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Post Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:14 pm

Re: Do we have anything like a 350Z in the works?

RobtheFiend wrote:No RX-6? Or is that the Cosmo?


Nope, there wasn't a RX-6 as far as I'm aware (There was a MX-6 here in Aus and MX-3's elsewhere) as the Cosmo coupe is actually a Eunos! The Cosmo was hand built so that it would represent the pinnacle of luxury and exclusivity. Unfortunately it was too expensive and its cheaper brothers too Japanese to support Eunos as a viable brand. If Mazda had've been richer and invested in RWD cars for Eunos then we'd be talking about then in the same breath as Lexus but history shows which way Mazda went :(
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Post Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:22 am

Re: Do we have anything like a 350Z in the works?

The Eunos Cosmo was the ONLY car offered with the 20b engine. (Or the more common 13B from the RX-7.)
It was definetly RWD.
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Post Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:02 pm

Re: Do we have anything like a 350Z in the works?

RobtheFiend wrote:The Eunos Cosmo was the ONLY car offered with the 20b engine. (Or the more common 13B from the RX-7.)
It was definetly RWD.


Yeah the Cosmo was RWD but the other Eunos models (Other than the re-badged 929's) weren't (which is what I was referring to). Both the Eunos 500 and 800 were FWD and as such weren't even considered as competition to an equivalent BMW or Mercedes Benz. Mazda spent heaps of money marketing the Eunos brand and it flopped resulting in Ford's majority shareholding and the Mazda we know and love today... :ugeek:

As for the 20B, I was aware of the Cosmo being the only Mazda with it fitted. I just didn't mention it because the conversation was about rotaries and both the 13b and the 20b were rotary engines... :P
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