New Rotary still a no-go

Maybe someday.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20131118/OEM06/311189930/new-mazda-boss:-rotary-is-a-no-go#ixzz2l16HIhUM

The link makes me sign in to see the article.

Executive summary please as this is relevant to my interests.

Rob R.

You had an RX8 right? How would it be for a daily?

I am not sure which one of us you are talking to. I think we both had one.

I had a 2004 manual base model (cloth seats, no sunroof, etc...).

I LOVED THAT CAR! I put around 70K on it in 2 years.

With winter tires it did okay in the snow. Not horrible, but not good in the snow.

I daily drove it all the time. Very comfortable. Usable back seat (I could sit behind "myself" comfortably). The trunk was big enough.

Gas mileage sucked. Maintenance items sucked.

Other than that, it was a great car!

Rob R.

wvumtnbkr wrote: The link makes me sign in to see the article. Executive summary please as this is relevant to my interests. Rob R.

Interesting, link works for me...

High level summary- Rotary will live if and only if they can sell 100,000 of them per year.

poop.

That is not likely to happen.

Poop.

Was asking Brett, but glad to hear you enjoyed it. Having a 1 year old sort of limits me to cars with backseats...

balls

I have a 2007 Rx-8.. I have 60k on it now, and I haven't had a single problem other than when I forget to disconnect the battery for a few months when I park it for the winter. There is a minor rattle coming from the rear parcel shelf, but I think that's from when I installed some new 6x9s on that deck, I think I need to re-attach the plastics a bit better.

I use it 3 days a week to carry my (almost) 4 year old and (almost) 1 year old to day care, and I've driven it a few hours to take it on the track. I've gone out to lunch with 3 other adults in the car. I wouldn't take it with 4 adults to the beach, but for <30 minutes to lunch, it worked fine.

I love it.

I have a 2004 RX-8. It is a fun car, but it has 160k miles on it and is undergoing an engine transplant. It isn't my daily.

If I wanted a daily driver, I'd buy a 2009 or later RX-8 because the changes they made are pretty important. Later models are still under warranty. In fact, buy the latest, lowest mileage model you can afford.

I'd avoid the R3 models and just go with a base model. It will have most everything you want and the seats are 1000x more comfortable. What it doesn't have can probably be added for the price differential between an R3 and a base with money left over for beer and dinner.

Crap. 100k units? So, it's not gonna happen. At least they're still researching it.

Would love to have a 4-rotor hydrogen powered mazda 6, just saying... It would be the ultimate mix of alternative fuel, nice looks, interior space for kids, and ear deafeningly loud noise in one package.

Brett_Murphy wrote: I'd avoid the R3 models and just go with a base model. It will have most everything you want and the seats are 1000x more comfortable. What it doesn't have can probably be added for the price differential between an R3 and a base with money left over for beer and dinner.

I have an R3 and I would say the opposite. Well, for me. It's everything I wanted and nothing I didn't want. Especially the price, with the rebates and all I got it for the price of a base model.

I will add, however, since I got it I put on 20 lbs and no longer fit in the seats. Also, many out there will find the ride quality of the R3 to be unacceptable, while the other models will have handling almost as good with surprisingly smooth ride quality.

The R3 struck me as being valved wrong. It uses the same springs as a regular 6 speed model as best as I can tell. All they had to do was let the initial 1/2 to 1" of compression on the strut be a bit easier and you wouldn't feel every grain of sand on the dang road.

If I had my pick of any of the cars to not-daily drive I'd pick a 2008 40th Anniversary and change out the hideous interior. Same general wheels as a S2, an early version of the R3 suspension (sort of) and the Cobb Access Port will work on it.

Yeah that's the other thing, no Cobb for 2009 and later cars. a few existing turbo kits will bolt right up to a 2009, but you can't tune it. So few of the later 8's sold that nobody (or at least nobody capable it seems) is bothering to work on a way to tune it. Kinda sucks...

I love my S2 sport and disappointed to see the lack of work but they need the money from the 3/6/CX models to get anywhere with a project.

Could just be an elaborate ruse hopefully.

So does this mean no "next gen" RX7?

http://www.leftlanenews.com/new-mazda-rx-7-to-launch-by-2017.html

I was thinking on my way into work this morning that I would be interested in a 2.3L turbo conversion for my RX-8. Extra 50 hp in a stock tune. Much better gas mileage. Torque.

I'd be happy if the next RX-7 was an MX-7.

Surprisingly, Me too.

All that they have to do for an MX-7 is graft a real roof onto the MX-5 and change up the body work a bit.

A 2.3 turbo conversion in an RX-8 seems to be something everybody considers (I do) but something nobody has been able to do.

I will hoarde all of your renesis when you get rid of them then... and just rotate them into the FC.