what teh fugly?? i like the lines with the coupe part.. but none of that fender, light lids shit

 

Just because cars aren't in the same price league doesn't necessarily mean they automatically must have more horsepower. There's no logic or common sense in that. A BMW 330i driver doesn't really concern himself with the fact that at half the price he could waltz away with a more powerful SRT-4. Also, the Z3 initially came with an underpowered I-4 as well. And upcoming roadsters, such as the Pontiac Solstice, are in the same price range and are supposedly coming equipped with far more powerful engines. That was my point that if Mazda was going to bother coming out with the RS Coupe they should have at least thought ahead and perhaps made an effort to increase the car's power (that is the theme these days I think).

 

For whatever reason I was looking at the Mazda Japan site and it apears that the RS Coupe will indeed be available trimmed similarly to a regular Miata without all the extra doodads.

Dunno if it's going to be sold outside of Japan but basically the deal is that there are going to be four trims: Base, Type-S, Type-A and Type-E.

The yellow car posted by 98coupeV6 is the Type-A. The Type-E looks like the concept version except it has production Miata wheels. It comes only as an automatic. The base and Type-S are trimmed like a regular Miata. The base model has a Japan-only 1.6 liter engine and 5-speed gearbox, the Type-S has the 1.8 6-speed. This is the Type-S:





After a little further inspection of the site (and clever use of babelfish) I have figured out that total production of the car is going to be less than 1000 units. Which is to say, we ain't gettin any.

 

it screams DROP ME!!

 

the e-type lookes like a poor mans aston martin

 

fuggin mazda! I guess you'll never get my money!

 

That NR-A is pure sex.

 

Unfortunately I don't think they're actually going to produce the NR-A. It was a concept.

 

ooooh i like