RX 7 is coming back!
 

RX-8 replacement will revive legendary name and use next-generation rotary engine

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It's the Mazda that’sguaranteed to send rivals into a spin! These illustrations are the bestyet of the forthcoming RX-7– an all-new two-seater sports car, completewith a turbocharged rotary engine.

Although this model will be anatural successor to the RX-8, the logical RX-9 badge is to be shunnedin favour of RX-7 – evoking memories of the rear-wheel-drive Mazdaproduced in various forms between 1978 and 2002.

Reports fromJapan have revealed that new design chief Ikua Maeda has alreadysketched plans for the next RX-7, and is said to be pushing thethree-door model to the firm’s board of directors. Mazda has chosen touse the light and compact Renesis 16X Wankel engine – the same unit asfitted to 2007’s Taiki concept car.

With an equivalentcapacity of 1.6 litres to improve torque, and the addition of aturbocharger to boost power beyond 300bhp, the RX-7 will be much moresporty than the RX-8.

By sticking with a rotary engine, Mazdawill ensure the model can be adapted to run on hydrogen in future.Plus, it would retain the RX-8’s appeal as the only rotary-engined carin production.

Rumours that an RX-7 concept could debut atOctober’s Tokyo Motor Show came to nothing; it may not appear untilnext year’s event. A production model would then follow early in 2011.


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it still looks like an RX-8...

God I hope not. That thing is fucking ugly as shit and doesn't deserve to have the rx7 title on it.

Interesting. Better not look anything like that concept drawing, though. Talk about hideous...

some aspects of it are pretty cool, i like the rear end however the windshield looks abnormally large

meh il wait till more solid info comes out like the cough cough supra replacement, cough cough nsx replacement that theyve been talking about for years

Funny you say that the FC3S RX7 rear glass was the largest one ever built for a Japanese vehicle. :thumbsup:

Front looks like an RX8, rear looks like some BMW.

Nasty

ugly, still like the FD3S instead

whats up with mazda and the retarded smile looking front end

Furai !!!!!!!!!!!!! they should make that =(

the FD was so damn good looking it will be hard to create a worthy revival for it IMO

and to Renesis, I TOTALLY agree. damn their cars loook retarted with the LOL front end

that's a weird looking exhaust

Shape is a cross between new z4 and 370z
still okay la :D
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I think we can all agree the rear looks like a BMW. Front is more like Acura grill, Mazda 6 lights and lower grill and general shape is Sky or Solstice-esque.




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get rid of the smile plzzz

Damn that's disgusting..

Is it just me or does the front really resemble the new TL's?

dont ruin the RX-7 badge please!

name this thing the RX-9 dammit!

DO NOT WANT!!!

I'd rather take an FD please...also RX-7 and GT-R are historically considered as rivals, at least in Japan.

Can that thing match up with GT-R's performance? I doubt it.

Byfugly

Aside from the front grill, i actually like the overall shape

im surprised they didnt decide to make this an expensive supercar like the japanese have recently been doing

I like it.

Looks like it takes styling cues from the SA22 rear and FD3S front.