X3 concept based on Mazda RX-7





Reuben Zammit has created a number of stunning designs over the past 12 months but unlike most designers he has been fortunate enough to have some of his designs approved for production. His Bugatti Type 12-2 Streamliner concept, which we saw earlier today, is pure fantasy but his new X3 sports coupe concept is built around an old Mazda RX-7 FD chassis and could actually be produced today with a minimum of fuss.

The proposed engine for the concept is a three-rotor turbocharged rotary engine developing more than 700hp. The target of the project was to create a chassis that痴 more rigid than the stock version but keeps the car痴 total mass under 1,200kg. Some of the innovations include a new carbon-fiber roof, gullwing doors (these actually stiffen the chassis since they act as a roll cage), a tilted windscreen and new heat outlets positioned in the doors.


To keep costs down, Zammit痴 design leaves a number of features from the standard RX-7 unchanged. Parts that were left untouched include the windshield shape, wheelbase, vehicle track and running gear. Check out the gallery below to see a comparison between the new X3 concept and the original RX-7 sports coupe."

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/c...on-mazda-rx-7/

 

if I could buy it I would.. that is clean

 

Wow that's nice. Reusing an old fd chassis and the 20b

If I could I'd take the red one

 

Daamn! I'd buy that for a dollar!

 

retarded.
its like a cartoon made from wishful thinking.
hmm, someone mashed together a viper, vette, ferrari and an R8 with some other supercar looks and drew it up, whooopdeedoo.

but hey more power to 'em, everyone should love a 20BFD, just for the fun of it, no matter what skin it wears.

 

******* hater, that looks pretty original to me
good luck on your build, or concept, w/e it is

 

looks like a viper/saleen to me... don't see mazda making anything that looks like that... especially when you look at their recent concepts

 

Go pound sand dipshit

Owen is right. Looks like they tried to throw together a combination of cars that are sucessful and came out with this thing.

It looks interesting, but i doubt the finished model will represent anything here. i can almost garuantee it wont have a 20b either.

eww, gulwing doors? BARF

whats up with the winsheild being so much higher than the side windows?

Ha, looks like mazda is taking styling ques from chevrolet(can anyone say z06ish?) They'll prolly throw a V8 in the production version. I would love to hear the bitching and moaning you guys start spouting out, if that were to happen.

 

Looks like they took a rx7, and made it look like a corvette especially the first silver one whats the point in that? buy a ******* corvette and put a 20b in it and save all that design he worked so hard on..I could just image what he was thinking aaaaahhh im done...!!!! **** it looks like a corvette...... ooohhh welll lets see what they think.

 

I don't care what all ya'll think, i think it is a beautiful concept.

 

IMO the silver one doesn't look bad. The red one is god awfully ugly.

 

I like it. The back end does need to be shored up though - too much like a Corvette.

 

the silver one looks nice, but i don't see it happening. it's a shame, really ...

 

if they built it in kit car form, like the factory five racing supercar that uses vette suspension, engine and brakes, with a porche tranny, somthing i can build the motor for and assemble myself and paint it whatever color i see fit id be interested in it. either way it deffinatly looks good in my opinion, little flashy but still nice

 

I like both of them. The top concept is different than the bottom two.

If they made a kit i would snap it up in a minute as I'm already looking into getting the FFR GTM.

 

suck on it

 

It's not like it's a car, it's just a drawing. It could theoretically have mechanicals from any car in it. You could go post this on the corvette or viper forum, and say it's based on one of those and it would be no more or less realistic.

 

cool corvette!

 

Haha. What's the point about getting all upset about a design. Grow up.

 

the silver one looks ok, but the red, dam that's ugly

 

all opinions asside on the way it looks has anyone heard weather or not this possibly could be built by someone>? kit car or full factory vehicle. i like it but can see why others wouldnt, the powerplant is what really gets my attention, not to mention its in a pretty box, lol

 

As stated before, the first concept looks pretty good, the last two look like concept dreams... If they ever made the last two, I don't think I'd spend the money on it... I'd just wait until some rich kid wrecked his and then ****** up the good stuff

 

It's pretty nice. I think the headlights could use a different shape, and the body could be more curvy overall. But cheers to ya!

 

My thoughts exactly..... I do NOT like the "flat ***" look at all.

-J

 

i dont like its ***. to much like a vette. it should be more rounded.