Mazda RX-8 Prototype
 

Mazda RX-8 Prototype:
http://209.242.38.34/images/full/200...mz2001rx05.jpg

Cool or what?

cool engine, interior, brakes...etc...i dont like the suicide doors
the new rotary miata and the new rx7 will be on the same chasis. ive never liked the miata from a personal stand point. but, i think id buy a rotary miata. 2100 pounds and 250hp...cha-ching :)

sadly, the car wont be out until late next year leaving the wrx sti, the evo8 and the 350z a huge jump on it. the good news is that mazda will be exporting the engines out at the end of the year to a few top rx7 tuners so they'll have turbo kits out when the car comes rolling into town

sweet..

I love to see/hear a rotary engine. I know how they work, and they rock. I wish more vehicles had them. I guess they are too much of gas guzzlers to be of wide spread use...

the back end looks too much like a precidia

Its fairly close to production, since the RX-7 has effectively finished now :(

Long live the RX-7.. the 8 aint gonna be anywhere near as good

Nurgle

what.

i like the rx-8. i drive it sometimes in gran turismo. zoom zoom.

I thought rotary was more efficeint

Nice, I once had a rx7. Had it up to 155 mph on the highway once. Rotary engines kick ass.

I think the rx-7 looks nicer than the rx8

I had an '80 RX-& myself once, has always been my favorite vehicle I ever owned.....

Too bad it only had a speedometer that went to 85........

Never did find out how fast I could drive it......

Most I ever went in my car is 140 .... fucking scary

They are more efficent in the design, since the insides rotate, which can happen naturally with rotational inertia, so it's smooth. Rather than having pistons that move up and down, which is why normal engines vibrate so much. Man, I'd love to see a rotary engine and see how smooth it runs.

Anyway, you meant fuel efficency, and it's not fuel efficent because of the same reasons a 2-stroke engine is less efficent than a 4; there are more fires of the spark plugs per rotation of the shafts. It makes it more powerful, but less fuel efficent.

But, I thought that per spark plug fire rotary engines would be more efficient than piston engines. In other words, if you consume the same amount of gas for both types (or all 3 types) of engines, wouldn't the rotary be the most powerful? I know that there's less force required, since it doesn't have to top and accelerate the pistons, so it should leave more power to eventually reach the wheels.

juge is pretty much right. the rotary fires as much as a v6
twice per stroke...

the great thing about the rotary is the rpms and the weight. its only 69 cubic inches and weighs around 200 pounds. this allows it to be one of the only engines to be placed between the front tower strut and the firewall in a production car

ghey

What does a normal sized rotary red line at?

Rx7 is 9000

Wow, that thing must scream!!! :)

i've done 240km/h on my bike, think thats 145 mph. wasn't too bad. coulda went a lot faster, i still had plenty of road left and i hit 240 in a blink of the eye.