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New Mazdaspeed LMP2 Car
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
awesome...using the 2.0 Mazda 3 engine too...nice...
I hope the Mazdaspeed Rotary powerd LMP2 car will still be there too!!!
I hope the Mazdaspeed Rotary powerd LMP2 car will still be there too!!!
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- '13 CWP MS3 & '16 Mazda6 GT
answered my own question....looks like a negatory on that one.... 
gavin_leslie
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Doubtful that the older car will be used(maybe as a backup)
The courage C65 was a 3yr old(used) chassis. It was old, slow and heavy. The engine development on the 3 rotor just wasnt there really. The new chassis will be a major step forward.
Racing is nothing but marketing showcase for the latest and greatest technologies using fast cars(think of audi with their diesel TDI technology used in the R10). The 3 rotor is based on a platform that really doesnt exist any more(IE: not very marketable). If there was a 3 rotor renesis in the pipes, maybe that would be used, but there isnt. By contrast the turbocharged MZR is a current engine one that has made headlines and gotten many accolades. Capitalizing on this in a racing environment is a sound decision.
Lets have a commercial with an at speed mazdaspeed 3(or 6) zooming around laguna seca(owned by mazda) and then getting overtaken by the new lola and then get a shot of The backside of the new Lola sprinting off in the distance, maybe with some flames shooting out of the exhausts under shifting. Then a voice over saying.. "mazda...we race what you drive with"... Cue zoom-zoom music. Pure marketing genius.
EDIT: http://www.speedarena.com/news/publish/sportscar/article_7283.shtml Better link
Gavin
The courage C65 was a 3yr old(used) chassis. It was old, slow and heavy. The engine development on the 3 rotor just wasnt there really. The new chassis will be a major step forward.
Racing is nothing but marketing showcase for the latest and greatest technologies using fast cars(think of audi with their diesel TDI technology used in the R10). The 3 rotor is based on a platform that really doesnt exist any more(IE: not very marketable). If there was a 3 rotor renesis in the pipes, maybe that would be used, but there isnt. By contrast the turbocharged MZR is a current engine one that has made headlines and gotten many accolades. Capitalizing on this in a racing environment is a sound decision.
Lets have a commercial with an at speed mazdaspeed 3(or 6) zooming around laguna seca(owned by mazda) and then getting overtaken by the new lola and then get a shot of The backside of the new Lola sprinting off in the distance, maybe with some flames shooting out of the exhausts under shifting. Then a voice over saying.. "mazda...we race what you drive with"... Cue zoom-zoom music. Pure marketing genius.
EDIT: http://www.speedarena.com/news/publish/sportscar/article_7283.shtml Better link
Gavin
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(werd) that would be an awesome commercial...to bad Mazda markets their cars as much as they do farts...
Perro del Sol
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- 2003 MSP, Spicy Orange, 2004 Mazda 6 Hatch, 2004 Mazda 6 Wagon
I am looking forward to checking out the new car @ Sebring. I received the press release this morning from my friend, John Doonan, President of Mazdaspeed Motorsports.
500 HP and 400 TQ out of the 2.0L DISI Turbo Motor, scary thought.
500 HP and 400 TQ out of the 2.0L DISI Turbo Motor, scary thought.
gavin_leslie
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Thats a pretty mellow output for sportscars actually. Back in the early 90s the last generation of Gurney eagles in imsa GTP made @900hp with turbocharged toyotas I4. Theres reasons for this though, todays cars have better aero but dont have the tremendous downforce the old GTP cars could make, and had to overcome. They needed that 900hp. This was on regular race gas as well, not the bizarre cancer-causing tolulene mixtures that the old turbo F1 cars had.
Gavin
Gavin
Damn, you beat me to it, Brian.
The 500+ HP turbocharged MZR-R sounds rather intriguing.
I look forward to further info that comes out about this platform and driveline.
Info can be found on MSM's website as well (same info as found in Post #4): http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Home?storeId=10001&langId=-1
You've gotta love it. Cars built with the soul of a sports car, as stated once upon a time.
The 500+ HP turbocharged MZR-R sounds rather intriguing.
I look forward to further info that comes out about this platform and driveline.
Info can be found on MSM's website as well (same info as found in Post #4): http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Home?storeId=10001&langId=-1
You've gotta love it. Cars built with the soul of a sports car, as stated once upon a time.
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