OOOOHHHH...very nice!!!! Heres hoping they have given up on the rotary silliness....yeah, it was a great experiment, but lets face it, did not work out well at all.
Quote from: Fobroader on September 30, 2015, 11:19:23 amOOOOHHHH...very nice!!!! Heres hoping they have given up on the rotary silliness....yeah, it was a great experiment, but lets face it, did not work out well at all.The issue is that while development has halted, progress of modern diesels and ICEs has continued to the point that an updated rotary is likely to be obsolete by the time it hits the market in a single roadster.
Its probably some silly SUV thing
Quote from: No-san on September 30, 2015, 12:18:01 pmQuote from: Fobroader on September 30, 2015, 11:19:23 amOOOOHHHH...very nice!!!! Heres hoping they have given up on the rotary silliness....yeah, it was a great experiment, but lets face it, did not work out well at all.The issue is that while development has halted, progress of modern diesels and ICEs has continued to the point that an updated rotary is likely to be obsolete by the time it hits the market in a single roadster.There are some terrifyingly fast and brutal rotaries out there.....that would never pass the limpwrist NVH tests to be put into production. They work really well in race cars that are actually properly maintained by people who care. Give them to the average Joe Blow...no, just no.
This will never make it beyond a concept - no way Mazda is going to compete with itself (the MX-5) for a niche market to begin with, and that roofline is not suggestive of a 4-seater (2-door).Plus, even if materials science can produce an apex that will not leak, and emissions scandals aside (the rotary was never exactly "green"), it'd cost more $ than Mazda can invest in R&D to bring it back to market.
Quote from: Arthur Dent on September 30, 2015, 12:27:37 pmIts probably some silly SUV thing coffee spewed on desk. Thanks, ya jerk!
I'd love to see the RX series come back, with a proper Wankel under the hood and BOSCH ECU, but a MX-5 Coupe could very well be a thing too.
Is Mazda known to do that? Make concepts and not put them in production? Sounds like a waste for a company that has such a small R&D budget. Still don't get why the Mazdaspeed3 or CX-9 hasn't arrived yet? The CX-9 has been announced but still dragging their feet.
Wouldn't a Mazda6 coupe make more sense?
Quote from: Kris78 on October 01, 2015, 10:38:35 amWouldn't a Mazda6 coupe make more sense?No because midsize FWD coupes don't sell.