This one pager is in our latest edition of WHEELS Mag (June 09).

No real news...just interest.

 

the man probably doesnt even drive a rotary prob drives a mercedes or a beamer.. ehhh

 

That looks real dumb... No mention of him saying, X16!.

 

He basically mentioned the 16X... Reading comprehension FTW.

 

He have talked about "hybrid" and "2011 and after"..... IMHO they are doing revisions from original plan .

But his toughts on hybrid are not-so-wrong.....

 

The point about hybrid battery replacement will become more evident as the current hybrids get older. The manufacturers have stated a life of 10 years for those batteries but that's at a seriously reduced performance.

Electric cars in mass won't be possible even if people would buy them. Our electrical infastructure in populated parts of the country cannot handle the current demand without purchasing power from other companies. Adding a couple million electric vehicles would cause skyrocketing rates or force new power plants to be built. With pending cap and trade and the fear of nuclear power nobody is going to be building anything for a while.

I'm sure Mazda will find a way to make the rotary work here in the US. Worse case is aftermarket companies like COBB will crack the ECU and we'll be able to do what we want!

 

Huh? The Mazda3 is a Ford design?

 

LEAD by Ford team...yes.....obiouvsly underneath...he talked about the platform, the basis of the car....not styling or secondary parts.

for Mazda6 and the lincoln/mercury models the development team was lead by Mazda people...same thing for 2/Fiesta.......

 

Interesting article.

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxLWTuE1Yuo

 

Simply because of gas prices, I don't think the 16x will ever see the light of day. Gas prices are already going way up again for no reason, so where do you think they'll be 2 or 3 years from now when the 16x is supposedly supposed to be in a production car?

 

Gas prices? No.

 

Man's search for the car of the future (Click on image)

Disclaimer: Yes I know it's a picture of a Mazda concept, which has nothing to do with the video. I like Mazda, and it's my post.

 

In my opinion , if they go straight forward with this engine (and the statements in that article are going into that direction) mpg figures cant' be too bad.

start & stop included and very light car....maybe

that car will be not a prius ,but similar to an equivalent in performance piston car.

just my 2 cents.

 

Gas prices(crude oil) went up for a reason.

and that reason is

right now, the market's money has nowhere to go

Government bond is risky (dollar value not so good, and the fact is that our country owe people TOO much money)
Bank savings gives you close to 0% return
Foreign Currency is also risky.
Gold is not stable.

So what we got left?

Stock and oil

Stock has been going up for no reason(or stupid reasons) for the past month. Same thing for Oil.

Stock --- Mad companies are losing money. and those "bullshit" bank reports are nothing but garbage. remember the "stress" test a while ago? thats some complete joke. They "picked" the test method that makes those banks look good. but the fact is that they're still 60% short.

Oil --- It has been OVER producing for years. Now its coming back down BUT, like I said above, the money has NOWHERE to go, it came into this market. Who cares if unemployment at all time high ? engery demand at all time low. and people are not driving as much.

whenever I think of this, I wanna take a gun out and shoot those ******** down.

 

ez jacko i still need to get a car

 

:P

so have u make up ya mind yet ? MS3 or ?

maybe u should consider getting a chrylser, bang for buck man.

 

I don't understand the conclusion that following the lead of what other companies are doing is somehow a safer path then following grandiose dreams you came up with on your own. Sounds to me like the path to irrelevancy or at best mediocrity. Why would I ever buy a Mazda if all the product is, is what some other company was already doing 3-4 years ago?

 

Now that you just mentioned these things, my local news just had a similar story and made some of the same points. Also mentioned speculation becoming a problem again, almost exactly the same thing that caused $4/gallon last summer. Thought Obama was going to do something to prevent that commodity speculation crap which artificially drives up prices? If gas prices keep going up, any small gains made towards economic recovery will come to a very quick halt.

 

Spare a thought for US in the WE Colonies, when the GFC happened our Australian dollar was almost parity to the USA $, actually 0.98c AU...so imports were cheaper.

GFC hit, our dollar went down to 60 cents AU, and guess what...Imports are a lot more expensive.

Crude per barrel is creeping up again already $20US UP, and it appears to follow the price of Gold almost at record levels per ounce, and guess again our dollar is back up to 0.77 AU....it follows the price of Gold and Oil.

Back in the early 1990's Gold was about $200 and ounce, so, Britain and Australia plus many other countries sold their reserves....guess who bought it.....CHINA..

We fools...

BUT YEAH, I though Obama was going to do something about Oil Speculators????

 

This is a common misconception. Yes, the power does have to come from somewhere, but new power plants are built for *peak* loads. Electric vehicle recharging is off-peak.

During evening and nighttime hours, there is a lot of wasted capacity, as most generating plants run continuously. Off-peak is when most charging would naturally take place. That process can be made even more effective by time-of-day pricing. Electric vehicle owners would get a break by charging when rates are lowest, and electric utilities would get revenue from capacity that was previously wasted. It's a win-win.

Compare the demand curve with the availability (green) line in this example. You can see there are many megawatt-hours available for electric-vehicle charging.

 

My tought was not-so-wrong, at all.........

They are changing original plans for hybrid/electric and speed up the development, IMHO Mazda proprietray Hybrid (OR A 100% electric veichle) will come earlier as predicted...

sorry i post only the link...read all the news

http://www.mazda.com/publicity/relea...6/090601a.html