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Thread: Next-Gen Mazda Miata May Go Rotary... Hybrid?

  1. 06-16-2010, 10:20 PM #1
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    Default Next-Gen Mazda Miata May Go Rotary... Hybrid?

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  2. 06-17-2010, 05:41 AM #2
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    I'll believe it when I see it.
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    From what I understand, the source is not very reliable.
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    I think they would lose a lot of potential customers with either of those changes.
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  5. 06-17-2010, 08:02 AM #5
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    Soooo... make up for the Wankel's puny torque and voracious fuel appetite with a big ol' pack of batteries and some electric motors? I call BS too...

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    I think the next gen is a supercharged 1.6 gas engine.
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    I think it's going to run on Mountain Dew...
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    I hope they don't. Leave the hybrid hug a tree crap to the Priuses and whatnot of the world. The Miata is not a base for some kind of experiment. It's a sports car give it some ommph and a great chassis and roll it out the door.
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  9. 06-17-2010, 11:35 AM #9
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    Probably a Turbo Diesel with tons of torque that can run on B20 or French fry grease from Keller's Drive in :)

    Oh and that would probably get 70MPG
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  10. 06-17-2010, 11:52 AM #10
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    jalopnik is one big bs site
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