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I still think that the MS3 should have AWD. then mazda could bump the output a little. I think 315 ft/lb in that size car would be fun. Mazda did drop a 2.3 MZR engine in a 2. It has "Turbo 2" on the side. That made be chuckle a little.

I still want the next RX to be package like the FC. With a wide price range and opitions. But no Auto transmission.

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Originally Posted by My5ABaby (Post 173297)

The CX5 has been announced and it's a crossover. I presume you mean it shares a chassis with the MX5.

Why would you make the Mazda guys look stupid? So an enthusiast knows more about their cars than a salesman... yay? Way to help out the brand... Anyways, it's not like Mazda is unique is having uninformed salesmen. Their job isn't to know the wheelbase, hp, gearing, displacement, etc., that's for the mechanics/engineers. Their job is to know people and how to manipulate them into buying a car. Now we can argue they don't do their job very well there, but they haven't been given much help in the way of styling from Mazda lately.

Yes, the MX5... mistyped that one...

The guys at an auto show are the face of Mazda... They should know more than the average person about every car in their lineup. That's their job. They're not salesmen in the direct since at a car show. They're selling the brand, sure, but when he doesn't even know what an R3 RX8 is, and his company sells it, that's pretty pathetic. That's like asking for a Mazda Speed 3 and them asking you "what's that?", or trying to show you a normal Mazda 3.

They should be able to spout off trim packages, colors, etc for every car they represent. Pretty basic info.

screw laser ignition. i want nuclear ignition.

Screw nuclear, Antimatter.

screw antimatter, dark matter!

sounds cooler anyway.

that said i dont think dark matter happens to destroy matter on contact or anything cool like that..

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Originally Posted by reddozen (Post 173522)

They probably should, but I think you're overestimating the intelligence and knowledge of the general public.

I think the exhaust should have a nano black hole. that is how we will make a zero emission car, plus it would be quiet as hell.

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Originally Posted by My5ABaby (Post 173553)

They probably should, but I think you're overestimating the intelligence and knowledge of the general public.

most people on this site ask questions that are more techical then the general pubic asks. Because to the general public car a just a tool to get here and there, to most of us the right car can be like a family memeber.

I like to go educate my local mazda saleman once a month.

I still like when the local car lot salesman told my mom the RX-8 shared the same 4cyl as a Mazda 3.

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Originally Posted by 85rx-7gsl-se (Post 173561)

I still like when the local car lot salesman told my mom the RX-8 shared the same 4cyl as a Mazda 3.

:rofl: And I'm sure she didn't care.

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Originally Posted by Raksj04 (Post 173557)

Exactly, so the salesman cater to the 99% that don't know and don't care. They don't need to know any of those facts because either people don't know/care as stated, or they already know (like us) and in that case they don't need to inform us.

I laugh at one who said rotaries are quiet. But looking back that wasn't false. the engine its self is quiet no vavle noise, but the exhuast,... yeah not quiet

Some dealerships cycle thru salesman quickly. I work at a dealship where 60% of the people there where in sales, and you walk up and ask "where is john smith", "oh he is gone." lasted a month. Some quit. My brother was a car saleman for a little bit but he had school loans to pay off so he had to find a more stable income.

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Originally Posted by My5ABaby (Post 173562)

:rofl: And I'm sure she didn't care.

I was next to her and had to do my best to bite my tongue.