Mazda are onto another winner!

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The creased lines add a lot of strength to the body.  I think they need to do this with the lighter and lighter bodies they are coming out with.

I don\'t buy that.  It might be one of the "perceived benefits" of the creases, but I doubt manufacturers have suddenly switched to much thinner sheetmetal just because Chris Bangle or whoever decided that creases looked cool.  It\'s gotta be an aesthetic decision, not engineering.

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Actually look at the cadillac.  As much as I hate the look they did it for strength.  Hell that\'s one ugly ass car.

Why does the bottom of a front wheel drive car sill have the hump down the center?

Are you talking about the transmission hump on the floor?  They might have to route exhaust through there, but yeah, it\'s not really necessary except as a cupholder.  I thought some cars like the Civic Si had the shifter on the dash, and little or no hump.

I just said that because ford owns mazda... I drive a \'94 mazda B3000 pickup and guess what, it\'s really a ford ranger.

I dig the headlights... Mazda 6 doesn\'t look too bad imo.

I was hoping someone would follow up on my RX-8 comments...

Here\'s a mondo thread discussing the hp problem:

http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8277

And here\'s a thread with one S2000 owner\'s experience test driving the RX-8.  Kind of confirms what I was thinking...

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142212

Doesn\'t Racer at least read his own thread?  

He\'s probably busy doing this:

I like the CTS and im not a big fan of caddilac. This concept is pretty nasty looking. It has a huge cockpit and the front end is very stocky. The rear reminds me of an old cars coming straight out of a dick tracey comic. Pretty nasty if you ask me.

If you want to see real automotive ingenuity check out a Lotus/Caterham Super 7, Lancia Stratos or a ferrari berlinetta. Those are real classics. Not to say there arent many others, those are just a few of my favorites.