Mazda Super20 shown at SEMA

[general default]

Knowing Mazda's history. They would most likely delete the ABS and call it a weight savings benefit. Seems like I have read the Road Race guys blow the stock transmissions with the stock motor.

[Flyin96M]

Very nice! I'd put my name on the wait list for one!

[miataspeedracer]

$32,999. I'd consider it...

[Miatamoto]

I love this car!

Wish they would dump the supercharger and put on a Cosworth cylinder head with cams and their roller throttle though. It's all in the Cosworth catalog.

[CHeavin_2006]

sweetness! makes me think about actually installing my fender flares sitting in my garage lol...

[Treibenschnell]

In that state, it's what a Miata should be.

Indeed. No soft top.

I like it... but it makes me like my BUR even more at $2500.

[Squid]

Drool.

[Piff]

those side skirts and flares,
a chance to rip down the track,
my sports pants are tight

[OZMDD]

So many people claim they'd order one, but isn't that what happened with the MSM? Dealer's couldn't move them? Seems that everyone says they want one when they aren't available, and if they are available, everyone claims they can build the same thing for $10K less. Neither one seems to happen, unfortunately.

All that aside, it is very sweet, and I'm tempted to steal some ideas.

[ken o]

I heard it was going to have a rotary in it.

[OZMDD]

I heard it was going to have a rotary in it.

Forget everything I said... I'd put my name on a list and pay $50K for that!!

[Piff]

I read that the performance of the rotary was disappointing in the RX-8. Was it a case of it was just the wrong car for the engine and that it would be perfect for something like the Miata?

I would think that a "returning to the roots of the Miata" would not mean a seriously performance-oriented (i.e., fast) engine.

Regards.

[altiain]

Depends on what you define as “disappointing”. I’m quite happy with the engine in mine, and the RX-8 is still faster than any production Miata ever has been. However, in an era where even minivans have 300 horsepower, the Renesis could use a little more pep, especially in a 2900 pound car.

I think a 232 hp, 9k rpm redline engine would be awesome in a Miata chassis, but Mazda is never going to make a rotary Miata/MX-5 so it doesn’t really matter.

[Radio-Active]

I test drove the RX-8 and the MSM at the same time. The RX-8 pushes you back in the seat on launch more than the MSM did. If they had made a convertable model RX-8 I would have bought it in a heartbeat. I still might trade mine for an RX-8 one of these days.