Mazda RX-9 and Rx-7 In Design
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Mazda RX-7 & RX-9 in the Works
Mazda RX-7 & RX-9 in the Works
The rotary engine will live on.
According to Inside Line, Mazda has a next-generation RX-7 well into its development phase and is also working on a next-gen RX-8 which will carry the name one digit further and be called the RX-9.
But if the rotary engine is not dead Mazda, it appears, is keen on killing off some of its drawbacks. Mazda's rotary power plant has been heavily criticized for poor fuel economy, bad emissions and a penchant for burning up engine oil. Now, the company is claiming to have made improvements to the previous rotary engineering.
The new 16X twin-rotor engine will come with an 800cc x 2 configuration (the current is a 654 cc x 2) and will better fuel consumption by about 20 percent all while generating 270 hp.
Also in the works for the next-generation RX-7 is a new dual-clutch 6-speed transmission where the driver can set the rev marker at which the gear changes are to be made.
Mazda is also bettering economy by reducing weight and has put both new models on a diet. A new chassis has lightened the RX-7 by about 220 pounds (100 kg) with the curb weight coming in at 2,640 pounds (1200 kg).
We'll have to wait and see what the results will be.
Source: insideline via autoblog
Rendered Speculation: Another stab at the 2012 Mazda RX-9
Rendered Speculation: Another stab at the 2012 Mazda RX-9
Would you like some car with those wheels? This latest rendering of the anticipated Mazda RX-9 sports car comes from an enthusiast in Japan and was posted on the Ford fan forum FoMoCoNews.com.
Although the artist swears that it's close to the mark, the actual design, like the rendering featured on Winding Road, is expected to more faithfully portray the styling language previewed on the radical Furai concept. This illustration, meanwhile, appears to be more of an evolution of the current RX-8, but with enormous rims that would have to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 inches (which is farther than this thing would make it on public roads with those ground effects).
[Source: FoMoCoNews.com]
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Aiyo.....true enough wor.... by the time I get my own set of wheels... RX-10 has finished production liao....
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the Rx9 looks like the reventon
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looks like you can make orange juice with the rims