[Shotimes] Mazda 6 s, ME WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mark Kelley]

Oh I agree 100%.  I wasn't addressing what the competition is doing but what
Mazda will do over the next couple of years.  Too little zoom-zoom too late?
Definitely.  Then again, they could surprise us next year!  With their VVT
system being so new, they could be playing it conservative this year.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ron Nottingham
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:16 PM
> To: SHOTimes-Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Mazda 6 s, ME WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Next couple of years?  Nissan could get the 3.5L in the sedans
> (Altima 245hp
> and Maxima 255hp) up to 290hp fairly easily.  I would assume
> Honda could get
> their 260hp V6 up there too.  Really, Mazda took aim at the year 2000, and
> hit the bull's eye, but we are now coming up on 2003 :-(
>
> Mazda has always done a nice job on the 626, but since they switched from
> the turbo model to the V6's, they have always seemed to be at the back of
> the performance pack.  The Mazda's have always had great handling
> characteristics, but their extreme lack of hp compared to their
> competition
> nullifies their better handling/feel.
>
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Kelley" <mrkelley64@earthlink.net>
>
>
> > I would expect some HP increases coming soon thanks to
> MazdaSpeed.  I also
> > wouldn't be surprised if the base HP doesn't increase over next
> couple of
> > years as well.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ron Nottingham
> > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 4:36 PM
> > > To: SHOTimes-Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Mazda 6 s, ME WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Yeah, but considering the cost of admission now is 240+ hp, it
> > > looks like it
> > > is really tame.  Now if MazdaSpeed would get ahold of it, and do
> something
> > > like they did to the Protege...  Maybe they would have something.
> 280+hp
> > > would be nice.  300hp and it could be considered Super High
> Output (just
> > > thinking that the original 89 SHO had about 60+ hp over other
> V6 sedans
> of
> > > the time)
> > >
> > > Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> > > 90 SHO
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
> > > To: "Noah South III" <raggtopp@comcast.net>; "SHOTimes-Mailing List"
> > > <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 10:51 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Mazda 6 s, ME WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the tip, Noah.  I checked the specs on Mazda's website.
> Many
> > > of the dimensions are pretty close to the Gen 1/2 Taurus.
> > > > Trunk space is smaller (15 vs. our 18) and interior volume slightly
> less
> > > (96 vs. our 100), height is greater, most interior
> > > > dimensions (head/leg/hip/shoulder) are within an inch.  Powertrain
> sure
> > > sounds familiar although torque is slightly less (192 vs.
> > > > our 200).
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, wouldn't it be ironic if they resurrected the SHO
> through Mazda.
> > > The people who gave us the MTX-IV, by the way.
> > > >
> > > > Joseph van Oss
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > Ok I'm going to lose it, I don't have any money and I WANT
> THIS CAR!!!
> > > >
> > > > 220hp 3.0 High-Reving V6, 5-Speed with a Final Drive of
> 4.13, 4 doors,
> > > 17's, beefy 11" rotors on the front AND back, and it only
> > > > weighs 3200lbs.
> > > >
> > > > If there was ever a SHO replacement, this is it.  It's even got an
> 18gal
> > > tank.
> > > >
> > > > -Noah South III
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