Gen 4 MX5

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Gen 4 MX5

Post by Angreal » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:01 pm

Well I figured it is somewhat relevant and all...

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Post by NicF » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:12 pm

meh. What's the betting it'll be heavier and softer.
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Post by sprsta » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:40 pm

I wonder why they have gone back to 4 stud wheels?
Leads me to believe it wont be heavier.

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Post by Angreal » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:41 pm

I thought they wanted to get it sub tonne again and put in a smaller engine

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Post by NicF » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:49 pm

What's that on the boot lid?
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Post by sprsta » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:00 pm

high stop light i think

i think they will be pushing it to get under the tonne again
too much safety stuff has to go into them now

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Post by Keith Jones » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:39 pm

At the last Club Committee meeting we had a briefing from Glen from Mazda NZ on the new car. He'd just come back from Japan.
Apparently it will be smaller than the NC, more the size of the NA, and quite a lot lighter. Lots of light weight components. They hadn't decided on the engine yet.

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Post by marcellarius » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:59 pm

Well, hopefully they come to their senses and offer a model with an MZI 3.7 V6 (Ford Duratec) or something ;)

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Post by Angreal » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:48 pm

marcellarius wrote:Well, hopefully they come to their senses and offer a model with an MZI 3.7 V6 (Ford Duratec) or something ;)
And a turbo for fuel efficiency?

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Post by marcellarius » Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:45 pm

I'd settle for the 3.5L Ecoboost V6 :)

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Post by MrGrey » Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:54 pm

NicF wrote:What's that on the boot lid?
the younger brother of the "big gay wing" .... the "little gay wing"

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