Needs to be in yellow, of course, but what a looker! :love4:
Yes, it has a 2-rotor wankel. :great:
But no, it doesn't drive the wheels. ::)
Press release -> Iconic Concept (https://newsroom.mazda.com/en/publicity/release/2023/202310/231025a.html)
Electric but with Twin Rotors.
So if your Mum was an MX-5 and Dad was an FD this is what you get ;D
I do like the nose with Aero added,that's soon to be copied so it will fit an MX-5 and an FD :great:
So good to see another beautiful Mazda design. Especially after their recent re-invention of Volvo's "Sow" military truck from the 1950s. :D
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The Iconic SP has been posted all over the place today. Sadly, we've been here many times before with Mazda and I can't get too excited (added to the fact the rotors don't drive the wheels!).
Quote from: Casey on October 25, 2023, 08:36:50 PMThe Iconic SP has been posted all over the place today. Sadly, we've been here many times before with Mazda and I can't get too excited (added to the fact the rotors don't drive the wheels!).
Got to agree, sadly :(
Quote from: Casey on October 25, 2023, 08:36:50 PMThe Iconic SP has been posted all over the place today. Sadly, we've been here many times before with Mazda and I can't get too excited (added to the fact the rotors don't drive the wheels!).
I do know what you mean but I am struggling to find any part of it that does not appeal. Not 100% on those wheels and the doors would be a disaster down at Sainsburys but I could see myself effortlessly forgiving these things each time I pushed my trolley back to it in the car park! :D
Oh yes, don't get me wrong, I do like it very much, as I have loved most of the concept designs from Mazda. But we know what happens to them all.... :(
Quote from: jinx on October 26, 2023, 10:00:01 AMI do know what you mean but I am struggling to find any part of it that does not appeal. Not 100% on those wheels and the doors would be a disaster down at Sainsburys but I could see myself effortlessly forgiving these things each time I pushed my trolley back to it in the car park! :D
Not sure I see a problem with those doors. Have you tried to open a Rx7 FB door in the Sainsbury car park? They're pretty damned long! And they don't tilt upwards, which would probably save some space. 🤔
Whether we get to see them on a production model is a probably a different question altogether...
With my FD because of the long doors, there's many a time when someone parked too close that I would reach in, let the hand brake off so I could roll the car out just so I could get in ???