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    Default Shocking Rumor! Mazda considers RX-7 revival

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    Rumors about a true successor to the FD RX-7 have been kicking around automotive circles since... oh, just about exactly when the car left the world for good way back in 2002. While it could be argued that the Mazda RX-8 is a spiritual progeny of the Zoom Zoom kingdom's white night, the four-door sports car doesn't quite stack up to its curvaceous predecessor. It would seem that Autocar is doing its best to keep the flame alive for the return of the RX-7, this time with - gasp - a new set of leaked details from an insider close to the project. Consider us stunned.

    According to Autocar, the project could yield a car much closer to the original RX-7 recipe by as early as 2013. Supposedly - and stop us if you've heard this one before - the company is working on a new rotary mill to be used with an electric turbo for a little extra grunt. With the RX-8 on its way out the door and no word of a replacement on the horizon, it would seem only fitting for Mazda to be working on something rear-wheel drive with a Wankel at its heart, but given the lack of hard sources and solid details, we're going to have to take this one with a jumbo-sized side of skepticism.

    [Source: Autocar]Shocking Rumor! Mazda considers RX-7 revival originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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    God just please make it look half decent...

    Someone should show them what Nissan did with the GTR and say "Do that!!"

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    love to see where this goes . loved the old rx's..

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    mmmm BRAP BRAP BRAP

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    As long as it looks better then the FD... God I hate them... Ugly things..

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    Quote Originally Posted by rfzd View Post
    As long as it looks better then the FD... God I hate them... Ugly things..
    How can you hate the FDs?!?!?!?



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    ^ +1

    Even in completely stock trim the series 8's the hotnessss

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    omg, I think I just jizzed in my pantz

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackbetty View Post
    mmmm BRAP BRAP BRAP
    Hmmmm Brat Brat Brat You love your rotarys BB don't you... I loved these models too friends had these.. nice


    Oh yeh forgot you better get the washer ready for brett

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    i would consider selling the MPS for a new RX-7
    FD = car porn...

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    ^ mmm. I'd be hugely tempted.

    2 problems:
    1. I'm too tall to sit in the drivers seat of the FD. The new one (FE?) would need to be that little bit bigger.
    2. The MPS has it all over the RX-7 in terms of practicality / performace ratio. Pretty tough to bundle 5 guys and a weeks worth of luggage into an RX-7

    Now If I could afford to have it as a second car...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scaredycrow View Post
    ^ mmm. I'd be hugely tempted.

    2 problems:
    1. I'm too tall to sit in the drivers seat of the FD. The new one (FE?) would need to be that little bit bigger.
    2. The MPS has it all over the RX-7 in terms of practicality / performace ratio. Pretty tough to bundle 5 guys and a weeks worth of luggage into an RX-7

    Now If I could afford to have it as a second car...
    Stop reminding me I'm too tall as well fingers crossed for a big person version
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    Somebody really should tell Japan that Humans are bread bigger outside of asia...

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    Attachment 4772Attachment 4772

    A little project a mate and i are doing..

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    Fill 'er up with oil and check the petrol thanks mate.

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    any sports car with a mazda badge is good value

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    Quote Originally Posted by luke 3mps View Post
    any sports car with a mazda badge is good value
    except the RX-8 (in stock trim)

    Do we even consider the RX-8 a "sports" car

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    :P I, for one, like my RX8.

    Kgo Twin turbo version?

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    Yeah turbo kits turn Rx-8's into real rotors. They way they should have come from factory...

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    now THIS is an rx8!!

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