Check out the front fender arch!
 

Ford iosis concept

Thought this concept was very rx-8'ish.

wow, tell me there is something mazda is not sharing with us. i can't be the only one who thinks this is a total rip off the RX-8. I will die before i buy ford! (Found on road dead)

we've been had!

that pic makes me sick to my stomach :(

Doesnt Ford own Mazda?
Anyway this thing looks like a cheaper, uglier version of the Austin Martin.
I do love the lights though.
Does any1 know wtf they are and if they make them for regular cars?

Front wheel drive car with a big overhang. Doesn't work for me.

Autoweek had a picture at a more flattering angle and it looked even more like an 8. No getting around the corporate sharing.

Does that thing have back seats? From the look of it, only midgets could fit back there.

hmm, yes, its quite simular to the 8... hope they have an explaination to the close likeness :)

This is exactly why the American car industy sucks.

Hot selling import?...

Why innovate when you can make a knock off?

Who you calling hot selling...??? :p

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/82/

Sort of resembles the body style of the 8.

Isn't there another thread on this?

Anyway, yes total highjack. They just better not make it.

All cars look like other cars in one way or another I think. Personally, see the RX-8 in the front of the Citroen DS:

http://www.classiccars.de/Oldyrent/p...ages/71665.jpg



Anyway, I really like that Ford.

Wow! So we are related to the French.

wow almost similar to the 8 biatch!

I don't like the rear or the ford badge, but hey... it comes standard with lambo style doors :) oh and the interior looks good go me.

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/...es/1/large.jpg

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/...es/3/large.jpg

as long as no one puts strakes on those fenders... but of course they will and they'll all rebadge them to say "RX-8." Ricers.

I do like the interior though.

those bastards.... they better not make something that similar to the rx8... and come up with their own ideas...


guess no more side pocket in the doors though with that style...

Are you guys kidding me? It's so obvious by the overall proportions and fenders that it IS an RX-8, modified as a Ford model. They're doing the same thing here that they have been doing for some time now. They can't build cars worth crap for themselves, so they buy a company that makes good cars and puts their own crappy engine in it. Examples: Ford 500 and Freestyle are built off the Volvo S60 platform, Ford Fusion is a Mazda 6. The next euro Focus is a Mazda 3 / Volvo S40. I'm just wondering what crappy motor they put in there.

Chances are, it'd sell well considering that the general public is afraid of owning a rotary engine, but would love the car with the more swooping C-pillar and a reciprocating engine. Fear not, though, as it would likely become front-heavy and, unless they put some monster forced-induction motor in it, it wouldn't likely be faster than the RX-8.

if you think those doors will make it to the production version, you need to lay off the drugs...or possibly get on some, depending on your mental state ;)

Anyone else notice it appears it might be a hatchback. Would be cool if they solved the whole can't fit anything in the trunk problem the RX8 has.

And seriously who care's if it's a rebadged RX8 with a piston engine. I like the styling, personally. Not to mention platform sharing benifits almost everyone, especially if they started sharing alot of the same parts.

It would in turn make the RX8 cheeper to work on. Time will tell....

The nose is awful. Are they trying to make room for a bigger engine?

Staying On

http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia...s/pages/01.htm

for more pictures


and i saw a new what looks to be a mazda concept... maybe even ford after looking at the iosis... at this survey thing I went to... heres the thread

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ghlight=survey