Just an artist's rendering, but it is god awful nice IMHO. Gotta have a 2-seat version. If Mazda makes something like this car with a turbo 16x, they will regain their FD reputation. But, then I'd be really satisfied with a 16x RX-8 since I'm just a family guy with 2 kids.

 

Exactly. That was my point. The tranny in the concept was a *7* speed dual clutch.

 

Eh, I'm not really liking the look of it...and for some reasons, the rear, I think specifically the tail lights, look outdated.

O well :/

 

 

interesting, but nothing more than the same level of speculation we get from the japanese rags

 

ummmmmmmm.......... that is an article from 1990 man
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The Sanctuary of Truth Pattaya

 

only time will tell!!! we'll see what happens. sounds real nice thou

 

Exactly my point. Nearly 20 years later and people are still believing "inside" sources.

I think most of the FC owners would have cried if the FD had been the MX-3.

 

funny picture mazdamaniac

 

Mazda seems to be the master of misinformation. Would be nice to be more than pleasantly suprised by what they have in store. But it's sure hard to tell even at this point.

 

No, Mazda's fans are the masters of misinformation.
Mazda just sits there and says nothing.
So, the fans (and the press) have to make it up.

 

Well put MM. At the end of the day it will be the bean counters from Mazda who will really determine our future.....

 

that looks more like a new mx-3 than a RX car

 

...and the photoshop pic portrays what I think would be a much cheaper car to produce than what is already proposed.

At the end of the day Mazda would want to keep it under 70K....

 

That is exactly what it turned out to be.
But, the big magazines were convinced that it was going to be the new RX-7.
In fact, none of the "spies" ever got a glimpse of the FD until less than a year before its actual release.

 

Recently picked up a mx-3 for $200! It was abandoned at my dad's shop because the owner didn't want to pay to get it repaired. Only 90k on the clock. So $300 later it's as good as new. Damn good car. Anyway!

 

It looks more like a G35 rear with the rx8 tweaked front. I'd agree with most dont call it a rx if there isn't a Rotary under the hood. don't get me wrong though its a badass looking concept though.

 

**Not true ... What about...

-German spy shots. Are they the real thing (what thing?) or was it only a mule? or a diversion on purpose seeing as how they posed so nice?

-published interviews w/mazda folk at different points & web published who hint at RX-8 continuing/7s that they would like to make.

-whatever gets on this very forum from those who intimate they know "something" but are sworn to secrecy. Didn't what they hear come from someone at/close to Mazda? Red Herring or Real Beef?

 

Looks amazing. I hope Mazda hasn't forgotten how to make actual road-going cars in lieu of outlandish concepts that go nowhere and have very questionable looks. This one is the first good looking one since the RX-8 concept. That's how we know it's a fake.

 

IMO there will be NO new RX anything if the 2009 RX-8 face lift does not "improve" sales as this car has to last at least another 4-5 years.

Until Hydrogen becomes more main stream the rotary may go into "hiatus" again.

You definitely will not see Two RX's competing for sales.

BOOHOO

 

if something like this gets built it will not be call RX-9 since there was allready an RX-9, it was the rotary version of the 929 in europe

 

yeaaaa....confirmed...with a v6 maybe....riiiiight

 

Are you sure of that RC my friend.

The 1973-1975 929 in OZ was called the RX-4 12A and then 13B
1975-82 ish 121 and 121L (Landau) was the RX-5 13B
The larger bodied 929L 2.0L, Rotary version was JDM only, again the Cosmo.
Then the 929 2.0 litre with new engine design had no rotary only in JDM, that was
called the Cosmo (4 and 2 door pillar-less hardtop) with 13B turbo FI actually saw one in their front reception when I toured the Hiroshima factory.
Then the RX-7 series.
The larger bodied 929 Sedan and Hardtop V6 series until late 1991.
AFAIK there was never an RX-9.

 

i don't know but that concept looks like crap to me

 

Thats some Super uber fusion photoshop crap to me.