NEW RX7 coming out?! Verified by Road and Track
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Originally Posted by DreRX8
From a design standpoint the drawing looks ok--but whatever the successor looks like it has some huge shoes to fill to replace the FD. The FD is one of the most beautiful cars to ever come out of Japan--not even mentioning the performance.
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Yeah--I was aware that the California design team did the FD--I meant place of origin. Regardless of that tho--those boyz on the west coast did the damn thing on the FD. (Standing Ovation Smiley)
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That pic of what the next RX-7 might possibly look like has been around for at least a year. I agree that the FD/3rd gen was a great design, and I really hope if they ever do another RX-7, they use an evolution of the FD design.
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Originally Posted by gansan
You gotta give the U.S. some credit for the FD--the body was designed in California. When I was in college, we had a guest lecture from one of the stylists who showed us slides of the FD when it was in development (clay models and such) and the competing design proposed by the team in Japan. Management gave the nod to the California design, so that's what went into production.
I saw some pictures once of a concept RX-7 that looked a lot like the MX-3... was that one the Japanese concept?
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No way will we see a 2006MY successor to the RX-7. That puts the launch at most 1.5 years from now. By now, there would be dozens of prototypes built up and a large engineering team working on the project. The media would definitely be aware of it. Generally, it's impossible to keep a mass-production vehicle program secretive less than 2 years from launch... sometimes even well before that. I believe a 2008 model would be the earliest we'd see an RX-7 successor, if it happens at all. Often, vehicle programs are cancelled at the last minute, even when hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in the project. There are many examples of this.
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Originally Posted by downshift
It's nigh on a decade since the RX-7 last rolled down the production line in Hiroshima
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This is the same link and info I posted above the revived this old topic.
Originally Posted by downshift
Here's another one to add fuel to the fire: http://motoring.nzoom.com/cda/printa...218365,00.html
RX-7 replacement planned
Mazda has officially endorsed plans to build a rotary-powered RX-7 replacement. Boy racers and rotory fans will be able to snap one up by 2006
It's nigh on a decade since the RX-7 last rolled down the production line in Hiroshima, but news is filtering through that will have rotorheads humming.
The new RX-7 concept... its a rotary too!
With RX-8 officially on sale in its major markets, Mazda is now turning to its next sports-car project. The company has officially endorsed plans to build a rotary-powered RX-7 replacement.
In the footsteps of the 1978 original, it will be a sleek, lightweight two-seater. Some platform, suspension and driveline elements will be borrowed from the RX-8 parts bin. Although expected to launch in 2006, a concept will probably be unveiled by Lewis Booth at the Tokyo Motor Show next month.
An amped version of the Renesis RX-8 engine is likely to power RX-7. With wider and stiffer rotor housings, a higher redline, and displacement out to about 1.6 litres, Mazda reckons on output of around 225 kW in normally aspirated form. It appears there will be no turbocharged version. Fear not, though, as for the first time ever, Mazda is working on a supercharged rotary option for RX-7.
The production car, code-named J77, is likely to be shorter and wider than the RX-8. There may even be a cabriolet variant with a fabric or folding hard-top hood.
Forthcoming Japanese performance cars entering the final stages of development include the Toyota Supra, Honda NSX, Nissan GT-R (twin-turbo 3.5 V6, 4wd) and, possibly, Subaru's 300 kW B11S.
New Zealand Autocar Magazine
RX-7 replacement planned
Mazda has officially endorsed plans to build a rotary-powered RX-7 replacement. Boy racers and rotory fans will be able to snap one up by 2006
It's nigh on a decade since the RX-7 last rolled down the production line in Hiroshima, but news is filtering through that will have rotorheads humming.
The new RX-7 concept... its a rotary too!
With RX-8 officially on sale in its major markets, Mazda is now turning to its next sports-car project. The company has officially endorsed plans to build a rotary-powered RX-7 replacement.
In the footsteps of the 1978 original, it will be a sleek, lightweight two-seater. Some platform, suspension and driveline elements will be borrowed from the RX-8 parts bin. Although expected to launch in 2006, a concept will probably be unveiled by Lewis Booth at the Tokyo Motor Show next month.
An amped version of the Renesis RX-8 engine is likely to power RX-7. With wider and stiffer rotor housings, a higher redline, and displacement out to about 1.6 litres, Mazda reckons on output of around 225 kW in normally aspirated form. It appears there will be no turbocharged version. Fear not, though, as for the first time ever, Mazda is working on a supercharged rotary option for RX-7.
The production car, code-named J77, is likely to be shorter and wider than the RX-8. There may even be a cabriolet variant with a fabric or folding hard-top hood.
Forthcoming Japanese performance cars entering the final stages of development include the Toyota Supra, Honda NSX, Nissan GT-R (twin-turbo 3.5 V6, 4wd) and, possibly, Subaru's 300 kW B11S.
New Zealand Autocar Magazine
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Originally Posted by m477
While it was designed in America, the lead designer of the FD was actually Taiwanese and not American.
I saw some pictures once of a concept RX-7 that looked a lot like the MX-3... was that one the Japanese concept?
I saw some pictures once of a concept RX-7 that looked a lot like the MX-3... was that one the Japanese concept?
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