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roastpuff 09-28-2025 01:53 PM

Mazda & Toyota Co-Developing Next-Gen GR86/MX-5
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterly...mx-5-and-gr86/

Quote:

According to Best Car, several chief engineers from Mazda have been dispatched to Toyota City to work on the development of the next-generation MX-5 and GR86 using the current model MX-5 as a starting point. Toyota has reportedly put up significant funds to revise the current platform and make it compatible to both rear-wheel drive models.

This is a massive switch from the first two generations of GR86 which were co-developed with Subaru, a project under which Subaru made its own BRZ. In deciding which platform to use for its next-gen GR86, having cut ties with Subaru, Toyota initially considered using a revised version of the Lexus IS, which is its only mid-sized rear-drive platform.

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Now while the two cars will employ a co-developed, almost identical platform, they will be powered by different engines. Toyota will use a 4-cylinder, 2.0-liter hybrid naturally aspirated unit pumping out upwards of 200-hp, while Mazda will reportedly employ of revised version of its current 2.0-liter, which according to one report, may be hybridized and should develop around 200-hp as well.

I kind of... like this?

bcrdukes 09-28-2025 04:41 PM

Since the "Toyota is trash" bandwagon hasn't left the station, let me be the first to say that we can count on Toyota to turn this into trash.

Let me save a post for AstulzerRZD:
1. Trash interior
2. Trash engine
3. Trash styling
4. Trash transmission
5. Trash suspension
6. Trash, trash, and more trash

Conclusion: Toyota = Trash

JDMDreams 09-28-2025 04:48 PM

I dunno man this sounds pretty tame it's been 200 HP forever. Ppl are getting 400hp out of 2l now a days. And wouldn't the hybrid make it heavy as fuck? Doesn't sound very zoom zoom to me, this seems like it will end up like the new prelude

AstulzerRZD 09-28-2025 04:49 PM

I like the GR86 and MX-5.
New interior had a lot of effort put in and isn’t plastic bullshit lol the rest of the industry.

bcrdukes 09-28-2025 04:50 PM

You are a lie and a waste of time.

headhunt3r 09-28-2025 05:15 PM

I only hope that the collab means the next miata has more room, at least like an NC. I feel so cramped in the ND.

EvoFire 09-28-2025 05:37 PM

I kind of like how purposefully small the ND is. As a 5'10 dude it was fine. Helmet wasn't fitting regardless of NC or ND so I rather a tighter package.

AstulzerRZD 09-28-2025 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by headhunt3r (Post 9195244)
I only hope that the collab means the next miata has more room, at least like an NC. I feel so cramped in the ND.

One of my ex had a GT with the subwoofer in the passenger footwell, under the dash.

I’m 5’8 and ND RF is uncomfortable

68style 09-28-2025 08:27 PM

You got one hell of a man spread, I'm 6' and felt totally at home in a ND RF that I rented in Hawaii!

Traum 09-28-2025 09:38 PM

Until I am seeing more concrete reporting or indications of such a thing actually happening, I'm taking the Toyota-Mazda collab with at least a couple grains of salt.

Multiple car mags and other publications have all reportedly said the next gen Miata is gonna come with a 2.5L NA engine, and that news had supposedly come from Mazda execs. So I am taking that to be a more reliable news source than what Best Car is saying.

While there are some discrepancies between the stories, I am aware that they can still be largely compatible with one another.

Also, I continue to hope that there will be a fixed top version of the Miata. It seems unlikely that Mazda will do something like that, cuz first and foremost, the Miata has always been a convertible to Mazda. But if the collab rumours hold true, perhaps Toyota can make theirs a fixed top version? Kinda like how the Z4 and Supra are the convertible vs fixed top versions of a highly similar car?

AstulzerRZD 09-28-2025 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68style (Post 9195265)
You got one hell of a man spread, I'm 6' and felt totally at home in a ND RF that I rented in Hawaii!

Driver side totally ok!
Passenger side blows

headhunt3r 09-28-2025 10:45 PM

I'm 6'2" and while I "fit" in the ND it's quite cramped in the driver side, and I have to be careful where my knees go when i get in and out. The passenger seat is uncomfortable with the tiny foot well thanks to the massive hump for rides longer than 15 minutes.

The article mentions the collab might result in something that'll accommodate the GR's 2+2 so I'm hoping that means the Miata will have just a bit more room inside.

Badhobz 09-29-2025 05:59 AM

my fat ass uhhh "fits" into a ND miata, but for sure cant be in there for more than 10-15 minutes. Still better than the s2k... that thing is a joke.

bcrdukes 09-29-2025 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9195295)
Still better than the s2k... that thing is a joke.

I'm offended. How dare you!?!?!?!??! :derp:

Badhobz 09-29-2025 06:12 AM

people love that fucking car, i woudlnt know, my feet dont even fit in the pedal area. I mash all 3 pedals with 1 foot.

fucking midget ass japs.

68style 09-29-2025 06:23 AM

Almost as bad as a Boxsderrrrr

bcrdukes 09-29-2025 06:26 AM

What a total POS! :mad:

Badhobz 09-29-2025 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68style (Post 9195303)
Almost as bad as a Boxsderrrrr

no way! that car is roomy and easy to operate. ZE germans are friendly to Andre da giant chink.

s2k is MIDGET small. like fucking NA miata small.

AstulzerRZD 09-29-2025 06:36 AM

ya and the s2k is like 20-30% larger than ND.

68style 09-29-2025 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9195307)
no way! that car is roomy and easy to operate. ZE germans are friendly to Andre da giant chink.

s2k is MIDGET small. like fucking NA miata small.

Stop blocking my dunks on dukes

bcrdukes 09-29-2025 07:44 AM

I have become immune to your dunks. Please trash something else, like Toyota and Mazda, or the Honda S2000.

AstulzerRZD 09-29-2025 08:57 AM

shit my engine is broken! it does nothing under 6000 rpm
even has torque dip at 5500

68style 09-29-2025 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD (Post 9195278)
Driver side totally ok!
Passenger side blows

I appreciate a passenger side that blows :ifyouknow:

68style 09-29-2025 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrdukes (Post 9195317)
I have become immune to your dunks. Please trash something else, like Toyota and Mazda, or the Honda S2000.

I’m excited about this partnership and what it will lead to

Dbone 09-29-2025 12:01 PM

My caveman brain doesn't want a hybrid sports car.


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