is this happening? Should we be excited? Will it have a rotary

>>17824333
If it doesn't top the e46/e90 in every way then why even fucking bother making it?

You all realize the reason why jap manufacturers are afraid to make proper FR cars to sell in the USA is because the used car market has been murdering them for 20 years?

We didn't get the cresta or Crown all those other delicious toyotas because BMW was killin' it with the e30 and e36, Merc had the 430 and shit for older buyers. christ a 325i e46 is down to LS1 catfish money - 3k~4k

(My point here wasn't to advertise BMW)

>>17824333
Why hasnt some autist shopped this yellow and put "Red Suns" on it yet?

>>17824333
shit car that will never be released

RX stands for "rotary export", so if Mazda ever decides to release a new sports car without a rotary engine they wouldn't use the RX name for it.

The engine is still being heavily developed and researched upon but there's lots of internal conflict at Mazda surrounding it so nobody knows for sure if it'll return.

>>17824452
Except the X actually means nothing

>>17824452
It stands for Rotary eXperiment #7, dipshit.

>>17824452
>>17824468
Rotary experiment

>>17824405
because that would just make us all the more disappointed

the rotary is dead in a world where it's all about muh efficiency. they should either let it rest in peace or wait until people are less retarded.

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>>17824333
take the concepts of mazda
imagine the worst they can do from here on
and then you can visualize the final product

>>17824578
Thanks anon

>>17824333
>is this happening?
no
>Should we be excited?
no
>will it have a rotary engine
no
>why call it rx9 if it wont have one?
because its never going to exist anyway, call it what you want

why would they, when they can use their new HCCI engine and the twin turbo twincharged engine

>>17824578
needs more wing to be full keisuke takahashi RX9

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NEVER EVER

>>17824333
See:
>>17821660

They're still trying. Whether or not anything will come of it is a different matter.

>>17824333
I'm hoping it will be auto-only and expensive as fuck with low horsepower in comparison to almost everything else you could get for the price like the Toyobaru just for the non-stop disappointment and lelz.

op here, reason I asked >why would It be called rx9 if it wont have a rotary
is because Mazda revealed that they are working on the rx9, but has also shut down any rumors of a new wankel in progress
>>17824928
>>17824632

>>17826830
Did you even look at the other thread? It's literally about them confirming there was another rotary engine under construction.

>>17824333
Mazda couldn't even make a new Miata without Fiat's help, yet you guys think they are gonna drop a RX-9...?

>>17827309
thought it was the other way around. Fiat wanted to revive the spyder so they asked Mazda for the mx5 body and then added their own widgets and shit to it.


>>17824333
how about this? Hydrogen fuel cell rotary.
shit would be so cash.

>>17829229
Fiat contributed most of the money and R&D to make the new ND platform

>>17829244
consider to stop posting any time

>>17824333
CEO Masamichi Kogai said Mazda will not launch the successor of rx-8 aka rx-9.

Sorry for destroying your false hope.

Mazda is no longer propped up by investors, and has to be very frugal to survive.
If a whole bunch of you niggers committed to buying it, putting money down, they'd do it, but the fact is that limited-production specials are not viable.
Sorry, I meant to say they are extremely viable. McLaren makes money hand-over-fist, as does Porsche and Ferrari when they release a special. If every car costs a million dollars, and they're all sold before production even starts, there's no way to lose. Mazda should be competing with Bugatti and McLaren, not fucking Toyobaru.

>>17829273
He's right though?

Mazda themselves admitted in an article for the Detroit News that the co-development is literally what saved the Miata:

".... without our partnership with FCA, there may not have been a business case to produce the fourth-generation MX-5 Miata,” says Robert Davis, Mazda’s senior vice president of U.S. operations...

...The MX-5 is the best-selling two-seat sports car ever with more than 1 million sold since 1989 — but with annual production of just 15,000 cars it’s a relatively low-volume toy. Given the car’s bespoke platform — not shared with any other Mazda — its business case is tenuous. So for the first time in its history, Mazda looked for a partner on Miata production..."

Mazda was the one desperately searching to partner with another carmaker to save the Miata. Not only did FCA fund most of the R&D and development cost for the Miata, Fiat/Alfa engineers did most of the work on the chassis.

None of this is a secret. Mazda has outright admitted to all of it, but understandably tried to keep it as low key as possible

>>17829360
this is exactly why the RX-9 will never be a thing.

1.)Mazda likely can't shoulder the development cost on it's own, and may not even have the in house resources to make it work considering it would probably be a bespoke chassis as well

2.)Even if they did manage to pull of making it by themselves, they can't risk it being a flop. Hell they couldn't even risk it having mediocre sales numbers.

Considering the shit show that putting a rotary car on the market today would be, they aren't ever going to find a partner for it

>>17829389
>bespoke chassis
why am i seeing that a lot here lately?

>>17829403
because it's an automotive technical term that often applies when talking about sports cars?

I love when clueless Anons act like executives of an International company
Youre all idiots and all your shits retarded

>muh bespoke chassis
They will use ND chassis like they did with the NC and rx8

>They can't afford it!
Same exact thing was said in 1970s with death of the rx5 then what do ya know the rx7 is born

Besides... if mazda can't afford it and if they think it won't be successful Why are they putting so much effort into it...
Use your brains and stop acting like the thoughts popping into your head are the products of a genius because yoire all dumb

>>17829403
It simply means that the chassis isn't shared by multiple models.

The Mercury Grand Marquis and Ford Crown Vic share a body. The Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86 share a body. The Mazda Miata and Fiat 124 do as well. Using one chassis for multiple models is a huge cost-saving measure. If a part (be it an engine, chassis, tranny etc) is only used for one specific model of vehicle, then that part is "bespoke" to that model.

>>17829422
they couldn't afford the Miata, so you think they could afford an rx-9, even on a modified nd chassis?

And as it stands, there is literally no evidence of a rx-9 being on the market before 2020. its as close to vaporware as ay mainstream car company has ever gotten

>>17829409
i guess i'm looking at a lot of sports car thread recently, yeah

>>17829432
>No evidence
Except a prototype the showed off to rhe world, a dedicated team they are always bragging about and press releases being dropped by the ceo every few months

Yeah... but it's 100% not gonna happen because anon is a special little snowflake that knows the inner workings of international companies because you spend all day browsing /o/ like a dumb fuck

>>17824333
Screw the rx, I want another wankel powered mini truck

>>17824333
if you're really interested in the RX-9's developments, don't forget the japan auto show is next month

what mazda decides to do/show then will be indicative
hopefully, someone will at least make a thread

>>17829463
this would be nice if they could give it some torque

like, an assist electrical motor might be the only way
it also looks good for the whole eco-friendly/high-tech angle the auto industry is aiming for in general

>>17824660
Wont happen. Nobody on /o/ can use photoshop

>>17829465
also, the mazda rotary car turns 50 years old in 2018, iirc

it'd be a shame if they didn't make the rx-9 then

>>17824919
Nice SLS amg

Wankel miata when

>>17829545
>mazdas are comparable and reminiscent of german designs
good

>>17824400
>If it doesn't top the e46/e90 in every way then why even fucking bother making it?
Because "new" things sell better.

It's gonna be 75k when they first start selling it. It better have something.