Just got my new Road&Track. Please someone with scaner put it up here. Looks like Kabura will be out in 2010.

 

awaits news......

 

Could you elaborate a little further please? On what basis are they making this statement? I would love to have the car come out, but all my sources are telling me that the current thinking is the little Mazda3 concept SUV won the day over the Kabura.

 

No! Say it ain't so! The company that is supposed to have the soul of a sports car will make more SUVs than sports cars. Ugh...

 

having the soul of a sports car does not mean "we will build you a sports car"

 

The Kabura was amazing and I'd buy one in half a goddamn New York minute.

The stupid ugly parrot-faced SUV thing, though, can all fall off the boat for all i care.

 

True, but that still doens't mean they should build for SUVs. And that goes for everyone! STOP building suvs.

 

+1. Love the Kabura. Would buy it rotary or piston.

 

god damnit someone give us more info, type the article, or scan the page.


This is like telling everyone jesus is back but not saying where or what he drives.

 

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I guarantee its not American.

 

In the current Motor Trend (who has been correct a lot lately) stated Mazda is only going to build one of them, and the 3 based SUV won out over the Kabua

 

That. Sucks. So. Hard.

 

i love how everything mazda makes has the soul of a sports car...their ads have gone downhill in australia since theyre not allowed to advertise speed as a selling factor so in australia we dont have any mazdaSPEED products (because it promotes speeding/racing/hooligan behaviour apparently)

 

Governments are retarted these days.

Why dont they ban McDonaldos ? Cuz they promote fat food

Why dont they ban Movies ? Most of them promote violence.

the list goes on=.

 

I hear you... but I'm guessing one of the factors that led Mazda to have their best March ever was because of the sales of the new SUVs/Crossovers.

It's a tough business model case. A mainstream car company with 3 sports cars, low sales but street cred? Or make bank on crossovers and only have 2 sports cars?

 

am i the only one that doesn't like the kabura? it looks like a futuristic rx8 with downsyndrome and steroids

 

I heard very diferently, the kabura was going to get a rotary engine, but mazda had to chose between the kabura and the second gen RX-8, they decided to go with the second gen rx-8

but mazda is keeping things so secret is imposible to tell if any of this rumors are thru, I am 100% begind mazda being more secret on theyr proyects, mazda is a small company with limited funds, they can not let the competititon know what they are up to because the competition will get a similar product out the door sooner than mazda can

 

As much as I would love to see a rotary Kabura, I think from a business sense the RX-8 is a much better product.

 

agreed, but mazda could make them both, its not like they dont share plattform and most parts the only diference would be the body, the kabura would be a re-shape mx-5

the real question is if they can sell 2 rotary cars, is there market for them?

 

If they would just make the 8 lighter, like 2700-2800 lbs, it would be better.

 

I think there would be market for them if they anticipate the demand, and produce the amount that will be sold...but that is a risk...

 

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The RX-8 is fine just like it is.
A two seat, light weight version with a polycarbonate hatch back would be a great option.

I wrote Mazda 2 years ago.
I suggested they build the Kabura, then after a year, offer a light weight 2-seat rotary performance version.

 

I got my new Road & Track yesterday, wow, that artists take on the new RX-7 is hideous! And the color!? I think R&T is just taking a guess about the RX-7 because of the recent news that a new rotary will be out 2010. They also mention that it will be a 2+2 in the article, and the Kabura had a sliding rear door (I'm sure that could be added to both sides)which means it could be a 2nd gen RX-8 as well. Whatever it turns out to be it's good news for rotary enthusiasts.

 

Where do you think the money is??

Hell, no one could imagine Porsche making an SUV a decade ago and look how successful the Cayenne is.