New Mazda RX Vision concept

[PhoKingCool]

Such a disappointment

[ohnoitsthefuzz]

Originally Posted by Levi

They didn't. It is a roadster, not a coupé. Until the MX-5 doesn't have a Coupé variant - not heavy hard-top Roadster - it'll never be considered as a sports car (at least by me).

The best selling two seat, convertible sports car in history? Not a sports car? There are a lot of Miata owners that are going to be very disappointed about their purchases when they read that post.

[Levi]

If the MX-5 is a sports car, then it is not the one I want, because I don't want open top. Closed top FFS. If it is the best selling sports car, what keeps them of building one with closed top FFS? They don't want to sell even more?


MX-5 Coupé, hard-top, not opening, closed, like GT86, not like S2000, like Cayman, not like SLK, DOES NOT OPEN AT ALL, too difficult to understand? Maybe the is no Japanese word for MX-5 Coupé?


LIKE THIS:



You no understand or trolling?

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Levi

If the MX-5 is a sports car, then it is not the one I want, because I don't want open top. Closed top FFS. If it is the best selling sports car, what keeps them of building one with closed top FFS? They don't want to sell even more?


MX-5 Coupé, hard-top, not opening, closed, like GT86, not like S2000, like Cayman, not like SLK, DOES NOT OPEN AT ALL, too difficult to understand? Maybe the is no Japanese word for MX-5 Coupé?


LIKE THIS:



You no understand or trolling?

You don't like convertibles. We get that. It doesn't mean that the miata is not a sports car. Do you understand that? A case could be made that it's the most quintessential sports car in production today and it would be a hard point to argue with.

[quality_sound]

How hard would it be to get the hard too convertible and leave the top up all the time? Or buy the soft top and put the optional hard top on and leave it on?


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[funwheeldrive]

Even if they were planning a new rx8 I doubt they would announce it right before the miata is set to go on sale. They would be shooting themselves in the foot.

[sato]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Even if they were planning a new rx8 I doubt they would announce it right before the miata is set to go on sale. They would be shooting themselves in the foot.

Wise indeed. However, I'm still horny for that 16x rotary engine development. I keep searching for it every few months, like stalking a future gf prospect... ("she will be mine, oh yes, she will be mine")

[EAGLE5]

Crappy engine = no car.

[Rampage]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Even if they were planning a new rx8 I doubt they would announce it right before the miata is set to go on sale. They would be shooting themselves in the foot.

I don't think that the people that buy RX8s (or RX7) are the same people that buy Miatas. I do not see the possibility of a future RX taking away from MX-5 sales at all.

[Dadhawk]

Well if you are bemoaning the death of the rotary engine, you can always follow Freedom Motors, a subsidiary of my favorite aviation huckster Moller International and their flying car that was going to fly 'any day now' since the late '80s. (Moller invented the SuperTrapp muffler and is a bit of a savant at making money to fund his dream).

They have a "65lb rotary engine producing 204HP"

[serialk11r]

Except, the 650cc model makes only 70some horsepower at 7000rpm. That's only barely more than half of what a 4 stroke produces, eating away half of the power/weight advantage they claim.

It also makes me wonder how good the efficiency can possibly be if the motor produces so little power per unit airflow.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by Rampage

I don't think that the people that buy RX8s (or RX7) are the same people that buy Miatas. I do not see the possibility of a future RX taking away from MX-5 sales at all.

Weren't the rumors stating that the rx-8 would be based on the Miata chassis? Wouldn't that basically make it a rotary, Miata coupe? I could imagine people trading in their Miata for something like that.

[Noble713]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Well if you are bemoaning the death of the rotary engine, you can always follow Freedom Motors, a subsidiary of my favorite aviation huckster Moller International and their flying car that was going to fly 'any day now' since the late '80s. (Moller invented the SuperTrapp muffler and is a bit of a savant at making money to fund his dream).

They have a "65lb rotary engine producing 204HP"

Ya know, I think rotaries could see use in one new application: serial-hybrid power sources for large exoskeletons (think the yellow Power Loader from Aliens, or the Landmate suits from Appleseed if you're an anime fan). I also think this is a good application for small gas turbines. Both types of engines are small and optimally run at a constant high RPM. Just use them as generators to keep the batteries/capacitors charged and run the whole suit off of electricity.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Noble713

Ya know, I think rotaries could see use in one new application: serial-hybrid power sources for large exoskeletons (think the yellow Power Loader from Aliens, or the Landmate suits from Appleseed if you're an anime fan). I also think this is a good application for small gas turbines. Both types of engines are small and optimally run at a constant high RPM. Just use them as generators to keep the batteries/capacitors charged and run the whole suit off of electricity.

Not sure if you're serious when you refer to anime and stuff lol, but yes they have high power density but it's not enough to provide the kind of power density found in fiction.

The efficiency may be a problem, as with small gas turbines. A turbocharged, turbocompounded mini-rotary engine could do well though as an ultra light generator, assuming the apex seals don't blow.