new rx-7
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ZoomZoomH said:
That is not the Spirit R. That's just a regluar 99- model.
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sykotick said:
I heard that also, I also heard it was going to have a rotary. Then I heard it was also going to be turbo.
I'd imagine it will just be turbo. Mazda has had great luck with turbo B-series motors (well, that's saying if they keep the B-series).
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Hmmm, this is all very interesting considering Mazda stated that the RX-7 has been discontinued indefinitely because they don't have the production capability to build enough RENSIS motors for both the RX-8 and a new RX-7.
I say BS for now...
And I doubt 2006...This info was released a few weeks ago via the Car Connection I think.
I say BS for now...
And I doubt 2006...This info was released a few weeks ago via the Car Connection I think.
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StuttersC said:
Who said that and when?
I heard they were waiting to see how the RX-8 did sales wise. They need to make a reliable name for the rotary before the average person will buy them I think.
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SonicRacer said:Who said that and when?
I heard they were waiting to see how the RX-8 did sales wise. They need to make a reliable name for the rotary before the average person will buy them I think.
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Dated September 8, 2003 from the Car Connection:
No Plans to Revive RX-7, Mazda Insists
Those expecting to glimpse a new rotary-powered Mazda sports car at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show will be in for a serious disappointment, several senior Mazda officials tell TheCarConnection.com. It's not that the automaker isn't exploring the idea of reviving its legendary two-seater, which went out of production last year. For the moment, though, it has its corporate hands full with the new four-seat RX-8, which is just in the midst of a global launch. There's another problem, stresses Mazda Motors Board Member Steve Odell: limited production capacity for the new Renesis rotary engine. There's only capacity for 60,000 of the engines a year, he notes, around what Mazda hopes to need for the RX-8, and expanding production would be "quite difficult." Translation: extremely expensive. But there is a future for the rotary, he adds. "I'm sure we'd like" to produce other rotary-powered models, including a new RX-7, "if the demand is there." A solid hit with the new car could be the encouragement Mazda needs. -Paul A. Eisenstein
No Plans to Revive RX-7, Mazda Insists
Those expecting to glimpse a new rotary-powered Mazda sports car at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show will be in for a serious disappointment, several senior Mazda officials tell TheCarConnection.com. It's not that the automaker isn't exploring the idea of reviving its legendary two-seater, which went out of production last year. For the moment, though, it has its corporate hands full with the new four-seat RX-8, which is just in the midst of a global launch. There's another problem, stresses Mazda Motors Board Member Steve Odell: limited production capacity for the new Renesis rotary engine. There's only capacity for 60,000 of the engines a year, he notes, around what Mazda hopes to need for the RX-8, and expanding production would be "quite difficult." Translation: extremely expensive. But there is a future for the rotary, he adds. "I'm sure we'd like" to produce other rotary-powered models, including a new RX-7, "if the demand is there." A solid hit with the new car could be the encouragement Mazda needs. -Paul A. Eisenstein
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Well, after reading that again, maybe 2006...
But not anytime soon.
But not anytime soon.
Street KingFD
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rx7gslse said:odd.. last month Autoweek said turbocharged
I think everyone is still speculating, but I'd lean more to turbo... Mazda has a long history of turbocharging, and none to my knowledge of supercharging...
plus the joint development w/ Calloway.... Just my speculation
C'mon man don't tell me you ain't giving some love to the Millenia S, it was s/c. I too heard it was going to be supercharged. Seems this would be a least expensive way to give the miata some bump in HP to compete with the S2000 maybe...
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This car is tight
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The is the Roadster Coupe...It is a nice car.
And squelch the rumors, the Mazdaspeed Miata is a turbo BP motor.
No rotary and no super charger.
The real question now is, "Who did the turbo?"
I don't think it was Callaway.
And squelch the rumors, the Mazdaspeed Miata is a turbo BP motor.
No rotary and no super charger.
The real question now is, "Who did the turbo?"
I don't think it was Callaway.
rx7gslse said:odd.. last month Autoweek said turbocharged
I think everyone is still speculating, but I'd lean more to turbo... Mazda has a long history of turbocharging, and none to my knowledge of supercharging...
plus the joint development w/ Calloway.... Just my speculation
Mazda did make the Miller-cycle motor with the last Millenia, which i think is some type of supercharged motor. Oh, it is supposed to be turbocharged.
