Concept: Mazdaspeed does the RX-8.

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Not sure I care for the side-skirts, but the overall stance of the car is sweeeet!

Show pics from Tokyo Auto Salon:
Pic1 | Pic2 |
Pic3 | Pic4 |
Pic5 | Pic6 |
Pic7 |

Press material:
Pic8 | Pic9 |
Pic10 | Pic11 |
Pic12 | Pic13 (my favorite!)


Original threads at RX8forum.com:
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(slikmunks started a similar thread a few days ago, but I felt it didn't get the attention it deserved. I spent some time on this, I hope you guys appreciate it.🙂)

 

[CraigRT]

looks gooooooooooood!

 

[KingNothing]

Looks cool, no one mentions a turbo though. 🙁

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
Looks cool, no one mentions a turbo though. 🙁

yea me want turbo

 

[Talon02]

All hail the Ford empire 😀

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: Talon02
All hail the Ford empire 😀

Screw the Ford empire. The RX-8 is pure Mazda.

 

[Nocturnal]

The RX-8 is BEAUTIFUL. If I could afford it; I would buy it.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Grey, lowered, and with ground effects, it looks better than the stock one, especially if the stock car is bright red.

 

[Talon02]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Talon02
All hail the Ford empire 😀

Screw the Ford empire. The RX-8 is pure Mazda.

Mazda is owned by Ford my friend.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
Looks cool, no one mentions a turbo though. 🙁

I think this mod was purely cosmetic. 🙁 When the official Mazdaspeed model comes out, it'll either be a 3-rotor or enlarged 2-rotor.

 

[Dudd]

Looks cool. If I was looking for a car, I'd consider it.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: Talon02

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Talon02
All hail the Ford empire 😀

Screw the Ford empire. The RX-8 is pure Mazda.

Mazda is owned by Ford my friend.

Ford owns a controlling interest in Mazda, but does not own it outright. The Miata, RX-8, Protege, Protege5, Mazdaspeed Protege, and Mazda6 were designed entirely by Mazda.

The Ford empire. Uh, ok.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Talon02

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Talon02
All hail the Ford empire 😀

Screw the Ford empire. The RX-8 is pure Mazda.

Mazda is owned by Ford my friend.

Ford owns a controlling interest in Mazda, but does not own it outright. The Miata, RX-8, Protege, Protege5, Mazdaspeed Protege, and Mazda6 were designed entirely by Mazda.

The Ford empire. Uh, ok.

I'm with you on the Ford Empire one.

 

[EvilYoda]

I think that car looks utterly gorgeous...maybe a few too many hard lines/cuts, but still gorgeous. drooooool

 

[dafatha00]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Talon02

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: Talon02
All hail the Ford empire 😀

Screw the Ford empire. The RX-8 is pure Mazda.

Mazda is owned by Ford my friend.

Ford owns a controlling interest in Mazda, but does not own it outright. The Miata, RX-8, Protege, Protege5, Mazdaspeed Protege, and Mazda6 were designed entirely by Mazda.

The Ford empire. Uh, ok.

I believe Ford owns about 30% of Mazda.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

One more pic.

 

[Doggiedog]

They still have to do something about that 150ft/lbs of torque.

 

[BatmanNate]

All show, no go.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
They still have to do something about that 150ft/lbs of torque.

I believe peak torque is 159ft/lb. This torque curve should make for reasonable get-up around town:

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~bridges/rx8power.jpg

 

[Adul]

now that is one good looking car

 

[Doggiedog]

159ft/lbs is nothing to brag about, even if the curve is flat. Why even bother with a rotary if it can't get the power, fuel efficiency, emissions, ease of repair of a regular 6 or 8 cylinder engine? Granted it is smooth and can rev pretty high but there are so many drawbacks to it and most importantly no torque in sports car that I'd much rather get a different car.

 

[zCypher]

I think it would look amazing without the skirt and spoiler. Kinda ruins it, IMO.

 

[boyRacer]

OOoOOoH... looks nice... 😀

But i'm still all 3rd gen RX-7... tuuuuuurbooooo... 😀

 

[CraigRT]

WTF that car is practically the definition of rice. it looks fantastic, but SLOW...
159 ft lbs? what is that, some sort of crappy concept stage engine? 😛
where's the rotary turbo!?!?

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
159ft/lbs is nothing to brag about, even if the curve is flat. Why even bother with a rotary if it can't get the power, fuel efficiency, emissions, ease of repair of a regular 6 or 8 cylinder engine? Granted it is smooth and can rev pretty high but there are so many drawbacks to it and most importantly no torque in sports car that I'd much rather get a different car.

yeah but..the car still looks sweet....just say it's unique..aha..

hehe, man,.....only if nissan's Z's interior looks uber cool, then....it'll be interesting to see which one wins in the buyer market...