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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Hidef1080
How many times do I gotta tell you cats?

R=Racer X=X.
Speed's older brother ReX who ran away from home because Pops Racer was all about the pistons.
dont tell me im the only one waring this?
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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i know for sure that the "R" stands for rotary but the x?
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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Rotary eXport
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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I like to think it stands for Rotary eXperience...

because the 8 isn't just a car... it's an experience.
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 12:40 PM
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I like Rotary eXperience. But some of of the owners hit with mechanical disasters might say "Rotary eXasperation."
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Old Aug 22, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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Awesome. I have that style in different colours.

yeah it's Rotary experiment. Just wanted to add that in there to feel somewhat smarter
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
The myth is that the X stands for experimental or export, but actually it's just the Mazda naming convention and does mean sport, along with MX (Mazda sportscar) and CX (crossover sport maybe). The R does stand for rotary though.
I'm with this guy. All my years reading about rotaries, even in the FD days, I have read the Rotary Experiment but later found it was a myth. I can't remember where I read about it just being a naming convention like MX and CX, etc. But that is what I recall as being the most legitimate answer.
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by shaunv74
not a myth actually. It does stand for Rotary Experimental. It's a carryover from the original designation. As explained to us by the former head of Mazda engineering at the Sevenstock X banquet when he was recounting the development and racing history of the rotary.
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