RX-8 hardly Mazdas elite anymore...
01-29-2005, 12:31 AM
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It's photoshop! Autobild often posts photoshops posing as spyphotos.
I'm 99% certain Mazda would not design the front end of the next Miata to be an almost exact duplicate of the RX-8. The next MX-5 is scheduled for its debut at the 75th International Motor Show in Geneva, Mar.3-13. So we'll know soon enough.
I'm 99% certain Mazda would not design the front end of the next Miata to be an almost exact duplicate of the RX-8. The next MX-5 is scheduled for its debut at the 75th International Motor Show in Geneva, Mar.3-13. So we'll know soon enough.
01-29-2005, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Gord96BRG
Mazda's own official performance numbers for 0-100 km/h (62 mph): MS6, 6.6 sec. RX-8, 6.4 sec. RX-8 is still faster.
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I do agree with you that the photo is not the next Miata and just a photoshop.
01-29-2005, 01:17 AM
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In addition, the rear shot shows the tail lights to be non-matching. Take a look at the red/silver-centered one.. Anyhow, it's most definitely a composite published for illustrative purposes. A good handful of the photos that end up in American car magazines like R&T and C&D are actually artist renditions.
01-29-2005, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by No More Oldsmobiles
I'm taking a stab at that caption and it's something like:
The doubled (something?): As replacement for the MR2 and the soon to be discontinued Celica is this Mittelmotorsportwagen (middle engine sports car?) believed to be (no idea.)
For the end of 2006 recommended two-seater is getting a concealable hardtop and (something or other) with hybrid drive too ...
(I'll never make fun of other people's English skills again.)
The doubled (something?): As replacement for the MR2 and the soon to be discontinued Celica is this Mittelmotorsportwagen (middle engine sports car?) believed to be (no idea.)
For the end of 2006 recommended two-seater is getting a concealable hardtop and (something or other) with hybrid drive too ...
(I'll never make fun of other people's English skills again.)
1) The bold text belongs to the upper (only partly visible) picture, which probably shows a Toyota study with mid-engine. It has nothing to do with the "new Miata".
2) The other text belongs to the "new Miata" and the picture is chopped, driver mirror, rear lights and right headlight look doctored.
I found some similar pictures though:
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01-29-2005, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
Great Gord, and the Forester XT is rated at 215hp from Subaru, but it makes more HP than the WRX and is faster. Sometimes manufacturers publish numbers that they think they should rather than what they actually are.
Agreed.
BMW is well known for always underestimating their cars on purpose.
My old 2004 330 Coupe 6spd was rated by BMW @ 6.4 for 0-60mph.
I clocked a 5.8 in it.
As goes for HP. BMWs 225HP "feels" equivalent to 260-270 from anybody else?
01-29-2005, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by GiN
In addition, the rear shot shows the tail lights to be non-matching. Take a look at the red/silver-centered one..
What I like the most in the article is the sentence where they say that "there is a bit of an RX-8 grinning in the front"... yeah right, a little bit... kinda :D
01-29-2005, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Pkskull77
It's late so perphaps I am missing something, but what exactly do you mean by this?
just a joke
02-01-2005, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by abbid
Whatever zoom, are you seeing things? Looks like age is catching up :P
hah one pulled in today again- it was that other "rx" the lexus rx330
look here at the pic on the top right of the page http://www.lexus.com/models/rx/index.html
here's another shot
02-01-2005, 03:20 PM
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I saw half of the car on the last motor week on speed channel yersterday . The car color was a dark shine blue . the guy from the show was talking about next week cars and he was standing next to it . Watch the show and you will see it at the end of the show.
02-04-2005, 12:32 PM
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unfortunately, the rx-8's rep began to wane when Mazda screw up with the hp numbers and what with the silly alphabet soup flashes. It reminds me of my ECS motherboard that requires new BIOS flash to keep it going.....
02-09-2005, 10:42 PM
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I think that last picture posted by wolverine is the closest we're going to see until the unveil it. Me thinks its going to have a similar plastic lip and headlight styling (the 6 had similar headlights to the 8... just not as aggressive). From there the grill should look identical to the picture and the openings where the fog lights are will be more rounded rectangles then the aggressive styling on the 8. No idea with the hood though... probably that ugly round thing like on all the other photos.
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