New RX8
05-16-2011, 11:07 AM
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that the design is complete for the new RX model. (they were shown pics from Mazda) And it will have the DI 16X. 
05-16-2011, 05:41 PM
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What we heard was from a Mazda NA rep, we actually got to call on speaker and thank a higher up for allowing us to have the opportunity to hear the info. he was sort of vague about the details if you know what I mean.
05-16-2011, 08:17 PM
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I'm definitely at that point, and I agree with the previous comments that the rendering looks more like a luxury sports coupe than a sports car. I'll be very disappointed if the new rotary car is not the same size as, or smaller than the current 8.
05-16-2011, 11:48 PM
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It will be interesting to see what makes it through as standard equip, or as options. The side "mirrors" being one of them. Be a bit different to look at a monitor for your blind spots, but if they throw a wide angle lens on it, potentially safer than what you've got now.
05-17-2011, 07:01 AM
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05-17-2011, 07:47 AM
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he said in an interview that emission (i assume Co2 emission) of rotary must improve of 50% (i assume that must be 50% LESS).
rx-8 is rated a 299 g/Co2 for 233 hp
a car wit similar performance must be 150 g/Co2
assuming that new rotary wil be more powerful than actual renesis (example 300 hp) limits must be around 180 g/Co2....
doin this without an light hybrid assist must be very hard
05-17-2011, 12:27 PM
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citation: MAZDA has set an ambitious 50 per cent fuel consumption reduction target for its next-generation ‘Sky Rotary’ engine,
i read this as a passage from 299 to 150 g/Co2 (assuming Co2 strictly linkend to fuel compsuntion), maybe i'm wrong because i'm italian...in Italian the meaning is this
05-17-2011, 01:39 PM
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The RX8 was unveiled around 2001 and the Modern Marvels episode aired around
March 2002 so that's roughly a 3 year gap between production. If they are that close is it going to be another 3 year window before they are produced is what I'm wondering.
March 2002 so that's roughly a 3 year gap between production. If they are that close is it going to be another 3 year window before they are produced is what I'm wondering.
05-17-2011, 11:51 PM
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Looks great. I never doubted there'd be an RX-8 successor once Mazda said there would be, and that was years ago. Over that time, I can certainly understand some doubting whether it would happen or not.
What I can't understand is why they insisted on proclaiming the rotary was dead as if it was a slam dunk, foregone conclusion. Morons. It's why I take most stuff I read on forums with a huge grain of salt. Thank god there's still magazines, newspapers and their websites where, to get a story up, journalists have to, by and large, confirm their info from a reliable source. (And no, "my buddy who works for Mazda, says…" is not a reliable source.)
What I can't understand is why they insisted on proclaiming the rotary was dead as if it was a slam dunk, foregone conclusion. Morons. It's why I take most stuff I read on forums with a huge grain of salt. Thank god there's still magazines, newspapers and their websites where, to get a story up, journalists have to, by and large, confirm their info from a reliable source. (And no, "my buddy who works for Mazda, says…" is not a reliable source.)
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05-18-2011, 08:03 AM
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Please keep in mind that Mazda has not, to this point, given confirmation on the engine or car.
I would expect it won't be long before info on the next MX-5 and the RX# is released officially from Mazda (Weeks? Months?).
Paul.
I would expect it won't be long before info on the next MX-5 and the RX# is released officially from Mazda (Weeks? Months?
).Paul.
05-18-2011, 12:16 PM
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Not really. I an making assumptions based on a lot of things including rumors, speculations and hearsay. Some of my rumors revolve around some things and people at Mazda. I have taken the speculation and made more speculation 
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Paul.
.Paul.
05-18-2011, 02:15 PM
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We did the same thing with BL. It's looking like 2020 then...
05-18-2011, 02:25 PM
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its not likely salesman will hear/see anything until the marketing starts hitting, in other words slightly after the average rx8club user hears it . The dealer Principles will hear about and see the car way before that at NADA or separate discreet gatherings once the final is green lighted.
. The dealer Principles will hear about and see the car way before that at NADA or separate discreet gatherings once the final is green lighted.
05-18-2011, 02:33 PM
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quote. here in EU they have exposed Minagi (the car premiered at geneva---march) in a meeting of dealers slightly before Christmas 2010, and they have called it (verbally) "cx-5". no cellphones or other stuff allowed.
05-18-2011, 03:36 PM
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And i know as soon as the president of my dealership and 11 others hears about it I'd be the first person he tells. I'm a mazda fanboy and he knows it!
Thanks, Zoom.