Mazda Miata Coupe

[Mr. Win]

Mazda Miata Coupe

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Mazda's Japan-market Miata Coupe looked fetching—an oasis of good taste at SEMA. Mazda claims that the hardtop, which is produced by Mazda Engineering and Technology Company, is not only more aerodynamic and more rigid than the roadster, but is only 22 pounds heavier.
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[-pixy-]

i want that.

[Spooled]

Oh wow, I REALLY like that!

[Spooled]

The back sweep reminds me of a Panoz

[eting_pro5]

Wow!

[Foolish]

Old news. That's the second gen Miata. That has to be from SEMA 2003, maybe '04 at the newest. They were actually produced and sold in very limited numbers for the Japan market only buy a subsidiary of Mazda that does things like retrofit wheelchair lifts in thier vans, Etc.

[dinux]

Shit, if they made the cockpit any bigger and sell them at a decent price here in the US with a turbo then I am there!

[dbzeag]

Does anyone else see lines from the defunct RX-7 third gen?

I think that design looks great.

[Foolish]

Yeah, somewhere I read that they'd intentionally done the shape of the doors on the second gen. Miatas to look like the 3rd gen. RX-7. I can't say the shape of the doors was ever the first thing to catch my attention on the RX-7's, though!

[TheMAN]

hello and welcome to 2003

[ZoomZoomH]

keep an eye on the upcoming Detroit auto show... the Miata-Coupe-in-US dream may not be THAT far off....

[romecandleboy]

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If anything, there will be a hardtop option but I can't imagine a MX-5 coupe coming to the states.

[jsgolfer]

wood!

[whitemp5seattle]

cute! I wish it were a hardtop convertible tho...

[tunersteve]

cute! I wish it were a hardtop convertible tho...

I thought just a bit ago that someone posted that in the next year or two, the new Miata would become available in a hardtop for the first time in the US. (dunno)

[ZoomZoomH]

*sigh*

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Car_Shows/Detroit_Auto_Show/2006_Detroit_Auto_Show_Preview.S286.A9699.html
Mazda's Detroit Concept Splits RX-8, Miata



Two's company and three is… very exciting news from Mazda. The Japanese firm has revealed it will add to its sportscar range with the addition of a third model to sit alongside the RX-8 and MX-5.

The car will be unveiled at January's Detroit auto show, and though it will be styled and badged as a concept, insiders say the two-seater hints very strongly at a production model that will go on sale around 2008. We've been told it's a mini RX-8 with a hint of MX-3, but crucially won't use the former car's rotary engine.

It will be designed and developed by Mazda North America, based in<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Irvine</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">Calif.</ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE> The center's director of design, Franz von Holzhausen, said, "It's an exciting continuation of the Mazda DNA. We will offer a product that's relevant to what people want, and enters us into an arena that we have not been in before." The designer emphasized that the car would be aimed at North American buyers. However, he admitted it has been designed so that it is "conceptually possible" for it to made right-hand-drive for fans in countries such as <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on">Britain</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> and <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Japan</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>. -Richard Yarrow

[whitemp5seattle]

edit: nm I actually READ the post... (headshake

[silverspeed03]

First thing that came to mind is 3rd Gen RX-7, IDK that might eat into the sales of the RX-8. I would definetly buy one though. I think it would also be cheaper than the current model because of it being a hardtop.

[JOS3]

wow, i want one of those. the back looks very porsche cayman/rx-7-ish. solstice, what?

[Phoenix5]

Yeah,the coupe is in one of my BMI DVDs.It's tight!I want to see the new 06 in a coupe!

[Hughes412]

Nice, but is that the old body style?








Mazda Miata Coupe

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Mazda's Japan-market Miata Coupe looked fetching—an oasis of good taste at SEMA. Mazda claims that the hardtop, which is produced by Mazda Engineering and Technology Company, is not only more aerodynamic and more rigid than the roadster, but is only 22 pounds heavier.
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[Mr. Win]

like stated several times before its from SEMA 03 and not 05