This one is for all you Wankel lovers out there! My concept design for the 4th generation of the mighty Mazda RX-7, to be known as the FE (succesor to the FD). Or! should it be the new RX-9? you take your pick . Done in photoshop.. I think i'll follow it up with a front view if i can find the time, lol. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!
Looks a little big to be an RX-7. Mazda is making noises like they want to go a bit up market, so a somewhat larger, possibly tri-rotor RX might be called "RX-9". Especially since the JDM market is steadily dwindling. A larger car would be more in keeping with a wider world market.
It seems Mazda is casting their cars' sizes by number. The Mazda 2 sub-compact, 3 compact, 6 midsized, still waiting for a new 9 sedan. An RX-7 would remain the ever-loving small, nimble, Rotary-powered car. The RX-8 a bit larger. The RX-9 is more a world-class fighter car. Something to take on the big boys. As a requirement, it would have to be notably larger, somewhere between a C6 Corvette and a Porsche 911, in order to have the platform to handle much more power, speed, and the forces involved. The car aim at a top speed of 180+mph with no less than 450hp. Numbers the RX-7 and RX-8 never felt safe with. The weight should be held below 3500lbs.
If Mazda never builds a street legal version of the Furai, then something like your RX-9 (BTW one of the best I've seen so far. ), would make the most sense. That said, I would hope MAZDA would make both the smaller RX-7 and a Larger RX-9.
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Anyway good job on the lighting especially the rear and the cars reflection looks really clean . . . Nice Job
It seems Mazda is casting their cars' sizes by number. The Mazda 2 sub-compact, 3 compact, 6 midsized, still waiting for a new 9 sedan. An RX-7 would remain the ever-loving small, nimble, Rotary-powered car. The RX-8 a bit larger. The RX-9 is more a world-class fighter car. Something to take on the big boys. As a requirement, it would have to be notably larger, somewhere between a C6 Corvette and a Porsche 911, in order to have the platform to handle much more power, speed, and the forces involved. The car aim at a top speed of 180+mph with no less than 450hp. Numbers the RX-7 and RX-8 never felt safe with. The weight should be held below 3500lbs.
If Mazda never builds a street legal version of the Furai, then something like your RX-9 (BTW one of the best I've seen so far.
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