Mazda sticks with rotary power
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Sorry, but the Japanese Domestic Market has exploited the acronym world to oblivion and back. Can't be helped... 
If anything, RX-V doesn't sound that bad. I do know it's a name used for Yamaha receivers/amplifiers, but at least it is not being used by any car company... not that I know of, at least.
If anything, RX-V doesn't sound that bad. I do know it's a name used for Yamaha receivers/amplifiers, but at least it is not being used by any car company... not that I know of, at least.
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Perhaps RX-V?
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Niku Driver just posted that (546).
Anyways imo they could call it the Mazda Phantom, or the Mazda Cougar.
Anyways imo they could call it the Mazda Phantom, or the Mazda Cougar.
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Perhaps the Mazda Tinder?
Surely it's not possible to call anything a Cougar any more with a straight face. You might as well call it the Mazda Menopause.
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Perhaps the Mazda Tinder?
Surely it's not possible to call anything a Cougar any more with a straight face. You might as well call it the Mazda Menopause.
Tinder seems.. a bit odd. It would be like calling it the Mazda Flint.
oh my. That thought just occurred to me now. I mean Cougars belong with Jaguars, Panthers & the like. But I get what you mean. Sadly it won't happen; but if Mazda did do it it would be hilarious imho. Mazda Menopause & it being in red will surely get all the wrong attention.
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Bring back the Spirit R. Bathurst R. Or, name this one RX-9 LM.
A few things are going on here:
Mazda developed their rotary in 1967. It will be the 50th Anniversary in about a year(little over a year).
They won Le Mans in 1991. Next year will be that 25th Anniversary.
The RX will probably use the SkyActiv -R. SkyActiv debuted in 2011. Next year, Skyactiv will be "active" 5years.
Although the RX may or may not be revealed production ready by 2018, the clock is ticking to do something big at each of these milestones. I can't see releasing new colour choices(I've seen the new BT-50 has a bright red added to the palette) and MX-5 concepts as the only things to wow us fans. Some things big have to happen from now through 2018.
A few things are going on here:
Mazda developed their rotary in 1967. It will be the 50th Anniversary in about a year(little over a year).
They won Le Mans in 1991. Next year will be that 25th Anniversary.
The RX will probably use the SkyActiv -R. SkyActiv debuted in 2011. Next year, Skyactiv will be "active" 5years.
Although the RX may or may not be revealed production ready by 2018, the clock is ticking to do something big at each of these milestones. I can't see releasing new colour choices(I've seen the new BT-50 has a bright red added to the palette) and MX-5 concepts as the only things to wow us fans. Some things big have to happen from now through 2018.
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I wouldn't be too surprised if they called an eventual Skyactiv-R powered sportscar RX-7. After all, the ND MX-5 isn't Mazda 5th Experimenal vehicle, but it still carries the same nameplate. The FD RX-7 itself had nothing in common with the original RX-7.
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2-doors, RWD, Rotary powered, etc.
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The 8 is more of a touring car than a sports car. I think of it as somewhere between an RX7 and a Cosmo. The 7 is pure sports car, the Cosmo is pure luxury grand touring coupe, the 8 is somewhere in between.
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The RX V is above the 7, as it is being labeled a Super Sports car. Could leave room for a new 7.
The Cosmo and 7 both have long fronts and short rear decks. The elongated bonnet on the RX V is making it something else as well.
If we're going off names, the FD strayed from being a Savanna. The SA22 and FC(isn't the RX-4 a Savanna?) have these names. The 7 dropped it. Would or can the RX V be classified as a Savanna? Does that name suit it?
The Cosmo and 7 both have long fronts and short rear decks. The elongated bonnet on the RX V is making it something else as well.
If we're going off names, the FD strayed from being a Savanna. The SA22 and FC(isn't the RX-4 a Savanna?) have these names. The 7 dropped it. Would or can the RX V be classified as a Savanna? Does that name suit it?
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IIRC the first and third generations of the RX-7 are completely different cars mechanically (the SA22 wasn't even equipped with the 13B engine that would eventually become the hallmark of the RX-7 series). And I think Mazda may try to go that (2-doors, RWD, rotary-powered) route again, so... I think calling the eventual production version of the RX-Vision like the rotary sportscar we all love would make a lot of sense.
Kinda like 1963's and today's Porsche 911 have nothing in common mechanically, but share the same basic shape, engine configuration/position, drivetrain style and number of doors/seats.
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The way I see it is the RX-8 was: Heavier, Less powerful/Slower, softer and cheaper then the RX-7, keeping in mind of evolutionary changes that happen with sports cars(generally they get faster or more powerful) the RX-8 doesn't make sense for it to be a direct replacement of the 7 but rather a different model entirely.
Only the RX-3 and RX-9 had 4 door versions in the past and given the RX-8 was actually larger then the RX-7 could be a reason why they went with that name.
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The first gen did come with the 13b engine for two years.
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Yep.
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