How many people r going to buy the new model NE

StillIC · Postby **StillIC** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:38 pm

I have 6 years to go on the mortgage, all going well. And based on the average model cycle of MX5s (3 models in 26 years = 8.67 years), I should be able to save up enough in the following 2.67 years to afford an NE. I can't wait. Does anyone have any inside info on specs or pricing? Will it have a self drive option? Are dealers taking orders? Will I be first in line?

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:08 pm

Solid logic. Not sure I agree with the conclusion but I can see how you got there.

lizard · Postby **lizard** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:46 pm

Mazda MX5 NF :mrgreen:

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ ... zRCM?rel=0

oztrackdays · Postby **oztrackdays** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:10 pm

NC for 10 Years.

ND for less than 10 years

NE (Electric) some sort of Battery Powered contraption
AAA's maybe even some of those Big old 6 volts from the old Dolphin torches.

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:29 am

It is expected to be built in collaboration with a European, American or North Korean car company.

Just in! A spy photo of an artist's impression of what it could look like.

Rocky · Postby **Rocky** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:54 pm

My next sports car

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:57 pm

If they make an SP variant I'd be tempted

speed · Postby **speed** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:18 pm

Hahaha. Well it is good to be prepared...

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:35 pm

Rocky wrote:My next sports car
I have often thought about fitting a massive starter motor from early Holden into one of these.
Greg.

bsalis · Postby **bsalis** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:41 pm

I'm not sure there will be an NE. Time will tell.

ND sales will be a factor, as well as competing cars in the segment, demand for small affordable roadsters, the state of the global economy, changing demographics, as well as fuel consumption and emissions regulations (which are becoming ridiculous IMO).

However with the RX-8 discontinued, they will need at least one sports car to be the "Halo" car among the brand offerings. The one the family guys would like to have but buy the wagon, coz family. Toyota learned this mistake when they became the "white goods on wheels" brand in part, I believe, from discontinuing the MR2.

The next Mazda sports car will probably be all-electric. If so, I think it will be a completely new car, not the next gen MX-5.

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:21 pm

^
Indeed, by 2025 it will be more a case of any, than NE.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:16 pm

there will be another if Mazda is in business. Sports cars are not going anywhere- they have been around for 100 years and light weight and fuel economy are not going to the impediments. What might be a endangered species eventually is the opposite- i.e. the lumbering tanks sucking up fuel ,sucking up resources ,and being so bloody ugly. Incidentally Toyota is far from a white goods manufacturer and Mazda can only dream at the sales of the 86 and BRZ.