opus_opus

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=274539

Here is a strong rumor that the Miata Mazdaspeed will be out this year with 250-275hp from the MS3 2.3L. We'll know it for certain if this turns out to be true or false in about a month or so. Have you guys heard of anything?

Rootski

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That logically seems like the engine they'd toss in it, since they're trying to knock off the Sky Redline and Solstice GXP. Should be a great little car.

Renesis_8

i m more interested in the CX-7 without turbo. Putting a turbocharged engine in that SUV was a wrong move. a 3.7L V6 or a 2.5L I4 would be pretty nice, although the I4 is a little on the weak side for a ~4000lb SUV.
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shaunv74

Renesis Miata>2.3T Unfortunately Mazdaspeed is apparently only allowed to use that motor in their versions.

bigireland

i just wish we could get the coupe version.. would have bought one looong ago..

zoom44

The CX-7 cannot accommodate a 6 cylinder. The Chassis is too small. The front of that chassis is basically the 3 and has no room for a 6cylinder

zoom44

they are talking about doing a coupe again. its possible that the MS version could be a coupe variant

opus_opus

cool.... I am more of a coupe than roadster guy....

RX-Hachi

It does seem like yet another rumor, given that the source is a sales guy. How many times has someone on this board posted their salesman told them a MS RX-8 is in the works?

The MS MX-5 rumor could be true, but I'll believe it when it's confirmed by a more reliable source.

Would be a very cool car, but a 250-275 hp MX-5 seems so counter to the spirit of the Miata that Mazda has lived by for the past 18 years. Who knows, times they are a changing...

bigireland

again? did mazda ever sell a miata coupe in the states? i want one soo bad..



seriously, it looks like a miniature aston martin..

SayNoToPistons

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^ Indeed! Here's a 2nd gen coupe.

drifter_d

^^^ Man, that is straight up dope!

opus_opus

Looks like untrue. Too bad. I really wanted to believe. :-(

Razz1

You would have to compare that MS to upgrading it yourself w/aftermarket parts.

robrecht

Nope.

ASH8

I read from the Japanese NC MX-5 Designer a few years ago and posted it in the forum.

The question was asked by a journalist on a MPS (Mazdaspeed/Turbo) version, his reply was a Turbo was definitely not on the cards but went on to say that "perhaps" around the half life of the model we may add the 2.3 MZR Engine.

IMO I think it will be made available, more like at face-lift time which could be soon.

A 2.3 MZR...YES, but with a Turbo?, not so sure.

heyarnold69

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if only i could fit in a miata

alnielsen

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I can't fit in a 1st or 2nd gen. The current MX5 Miata, I have no problems with.

zoom44

that is the old coupe picture above from a few years ago

SayNoToPistons

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Yeah. Just wanted to show what a Miata coupe would look like.

zoom44

yeah i know- but from reading this thread i got the impression several others didnt know