View Poll Results: The next RX-7 design should be:
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2.56%
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5.13%
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34
43.59%
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5.13%
something entirely new
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34
43.59%
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Poll: Next RX-7 Design
#26
Power!!
I would love to see an RX-7 that would stomp a C6 corvette, a 997 porsche, and upcoming Supra, Skyline. If Mazda would need to keep costs down you could put it on the Miata platform and turbo it. You'd easily be around 2500 lbs and 300 hp. You could probably get it to pull .95-1.0 G's with a stiffer suspension and some wider tires.
Boom insta halo car...
Boom insta halo car...
#28
Originally Posted by CAM427R
I'll second the notion that Ford gets bought by Toyota...it's just a matter of time before Ford goes the way of Chrysler...
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Originally Posted by Skiptomylue
i thought their new flagship car was the Gt500...... so.. they could release a newer fi'ed car that could have 350hp and would be very quick but no-where near the power of the gt500...
also we wont have to worry much longer... toyota is going to buy ford soon anywas.
.. thats my prediction..
also we wont have to worry much longer... toyota is going to buy ford soon anywas.
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#30
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The RX-8 IS the RX-7 Replacement....
I agree with RG....
There is NO RX-7....it won't happen....at least the name anyway....sorry...the RX-7 is gone...
I agree with RG....
There is NO RX-7....it won't happen....at least the name anyway....sorry...the RX-7 is gone...
#32
Originally Posted by ASH8
The RX-8 IS the RX-7 Replacement....
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Originally Posted by ASH8
The RX-8 IS the RX-7 Replacement....
I agree with RG....
There is NO RX-7....it won't happen....at least the name anyway....sorry...the RX-7 is gone...
I agree with RG....
There is NO RX-7....it won't happen....at least the name anyway....sorry...the RX-7 is gone...
#36
I don't think they will use the RX-7 name again since people would logically expect it to exceed the FD's performance. So call it RX-3 or RX-5 or RX-9, problem solved. Stick the renesis into a hardtop NC, stick on a more aggressive bodykit, firm up the suspension, and sell. Bonus points for FI or 3-rotor, all-aluminum engine, or more muscular looking fenders and such...but none of those are really necessary to have a competitive car.
And if they can actually pull off the Kabura seating arrangement without jacking the price or the weight, I would imagine they'd cancel the 8. In other words, my hypothetical lighter rotary-coupe would basically *be* the next-gen 8.
And if they can actually pull off the Kabura seating arrangement without jacking the price or the weight, I would imagine they'd cancel the 8. In other words, my hypothetical lighter rotary-coupe would basically *be* the next-gen 8.
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#37
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I don't see the RX-8 as the successor to the RX-7. Not in terms of pure performance sports car. It is only it's successor in the way that the RX-7 was the successor the the RX-2, RX-3, etc... It's the next rotary powered Mazda. It's not a replacement for the RX-7. We will see another rotary powered car again. It may be another generation RX-8 or it may just be another rotary powered car. Each new rotary car that has a different name is nothing more than a different car powered by a rotary engine. If they aren't numbered the same, they aren't a successor to the lineage of that model.
#38
Good point, RD. RX-7 was always a 2-seater sportscar, and the FD was the purest interpretation of all the generations. No way that a 4 door coupe is a successor to that car. It just doesn't go with the lineage. If there's no RX-7 for the foreseeable future, so be it; but the RX-8 is a different version of a rotary sportscar.
By the way, I voted for a new design. Why should Mazda base its new RX-7 on a car that's now over 16 years old? As good as it was then, it's time to be innovative and move ahead.
By the way, I voted for a new design. Why should Mazda base its new RX-7 on a car that's now over 16 years old? As good as it was then, it's time to be innovative and move ahead.
#39
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Originally Posted by RX26b
Good point, RD. RX-7 was always a 2-seater sportscar, and the FD was the purest interpretation of all the generations. No way that a 4 door coupe is a successor to that car. It just doesn't go with the lineage. If there's no RX-7 for the foreseeable future, so be it; but the RX-8 is a different version of a rotary sportscar.
By the way, I voted for a new design. Why should Mazda base its new RX-7 on a car that's now over 16 years old? As good as it was then, it's time to be innovative and move ahead.
By the way, I voted for a new design. Why should Mazda base its new RX-7 on a car that's now over 16 years old? As good as it was then, it's time to be innovative and move ahead.
#40
I say base it on the FD from the standpoint of beauty not in terms being twin turboed or anything. Look how the Corvette and the 911 have 'evolved' over the years.
Paul.
Paul.
#41
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I don't know if this article is a repost, but it's a pretty good write-up on what the next RX-7 could be.
http://www.autozine.org/blog/archives/22
http://www.autozine.org/blog/archives/22
#42
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
I hope so too. I just know it won't. Ford doesn't want Mazda to come out with a high performance sports car that could run with or beat their Mustang. We may see another rotary car but we won't see another one that could perform like the 3rd gen RX-7 and that's a car that would threaten the Mustang. I just can't figure out why Ford would care since they also offer their crappy slow V6 in that car as well. If Mazda did bring back an RX-7, the only natural progression would be to build a better handling and faster car than the last RX-7. You don't go backwards on those types of cars. Americans don't like paying a lot for a Japanese performance car when they can get an American car that goes as fast in a straight line for less money. It's unfortunate.
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Originally Posted by abbid
RG you are correct on all points but one. The GT version of the mustang comes with a 300HP ohc 3v V8
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Originally Posted by Razz1
Forget it. they will never replace their legendary RX-7. They belive in heros and myths. Why destroy it by making a supeerior icon?
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