Hungary Bill
Hungary Bill GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/19/12 12:14 p.m.

You guys waited till the "Underpowered Mazda Thread" to tell me that RX-8 production was ending/has ended? I honestly teared up a little there. Who would do such a thing?

Is THIS the type behavior I can expect when I leave the country?

integraguy
integraguy SuperDork
2/19/12 1:02 p.m.

Sorry you missed it, but it's been a few months now. Were there any 2012s? Don't believe so. Hasn't it been almost a year now since production ended?

In other news, Ferrari no longer builds any cars with a manual transmission.

Hungary Bill
Hungary Bill GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/19/12 1:40 p.m.

Dude, you're killing me here. Is there anything else you guys were keeping from me?

I'm going to go buy more beer...

nicksta43
nicksta43 Reader
2/19/12 2:31 p.m.

Pontiac is no more

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/19/12 2:32 p.m.

Saab is gone too

Hungary Bill
Hungary Bill GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/19/12 2:58 p.m.

My wife was right. You guys ARE nothing but bad news

BoostedBrandon
BoostedBrandon HalfDork
2/19/12 4:14 p.m.

The Cubs won the world series.

JtspellS
JtspellS Reader
2/19/12 4:37 p.m.

Some say the world will end this year, if the stig allows it.

integraguy
integraguy SuperDork
2/19/12 5:09 p.m.

According to the Mayan calendar, this year was "it" for the world (i forget the exact date).

Back to car news...BWM is about to re-introduce/has just introduced the 4 cylinder 3 series to the U.S. market after a long "hiatus". The new 4 cylinder will use a couple of turbos (3? or is it "only" 2?)

In upcoming news, Ford is readying the launch of the C-Max (a sort of Mazda5 type small MPV), a Escape replacement (the 2012 Escape won't have a full year of production), and perhaps in another 2 years a mini-SUV based on the Fiesta....sort of Ford's answer to the Nissan Juke.

Speaking of Nissan, if you want a Cube, dealers have started to get 2012s, but don't expect to see many of them as they seem to have long ago hit a sales peak.

Finally, Mazda is continuing to tease U.S. gearheads with "rumors" of a small diesel in the new CX-5 and one or two other models. The diesel COULD arrive in 12-15 months....or not.

4eyes
4eyes Dork
2/28/12 7:34 p.m.

If the world doesn't end on 12/21/2012, Acura may release another NSX in 2013.NSX

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/28/12 8:31 p.m.

Give him a break, he's in Hungary.

Hopefully he'll bring me back a Lada or Trabant.

Merc
Merc New Reader
2/28/12 8:40 p.m.

Danica Patrick crashes... Again...

Hungary Bill
Hungary Bill GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/29/12 5:30 a.m.
4eyes wrote: If the world doesn't end on 12/21/2012, Acura may release another NSX in 2013.NSX

There's the silver lining I was looking for!

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/29/12 8:33 a.m.

I do not know about it ending.. but can somebody hit the reset button then?

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