First of all there are sensors that won't let it open if it's going to hit anything, and even if there weren't sensors, if those doors would hit, so would a regular door. Also you can grab an automatic door at any point and it will stop.

At its widest point it opens no further than a standard door. I fail to see how this is going to make things worse.

Impress her in a little Mazda she has never heard of then show her and let her experience the way a car should drive with this beautiful and extremely clean FD RX-7

The reason that turbos work out is that if you stay out of boost you are capable of getting the EPA numbers.

It will probably be destroked to under 3.5L.

Oh I agree in that respect, more than anything what I was getting at is the difference in terms of R&D funding between Mazda and VW.

Yeah no kidding. Unfortunatelty Americans have stupid car buying preferences so even the wagon is unlikely to be sold here.

They pretty much have to develop a turbo 4 for the new CX-7/CX-9 or buy a motor from someone else. At that point it makes no sense to not make a speed.

It is but its not coming here.

At this point, I just hope Mazda throws in the towel on diesel all together. Put the money towards the skyactiv 2.0 motors and give us a new Speed3 and Speed 6.

The enemy of the V6 at Mazda is cost. It's more expensive to develop and manufacture a V6 than a turbo 4 and a turbo 4 yields better EPA test mileage. I currently own a gen1 V6 Mazda 6 and it makes me really sad that there is nothing comparable to my car for sale today from Mazda.

I’m honestly not really sure why they didn't want to use urea, Mazda didn't either so if I had to take a guess, I would say it has to do with cost.

I agree. You can’t really blame them either, they have so little money to play with for R&D, if they can make a jack of all trades engine it would be crazy for them to not throw all of their engine R&D money at it. In all honesty as unlikely as it is, if they ditched diesels in favor of an efficient small NA V6 I…

It really sucks too. A turbo diesel midsizer is such a great daily driver.

Well I guess I can kiss my dreams of a diesel 6 goodbye for good. I was hoping against reality that mazda would pull it off despite all the delays but if VW couldn’t do it without urea I doubt mazda can. And at this point, why would they? Diesel will be a dirty word to most consumers for some time to come now.

Especially considering that it is a relatively easy swap.

To my knowledge the TS040 will continue to use that V8 and I’m more concerned with this hypothetical Lexus supercar using that V8 because In order for it to be a successor to the LFA it sort of needs to have a rev happy NA engine.

No government funding that planned parenthood receives can be used for abortions, check your facts.

Even if it turns out to have the V8 from the TS040, it will sound fantastic.

HOLY FUCK I NEED NEW PANTS. If this actually happens I will have to rob a bank. You are trying to tell me I might be able to buy a Lexus supercar with endurance racecar drivetrain. Racecar drivetrain that features a high revving NA V8?? *Girlish squeal* This can’t be real. Its just too good to be true.