People who know cars are a very, VERY small demographic and many of them know that the rotary is a pain in the ***. There's not enough there to make a car profitable.

IMO, Mazda will need to have a ridiculous warranty to bring people back in and in order to pull that off they'll have to hammer the new engine much harder than they did the Renesis.

 

I thought that this was interesting.

Mazda Confirms RX-Vision Concept Will Inspire The Next Generation Mazda3

 

So, basically, the RX-VISION was just a design exercise? It was just the next iteration after the Hazumi's introduction of the Kodo design language?

Man, I hope not.

Either way, a manufacturer saying that their production cars will vaguely resemble their concepts isn't really groundbreaking. That article feels like quota-filling.

 

They said right at the introduction of the Vision that it was a view of where they were going Kodo next. Nothing has changed with that.

 

BC! All those qualifications make my head hurt.

Just take his bet as-is. It's easy money!

 

 

whats the date on that? i cant find the mention at bridgetogantry

 

damn it!
I had this pop up on my Google Now and I disregarded it.
hmmm
now to find the link...

 

The grammar issue with the title combined with the fact that they are suspension testing a Grand Touring instead of a S3 RX-8 makes me think that "future supercar" isn't what they are testing for.

BC.

 

Yeah I saw this a couple of weeks on a rotarynews FB page and didn't make it past " Are Mazda".

 

i asked Dale Lomas directly on facebook a few minutes ago. ill post what ever he replies

 

Is Mazda making these for testing or are these some left over models from 2011 or earlier?

 

They are leftovers. The RX-8 assembly line was dismantled years ago. Probably where they make the ND now.

 

"Are Mazda" is correct British English, I believe. They address corporations as groups of people, so "are" is correct. In the US, we treat corporations as individuals, so "Is Mazda" would be correct. If this is a Brit or Euro magazine, the headline may not be a reason to discount its contents.

Also, no comment on whether the 570s was instrumented? Maybe a Mazda exec just wanted some track time.

 

Get a reply, Zoom?

 

nope. ill ping him again. still havent seen his original report

 

https://issuu.com/min-mag/docs/japan...-_october_2016 look for Page 17

 

*16

 

This was discussed already a few posts up.

 

I think he's just pointing out the source.

 

well Dale Lomas is the source and Im trying to find his original comment/pics from him directly. either at bridgetogantry or on his facebook etc.so far no good

 

zoom, you need to level up your online stalking skillz.
used to be a time you could find anything on the interwebs.

 

Nice - it's good to see the FE rotary fleet out for testing again. It can only mean good things

 

the only places i havent looked is instagram or pinterest. i dont do twitter but i have a twitter handle just so i can search for things like this from time to time.

if it came from one of those other places someone else will have to look. it's certainly not on his .com/facebook for the .com/his own facebook/his twitter

neither google nor bing turn up the images.

one search yesterday turned up my question tohim and nothing else

 

Confirmed...
It's the new Uber car from Mazda!