Forgeet hp and torque for a moment and look at that car!!! Gorgeous!

 

Hail to the king baby! hahaha

 

I'll stick to HP......sorry!

 

I dunno about gorgeous dude. I'm not saying it's ugly at all so don't mistake me. It's just that, well ****, it's weird looking, seems to have an underbody arch to it that reminds me of the arch in a woman's foot and brings out in me a new foot fetish I never knew i had, but besides all that, it's weird looking, it's definately more radical looking that ANYTHING ever made on 4 wheels yet and appealing to behold, but gorgeous?

I dunno, but to me a car buff looking at that thing and calling it gorgeous is like a ufo/alien buff seeing the alien in the movie bearing the same name and calling it "gorgeous".

Weird, cool, nifty, pretty are words I reserve for it for now.

 

I have to say tho, in the original link the top right pic does more or less look like a sculptured pagani zonda.

 

I agree. I wonder how it drives. It's supposed to be a mid-engine vehicle. I wonder how that feels with a screaming 20b right behind you.

Cheers,
Cody

 

is that the new seven? holy crap

 

if this car actually goes into production...well, i'll be looking into getting one!

 

I highly doubt it. I'm of the opinion that Mazda will leave the RX7 in the past. The 3rd Generation RX7 was such an awesome way to end it all. The perfect goodbye. I'm excited to see where Mazda takes the RX8 in it's second generation.

Cheers,
Cody

 

so whats your point? we are talking about a race car here, not a truck. you dont need to be able to propel the weight of 30 cars, you aren't going to tow anything in that car.

torque = how much you can pull

hp = how fast you can pull it

also with a higher revving motor (high hp) you can take advantage of gearing which multiplies the engines torque

hp is the measure of work done over time, the measure of the rate of work

that link explains it pretty well

 

...about two thirds of a speed12 with 3x the noise,.

I still want one tho.

 

I was thinking the same thing!!!

Nice car!

 

WOW!! i love it!! hot hot hot!

 

I have no point. I was explaining my lack of knowledge or partial understanding
of a concept and explaining my limited understanding in practical terms so that hopefully others would fill in a few blanks for me thus gaining better knowledge.

I was simply putting limited knowledge into terms I equate with, then trying to find out a few why's and how's.

Don't be so confrontational. Geez, now I know why I took most of 2007 away from this place, quick to flip off people.

 

Exactly. You CANNOT HAVE repeat HAVE HP WITHOUT repeat WITHOUT torque. End of story.

 

and you CANNOT repeat CANNOT have torque without power. . .they are DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL. do you know what that means? obviously not. please read the yawpower link. If you still think you have something to say worth hearing after that, please form a complete counterpoint and then present your ideas.

 

who said you can have either or?

if what you said is true and torque is way more important than hp all sports cars and race cars would have huge turbo diesel engines that make giants amount of torque but little hp and only rev to like 3k rpm.

 

Wow, look who came back from the dead and missing, welcome home. How is the fc?

 

Hey Ctrl are you in Calgary, Canada? GO FLAMES!

I bet it's cold up there . . .

Cheers,
Cody

 

Nice looking car. I hope this will inspire more rotary powered cars in the U.S. If the 3rd gen was the last for RX7, then I hope Mazda comes with something better then the current RX8.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOHn7rspsk

 

That thing is ****** dope. Probly gunna be released as one of the most expensive cars available.

 

dammit i got moved lol!

 

Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

 

haha just saw this in the lounge.. that thing sure looks out of this world. If it's ever sold for street-use, I imagine it'll come with a very hefty pricetag.