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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 08:55 PM
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4th gen. RX7 at this year's...

What do you guys think?

Is mazda going to show their 4th. generation RX7 concept on this years Tokyo Motor Show in October? I mean, this is the time to show it if they made anything so far or not.
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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 09:05 PM
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hmm i dunno, becuase if they start confirming stuff about the 4th gen...then it might hurt their rx8 sells cuz people gonna back off n go like i wanna wait n see how the 4th gen...maybe they'll hold off to get some rx8 sells up?

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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 10:01 PM
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Well I've been on rx8forums and majority of buyers are buying RX8 for rotary engine and 4 seats. So 2 seats would probably not change their minds.
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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 11:11 PM
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yeah? i guess so...but there probably a lot that are jus buying it cuz its the new rotary...n the younger buyers will still try for the rx7 over the rx8 i guesS? i dunno we'll see how it goes...i hope they unveil some ish tho.
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Old Aug 17, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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They probable will wait untill the RX8 proves very reliable. They won't want to risk anything anymore this time, I guess. I hope the new Seven will come some day...
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Old Aug 17, 2003 | 01:04 PM
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guys i have bad news i would much rather c a 4th gen rx-7 than a 4 door rx-8 but they stoped making the rx-7 in 2002 the last one was cald the finalli or something like that
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 05:11 AM
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guys i have bad news i would much rather c a 4th gen rx-7 than a 4 door rx-8 but they stoped making the rx-7 in 2002 the last one was cald the finalli or something like that
The FD Rx-7 was made from Oct-91 to Aug-02.

The run-out version was called the "Spirit-R" of which 1500 where produced
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 07:59 PM
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They probable will wait untill the RX8 proves very reliable. They won't want to risk anything anymore this time, I guess. I hope the new Seven will come some day...
I believe they made the renesis found in RX8 in about 1995, so 8 years would give them pretty long time to test reliability and other issues.
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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 07:10 AM
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well from what i've heard/read the rensis isnt even living up to expectations..dynoing at like sub 200 hp...so i guess they better take care of that before they try to pitch the rx7 based on a rensis platform...n yes the FD stopped in 02 dont mean they cant make a new generation...hell they got the new 350Z's again...they can bring back anything they want.
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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 07:24 AM
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yah go check out the rx8 forum there's a problem with the ECU running to rich or some thing like that people have called mazda and mazda knows theres a problem but have yet to respond with any offical answer
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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 10:12 AM
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I saw a cg picture in eeither road and track or motor trend last month of the possible 2006 rx7 and of a mazdaspeed mx-5 based on the rx8 platform with a renesis.....i think its quite possible the way they see how profitable bringing cars like the z back can be....everyone in miami drives one.
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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 04:12 PM
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yeah i saw those pics...
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 06:35 AM
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Man the people who buy the rx8s are not racing hooligans. Is there anyone here seriously willing to pay for an rx8 that eats more petrol than it already does and has to be serviced more often.
I dont think so
People are buying this car for its practicality and thats why its selling well.
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 12:14 PM
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Man the people who buy the rx8s are not racing hooligans. Is there anyone here seriously willing to pay for an rx8 that eats more petrol than it already does and has to be serviced more often.
I dont think so
People are buying this car for its practicality and thats why its selling well.
I would if it was a two seater and had a turbo.
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 11:20 PM
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i dunno im jus saying a lot of them are buying it cuz its the first rotary in US in years....so some of them will opt for a rx7 if given the opition.
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