Mazda SASSOU Design Concept Vehicle To be Unveiled at 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
08-30-2005, 05:03 PM
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Mazda SASSOU Design Concept Vehicle To be Unveiled at 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
Leverkusen, 30th August 2005. Mazda Motor Corporation will present an exciting Zoom-Zoom design concept at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in September – the Mazda SASSOU (‘sa-so’) – a small, lightweight, three-door hatchback powered by a turbocharged, three-cylinder, 1.0-liter MZR DISI (Direct Injection Spark Ignition) gasoline engine. Combined with evolved Zoom-Zoom design language and a unique interior concept, Mazda SASSOU is a look into the future at where Mazda might be heading with its B-car. It will share the stage with the Mazda Crossport concept, Mazda2 facelift, the third-generation Mazda MX-5, the high-performance Mazda6 MPS and the recently launched Mazda6 facelift and the compact Mazda5.
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10-31-2005, 05:28 PM
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You can find more details there, glanced through the mazdausa website, n didnt seem to find it there, mayb i didnt look hard enough
quoted from the site:
"The powertrain would be finished off with a dry-type twin-clutch 6-speed powershift transmission that is shifted using paddles on the steering wheel, making it both fun and easy to drive in city traffic."
Anyone know what a powershift tranmission is? is it just a really short throw one? + twin cluctch?
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Vehicles -> Concepts -> Sassou
You can find more details there, glanced through the mazdausa website, n didnt seem to find it there, mayb i didnt look hard enough
quoted from the site:
"The powertrain would be finished off with a dry-type twin-clutch 6-speed powershift transmission that is shifted using paddles on the steering wheel, making it both fun and easy to drive in city traffic."
Anyone know what a powershift tranmission is? is it just a really short throw one? + twin cluctch?
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10-31-2005, 07:59 PM
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According to the JDM new car mag I was reading... fall 2006 is supposed to bring a restyled RX-8 and a SMG transmission. With the upcoming 6speed auto from the MX-5... I dunno. Direct Injection does look like a possiblity though.
10-31-2005, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Japan8
According to the JDM new car mag I was reading... fall 2006 is supposed to bring a restyled RX-8 and a SMG transmission. With the upcoming 6speed auto from the MX-5... I dunno. Direct Injection does look like a possiblity though.
SMG is an entirely different animal; that would be a true MT that has a computer auto engaging the clutch instead of one's foot. A true SMG "like" MT would be able to handle the 9K redline of the highpower unit. It would be great to have an SMG option for the '07 year, but I'd be much more interested in improvements to the Rotary itself.
10-31-2005, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-Hachi
The 6 speed AT from the MX-5 is suppose to be for the '06 model RX-8, according to what's been posted on our RX8club website. That should be showing up this coming Winter, not next Fall.
SMG is an entirely different animal; that would be a true MT that has a computer auto engaging the clutch instead of one's foot. A true SMG "like" MT would be able to handle the 9K redline of the highpower unit. It would be great to have an SMG option for the '07 year, but I'd be much more interested in improvements to the Rotary itself.
SMG is an entirely different animal; that would be a true MT that has a computer auto engaging the clutch instead of one's foot. A true SMG "like" MT would be able to handle the 9K redline of the highpower unit. It would be great to have an SMG option for the '07 year, but I'd be much more interested in improvements to the Rotary itself.
What I meant was for a company with limited resources and on a car that is not a big seller/mainstay... it doesn't seem worth the funds to offer both a paddle shift auto AND an SMG transmission. Maybe I'm wrong... auto for the auto lovers and the SMG could also be carried over to the MX-5.
BTW, I said SMG in fall 2006, not 6 speed auto. I acknowledged that sources on this site have said the 6 speed auto is fall 2005.
10-31-2005, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Japan8
... and a SMG transmission. With the upcoming 6speed auto from the MX-5...
10-31-2005, 09:18 PM
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RX-8 and a SMG transmission
10-31-2005, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RX-Hachi
Sounded like you were saying a "SMG with the 6 speed auto from the MX-5". But it's cool, I get you now.
10-31-2005, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by therm8
They do that and they'll have me as a return customer, otherwise my 8 stays until it dies, maybe twice.
I always wonder about people and that... but I guess it's like auto transmissions. I hate 'em... never getting another. SMG... I really don't care how fast it's supposed to be able to shift. I prefer a traditional clutch and double-H.... but that's me.
10-31-2005, 09:47 PM
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Gosh Mazda...did you guys hire a bunch of BMW people?
Sharp and soft lines seem to not mix well. Most of the time the car just looks messy...please don't tell me this is their design direction cause it's ugly!
Sharp and soft lines seem to not mix well. Most of the time the car just looks messy...please don't tell me this is their design direction cause it's ugly!