The Mazda RX-7 is Back!

"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork) 01/10/2014 at 22:55 • Filed to: Mazda RX-7, OppositeLock

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...in 2016. The assumption is taking hold of the 2-seater flagship being powered by a 1.2 liter, normally-aspirated, 250bhp rotary engine and the chassis, and possibly engine, being based off the 2015 Mazda MX-5 that is already well on it's way.

If that is to be the case, then the Mazda/Alfa Romeo partnership that was established to introduce the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is looking to take the struggling Japanese company a whole lot further than initially planned.

The work is being done under chief designer Ikuo Maeda, whose father was head of design at Mazda in the 1970s when the original RX-7 was created.

Maeda says he doesn't "yet know what a new coupé should look like". But he jokes: "I want it built before I retire!"

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TyFc3s-A car hating millennial > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:09

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cool story bro.

Tyler's SVT Focus Hates Him > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:11

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PRBot II > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:14

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"normally-aspirated"

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As a commercial pilot, thank you for not saying "naturally aspirated".

Battery Tender Unnecessary > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:14

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http://jalopnik.com/mazdas-new-ceo…

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Battery Tender Unnecessary 01/10/2014 at 23:15

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Minds can change? Hopefully?

Battery Tender Unnecessary > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/10/2014 at 23:16

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Hopefully. There were rumblings they would bring it back with a conventional motor because they're tired of not having a direct BRZ/GT86 competitor.

RotaryLover > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:17

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If this is real, i'll stop masturbating until it's released.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Battery Tender Unnecessary 01/10/2014 at 23:20

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Then it shouldn't be called the RX-7

The Transporter > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/10/2014 at 23:26

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No, it shouldn't.

MX-7, maybe?

Battery Tender Unnecessary > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/10/2014 at 23:26

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No argument here.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:41

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So, it will be a Miata coupe, not an RX7.

Mike > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/10/2014 at 23:58

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So wait, is this seriously a thing? Is Mazda seriously bringing back the RX-7? Wankel and all? Excuse me.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/11/2014 at 00:04

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How many times in the past has an RX-7 been rumored to be on track...

And yet nothing available.

If it happens, I will be happy when I see it.

Until then, still vaporware.

At least Alfa Romeo and Mazda have excellent examples of previous styling expertise.

Somewhere between Tipo 33 Stradale, and FD-3S RX-7... they should be capable of designing something truly sublimely gorgeous.

The-Ever-Socially-Apathetic TBAL > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/11/2014 at 00:26

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I hope it looks less bloated, and more curved. I tried for mine to look as voluptuous

as the FD3S.

Orange Exige > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 01/11/2014 at 00:29

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Not if it's actually a rotary...

But even if it is just a Miata coupe, who's complaining?!?!

d00mZ > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/11/2014 at 01:00

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1.2 liter. "It is undecided yet whether the new RX-7 engine will be a twin or triple-rotor, although one source suggests that a twin-rotor unit is most likely."
DAMN YOU 13B! How lame is that? Actually it's ok. Might as well keep it "original", although 20B sounds nice too.

ZiptieMcBumper > Orange Exige 01/11/2014 at 21:16

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I would be thrilled to death with either of those 2 vehicles.

syaieya > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/11/2014 at 21:59

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My only hessitation is that NA part. I see no downside to a turbo rotary.

But if they bring it out, and it's just as good as the tradition has held. Well, I think I can't not buy it.

Haimatox > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 01/13/2014 at 15:26

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YES YES YES YES YES. My mom once had one... I wish she had held onto it. RRRGGGGHHH!

S65 > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 11/27/2016 at 13:26

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no it isnt