bse50

It's not a stock car but the tyres are semislicks.

Actually, it wasn't me driving. I'm a dumbass when it comes to that track

comebackqid

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anyone seen these yet?

Mazda RX-9 hybrid on its way | News | Auto Express

Its OLD but the pick is pretty neat looking, and the late 2013 launch is funny too.

here is a reflection of what was previously said it seems to be pretty accurate till this date.
I just hope it doesn't look anything like that picture (ewww!)
Mazda

(OLD news as well but good to know they've been working on it and now we know its been confirmed.)

one more old thing
The Mazda Taiki concept car - Image 4 of 4

anyone else see some RX-7 in that front I do.

steezy_11

I do realize that the name of the next Rx is a boring subject although, the name might change the way people judge it from a psychological stand point. It's always good to get a new beginning and a new name may have a bigger impact than some people think, even if it's minuscule.

If you believe that the Rx cars are the only to have issues in the first few years then you are definitely wrong. The current Bmw 1, 3, and 5 series and other models I can't remember are suffering problems with their high pressure fuel pumps. The Fr-s is also having problems with rattling (my cousin is a mechanic for toyota) and some cars having problems with their ECU.

As for Mazda making a deal with Fiat sp.a to share rotary engines may be unlikely. Manufactures in the past have tried to develop the engine but found the piston powered engines to be more efficient than the rotary. I do agree that it would help keep costs lower. I personally would hate to see fiat get their hands on the rotary. Mazda r power ftw!!

Speaking about sharing engine technologies, what happened with audi considering a partnership with mazda to develop the rotary as a range extender?

TeamRX8

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All I hear is the School Principal from the Peanuts cartoon series:

Blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah .....

77mjd

295 horses N/A?

Mazda Sports Car Chief Says RX-7 will Return in 2017, Produce 295HP - Carscoop

alnielsen

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Press reports are unreliable. Quotes from Mazda are only slightly more. Remember the RX8 was originally over rated, by Mazda, at 250 HP.

madman6069

i think they could do the Italyan thing to do.... lie

bse50

You're so ignorant you can't even spell Italian right.

MattMPS

thunderberk

Guys think again if it will be a Rx-7 It must compete with GTR, Nsx, Supra... Do you want Rx-7 squeeze..

I want this black tuned roadster rotary Mx-5 platform.. Re-desing it and turn the scene with rational upgrades...

If it is going to be produce, it will be cheap, it will be reliable, it will be lightweight, it will be pure sports car, it will be a LEGEND !

Razz1

Interesting hype!

The FRS/BRZ will not be turobed and they are coming out with the next Generation Supra.

I wouldn't doubt it if MAzda used an electric assist motor for driving around town.

Then it would get good gas milage.

madman6069

sweet, talking about typos gotta love you guys.

bse50

Perhaps you should start by being civilised instead of offending other nations.

Slidin8

Really?

Have some respect.

You have no right to call Italians liars.

Obnoxious new member is obnoxious

8 Maniac

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The guy making cheap comments and insulting other countries is talking about "forum thugs" and telling someone to grow up? Keep it up. It wont take you long to get a warning or a ban with that kind of attitude. Don't worry, you wont be missed.

fish1

........."a special catalyst".......interesting!
would this be something introduced along with the fuel to give a complete burn????

reddozen

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I would say they found a better design for the catalytic converter.

Mazmart

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Mazda invented a catalytic converter with nano technology within the last 5 years that is quite revolutionary.

MAZDA:Mazda Researchers to Receive JSAE Award | News Releases

Paul.

ASH8

WARNING Given, post(S) edited..please keep it civil.

ASH8

Just read this comment about a few 'journalists' reviewing some SUV's including the CX-5....

Goes to confirm what many (me+) have been saying about the Ford involvement @ Mazda, particularly the late 1990's to early 2005.....

MattMPS

the personal battle of Ash against Blue Oval is near to end.....

Mazda employeers are spilling the beans....

i agree that Mazdas of "pre-30%stakesFord Era" was better engineered cars and higher positioned in market.

ASH8

...

I don't know whether or not I posted this here, so here goes..

Ford made Mazda (Australia) merge their HUGE Mazda Spare Parts department within Ford, under Ford control/distribution in Australia about 10 years ago....what a headache.

Mazda Dealers here were getting Ford Parts instead of Mazda, Ford body panels instead of Mazda, this continued for years....Ford do not cross reference Part Number with location, so if the picking slip says the location for THE Mazda part is 'ABCDE' then that is what is picked and sent to dealer, even if it has been located wrongly in the beginning...or has a FORD label on it!! FFS.

Anyway, when Ford walked away from Mazda, this year Ford Australia gave Mazda Australia 7 months to get their parts out!!....that is 7 months to find a completely new location, staff it after sacking many a decade earlier, put in a new computer system, new parts binning, etc, etc...they still have not recovered.

Plus Ford Australia (parts) would not return (allow MA to remove) their multi-million dollar Parts binning carousels that Mazda paid for..

You don't think Mazda are bitter!?

ASH8

BTW: I can say this will the utmost confidence, there will never be the same co-operation with Ford again...if they (Mazda) could get out of their Thailand plant (BT-50/Ranger, some Mazda 2) they would....

Come 2015 I predict Ford will divest itself of their remaining MMC stake of 2.9%.

HiFlite999

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This question keeps coming up. There is an answer, if Mazda is fast and good enough:

Mazda: The Japanese Diesel

Succeeding there could bring a lot of free publicity in matters that the public cares about, establish the company as a Master of engine technology (a place vacated by Honda), and bring in significant profits (which a rotary will never do). Anyone shopping for a diesel then has to visit VW and Mazda, giving a 'guilt by association' with German car makers. Skyactiv-D will have to be good though, very, very good.

j9fd3s

the difference now, vs the 1970's is that they can try a bunch of different chamber shapes and sizes in the computer before they even build it, its made a HUGE difference to the piston engine, there have been huge gains in mileage, power AND a reduction in emissisons, and the rotary hasn't had that fine tuning yet.

and with all that direct injection/computer design, newer piston engines clog with carbon too, Audi wants to take my dad's A6 engine apart every 20,000miles to clean the carbon out, needless to say the car has been sold, and 20K carbon cleaning interval is actually twice as frequent as an MGB/Triumph Tr3, which actually had that as a normal service.

we had to deal with Ford in the US and they are horrible. even in the USA, they don't have parts, their cataloging sucks, they didn't document anything that came out of the factory, so some parts, like the belts for the trucks you actually need the part number off the old belt to get a new one. or you can take a chance on one of the 18 choices.

ford and mazda did share a warehouse in the US as well, and this has changed, however there were a couple others that Mazda had by themselves.

the parts shortages were so bad we were waiting 6+ months for stuff. we actually had a tribute come off the truck with a damaged hood, and ended up parting the thing out because all the tributes broke, and we couldn't get anything to fix em.

i'm so glad i don't have to deal with Ford stuff anymore!