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zyran

03-12-2004 09:07 AM

What happened to the RX-01?

I downloaded this clip on Kazaa about the RX-01. I saw the video and logo of mazda was the older logo. So I'm guessing this clip is several years old when the RX-01 was a concept(i think). They were talking about it having 200+ horsepower, really cool design and what not. What ever happened to it? Did it eventually lead to the design of the RX-8?

Sue Esponte

03-12-2004 09:21 AM

Yeah, the '96 RX-01 concept kind of evolved into the '99 RX-EVOLV concept...which then morphed into the production RX8.

RX-01
http://www.monito.com/Images/rx01_1-h093.jpg

RX-EVOLV
http://www.monito.com/Images/rx-evolv.jpg

Red Devil

03-12-2004 09:37 AM

The RX-01 was supposed to be a cheap, NA replacement to the high cost FD RX-7. It also was the first car to feature what is now the Renesis, then called the MSPRE...

MazdaManiac

03-12-2004 09:54 AM