Rx-3??????
07-26-2005, 08:14 AM
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Rx-3??????
I was just crusin the Miata forum and came across this interesting thread this morning.
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=144313
anybody else hear rumors about mazda making an RX-3??
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=144313
anybody else hear rumors about mazda making an RX-3??
07-26-2005, 10:38 AM
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Another rotary car? Bring it on! 
Every car is kinda fugly when a artist sketches it or photcops it from other pics. Brings memories from when just about ALL Mazda cars were rotaries, even the pickup truck > http://www.mycompactpickup.com/MazdaPickuprotary.html
Go for it Mazda!
Every car is kinda fugly when a artist sketches it or photcops it from other pics. Brings memories from when just about ALL Mazda cars were rotaries, even the pickup truck > http://www.mycompactpickup.com/MazdaPickuprotary.html Go for it Mazda!
07-26-2005, 11:34 AM
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i would just like to point out that Rotarynews.com predicted a new RX-3 2 and a half years ago in this article http://rotarynews.com/?q=node/view/158
A new RX-3
Mazda might/could develop a lightweight, low price point, entry level, compact vehicle that would take advantage, of the RENESIS' newfound emissions and mileage standards. The vehicle could be made in the spirit of the RX-3 Coupe and would break away from the now all-consuming front-wheel drive entry level platforms of the market today......
Mazda might/could develop a lightweight, low price point, entry level, compact vehicle that would take advantage, of the RENESIS' newfound emissions and mileage standards. The vehicle could be made in the spirit of the RX-3 Coupe and would break away from the now all-consuming front-wheel drive entry level platforms of the market today......
07-26-2005, 12:27 PM
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I think he got the torque and horsepower ratings backwards. How many rotaries with 154 hp are there that have 222 ft lbs of torque?
07-26-2005, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
i would just like to point out that Rotarynews.com predicted a new RX-3 2 and a half years ago in this article http://rotarynews.com/?q=node/view/158
Anyway, this has got to be one of the most horrid photo chops I've seen. If an RX-3 is really on the drawing board, I'm sure it will look nothing like this. The JDM mags are infamous for having fugly artist's conceptions of what a future car might look like. The real cars end up looking nothing like 'em.
07-26-2005, 01:49 PM
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I've said this before, Mazda has all the ingredients it needs to easily create a killer pure sports car. One that could truly take the world by storm! Start with the NC MX-5 chassis, make it lighter by being a coupe, style another breath taking body, drop in the fully tuned 13b NA Renesis (or even better, the 16b for savage performance). Presto, Wallah! Will Mazda pull this magic trick?
The car would rule!
The car would rule!
07-26-2005, 10:41 PM
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Looks like a 2 door RX-8!
I cant see how they can go with this when they have said that they wont go with a new 7 because the Hiroshima plant production is at 100% and to introduce a new car they would have to expand the plant.
Andrew
I cant see how they can go with this when they have said that they wont go with a new 7 because the Hiroshima plant production is at 100% and to introduce a new car they would have to expand the plant.
Andrew
07-27-2005, 08:36 PM
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The rx-3 has already been released here in the states. My pops beat a porcshe out on a lonley backroad in Nevada. Yet that was back in the early 70's. Great car, cept its apex seals were toast at 40k. wish he still had it today
wish he still had it today
07-28-2005, 07:59 AM
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It makes every sense to do this, all the parts are there and the RX-8 production has slow down, a 2800lbs 2 door coupe with the renesis better tune (205 rwhp) good price an you have a winer 
And dont forged the oficial theme for this year sevenstock is rotary coupes and there historical importance.
And dont forged the oficial theme for this year sevenstock is rotary coupes and there historical importance.
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07-28-2005, 08:50 AM
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Not happening
Mazda’s Philosophy since the RX-7 debacle is to produce fun to driver cars that handle before they pull. I don’t think it likely you will see any car produced by Mazda that’s going to take the “World by Storm.” Mazda is now a conservative car manufacturer that tends to stay right up the middle in car design.
This photo chop sure would be a cool car, but in order to produce it, they would have to up the 8’s power, in order to maintain it’s position as the premier model. Because I feel it very unlikely that the 8 will be getting a power upgrade, I find it equally unlikely that this car will ever hit the streets.
This photo chop sure would be a cool car, but in order to produce it, they would have to up the 8’s power, in order to maintain it’s position as the premier model. Because I feel it very unlikely that the 8 will be getting a power upgrade, I find it equally unlikely that this car will ever hit the streets.
07-28-2005, 10:06 AM
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Don the Mazda6 is being upsized to Millenia size or slightly larger for 2007.
pskull i dont understand your up the middle in car design statement. Mazda3 5 door. Mazda5 and RX-8. New MX-5. How are they middle of the road?
pskull i dont understand your up the middle in car design statement. Mazda3 5 door. Mazda5 and RX-8. New MX-5. How are they middle of the road?
07-28-2005, 11:34 AM
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actuall ther eis no miata any more
and it wouldnt compete with the MX-5 as it would be a rotary . just like they wouldnt HAVE to give the RX-8 a power bump. they wouldnt compete because one is a 4 door and the other is not.
and it wouldnt compete with the MX-5 as it would be a rotary . just like they wouldnt HAVE to give the RX-8 a power bump. they wouldnt compete because one is a 4 door and the other is not.
07-28-2005, 11:43 AM
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Like berny from rotary news said its price must be 16,000 to 18,000( the miata base is 20+), the car that this might take sales away from is the mazda3, so does it makes more sense to make a mazda3 coupe?, the people that buy a 3 fully loaded might want something with more power,but I still dont think this car is going to take sales away from other mazda model.
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