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Old 05-13-2008, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Future models

I saw these a couple of days ago, and now i bumped into them again

Mazda RX-7
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-new...2-ar57405.html

Jag F-Type
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-new...s-ar57401.html

i hope u enjoy them
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Old 05-13-2008, 03:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice, but too far into the future to take seriously.

The Wankel rotary engine has a lot of nice characteristics, but it's never been good for fuel economy. Mazda will need to work a miracle to come up with a new RX-7 that delivers V6 performance without also providing V12 fuel economy.
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Nice, but too far into the future to take seriously.

The Wankel rotary engine has a lot of nice characteristics, but it's never been good for fuel economy. Mazda will need to work a miracle to come up with a new RX-7 that delivers V6 performance without also providing V12 fuel economy.
Being only 1.3 liters it gets around some EURO size taxes.



The jag is stunning. Ford has let a gem of a brand get away. Its like Jeep, if you just keep the focus it has its followers and it will make money. BMW is the only company i think that consistently does that.
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That RX-7 is freakin' gorgeous! I hope that is accurate...though I WAS hoping for more influence from the Nagare concepts.
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The jag is stunning. Ford has let a gem of a brand get away. Its like Jeep, if you just keep the focus it has its followers and it will make money. BMW is the only company i think that consistently does that.
Perhaps the best diagnosis I've read.

The Jag XF will probably look different - Jag's sports car line won't share that much on the outside with the sedans.
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Perhaps the best diagnosis I've read.

The Jag XF will probably look different - Jag's sports car line won't share that much on the outside with the sedans.
i share your thoughts
i think it will be more radical, more characteristic as an overall design, it wont be only a tendency. with the XF something has started in Jaguar's philosophy.
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