OMG! New RX-7 on the way!
04-23-05 | 11:02 AM
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OMG! New RX-7 on the way!
Sorry this is a french article, in the most reputable newspaper in the GMA. I'll translate!
This article is about the new MX-5, but here is the last part of the article:
Translation:
The 3rd generation of the MX-5 will arrive at dealerships somewhere around the end of august. That will give us 6 months to get used to the fact it won't be labeled Miata anymore.
Oh, here's a last hint: Kijima, the engineer, has revealed that his next huse challenge is to bring back the.... RX-7. "Our client-base is waiting for it. We have a 4-seater sports car (RX-8) and a 2-seater roadster (MX-5), a 2+2 coupe RX07 even more powerful should become our first-class performance car"
This privileaged information, public relations agents quickly dismissed it, swearing that there were no plans to this effect...
Source:
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/automobile...005,964940.php
This article is about the new MX-5, but here is the last part of the article:
La troisième génération de la MX-5 arrive chez les concessionnaires Mazda quelque part vers la fin d'août. Voilà qui donne six mois pour s'habituer au fait qu'elle ne portera pas le badge Miata... Oh, un dernier tuyau: l'ingénieur Kijima a révélé que son prochain grand défi serait de veiller... au retour de la RX-7. «La clientèle l'attend. Nous avons une sportive quatre places (RX-8) et un roadster deux places (MX-5), un coupé 2+2 RX-7 encore plus puissant devrait devenir notre voiture de performance de première classe.»
Cette information privilégiée, les responsables des relations publiques se sont empressés de la démentir, jurant qu'il n'y avait aucun plan à cet effet...
Cette information privilégiée, les responsables des relations publiques se sont empressés de la démentir, jurant qu'il n'y avait aucun plan à cet effet...
The 3rd generation of the MX-5 will arrive at dealerships somewhere around the end of august. That will give us 6 months to get used to the fact it won't be labeled Miata anymore.
Oh, here's a last hint: Kijima, the engineer, has revealed that his next huse challenge is to bring back the.... RX-7. "Our client-base is waiting for it. We have a 4-seater sports car (RX-8) and a 2-seater roadster (MX-5), a 2+2 coupe RX07 even more powerful should become our first-class performance car"
This privileaged information, public relations agents quickly dismissed it, swearing that there were no plans to this effect...
Source:
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/automobile...005,964940.php
04-23-05 | 01:33 PM
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I think a 4th gen RX-7 will eventually become reality. That's not really my concern; instead, it's whether or not it will actually be good. If it doesn't keep with the RX tradition of being a 'pure bred sportscar', and instead opts for silly things like luxury interiors and whatever, I'll be disapointed. Also, I hear that flip-up lights are illegal on cars made after 2002 due to new legislation in the US, so if that's true, it'll take a piece out of the feeling it's a true RX-7.
04-23-05 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LisaG
He was the guitar player for Pantera..SMOKIN' guitar player!! He was shot to death as far as I know, on stage. Kudos to WHO for the tribute... 
He was playing with his new band Damage Plan on stage and some ex-marine crazed guy shot him and some security personel to death.
Where did this happen? You guessed it, Columbus. Where kids shoot others kids and teachers at school, where everyone has a riffle at home, and gunshot wounds are the number 1 cause of death.
Anyhoo, hopefully the new RX-7 will be kept a 2-seater in America. He mentionned a 2+2 in the article...
04-23-05 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rocky071
I think a 4th gen RX-7 will eventually become reality. That's not really my concern; instead, it's whether or not it will actually be good. If it doesn't keep with the RX tradition of being a 'pure bred sportscar', and instead opts for silly things like luxury interiors and whatever, I'll be disapointed. Also, I hear that flip-up lights are illegal on cars made after 2002 due to new legislation in the US, so if that's true, it'll take a piece out of the feeling it's a true RX-7.
well keep in mind that the RX-7 in the past could always come loaded with luxury features...power everything, leather, good sound system, so i'd expect them to offer the same...the underlying structure on the RX-7 was always very pure in carrying out the escence of being a sports car, but it was hardly a bare bones racer...
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04-23-05 | 06:12 PM
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I hope I am wrong, but I just picked up the official `Rx-7 memorial` magazine that mazda helped write, if they had a an official memorial, I think the rx-7 at least the name is now officially gone...Max
04-23-05 | 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SAiamNE
Well guess i'll be making a stop at the bank Monday.. "New RX-7 Fund" HEHE...
If only it were that easy..
If only it were that easy..
04-23-05 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Alak
I forsee a new RX-7. Nissan is brining out a new skyline. Toyota is bringing back a Supra.
04-24-05 | 06:52 AM
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Dont count on the supra.. Today I took part in ugo no takenoko, the guy I went with happens to be one Toyotas top R&D men in exterior styling...
Forgot to add that the New skyline is just the infinti 2 door whatever coupe we have in North America.. Its not very popular in Japan, when it came out, it pushed older skyline prices upward..Max
Forgot to add that the New skyline is just the infinti 2 door whatever coupe we have in North America.. Its not very popular in Japan, when it came out, it pushed older skyline prices upward..Max
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04-26-05 | 02:36 PM
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pop ups
about the pop ups... we cannot really say that the pop ups will loose the true feel of the rx-7, they were kinda a dumb idea in the begining anyways, made drag worse by almost .1 when up... plus in Japan the popups were phased out of the Rx-7 linup for a flushmount, which is way more whicked with the HID's than the popups were... just my 2 cents 
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04-26-05 | 03:42 PM
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If they DO bring back the RX-7, I guarantee it will be priced in the stratosphere. Every generation of car moved up at least one "snack-bracket." The last really affordable car was the second gen, by the third, it was stupidly expensive compared to alternatives. Bet a fourth-gen car is priced in the $80-90K level and by the time we use our Canadian pesos...well, you get the point.
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