. This is only a concept anyways so we'll see but I'd be happy if it falls into that area.

I agree completely. 300 hp the MOST, but even that may be surprising. The real question here is not the power but rather the WEIGHT. And judging from what Mazda accomplished with the MX5-ND, I bet we will see some magic in the weight dpt.

But yea man, those folks expecting 400 hp.... aint gonna happen here.

RX based on lightweight MX5 platform? Rotary-powered MX5 coupe?
Oh I have to stop.. I don't want to be disappointed tonight..