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Q#90 - solved - Mazda V12 'Amati 1000'
« on: September 16, 2008, 03:33:17 PM »
This is a prototype that never made production. Two points are up for grabs: one for the name of the manufacturer and one for identifying the powerplant
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2008, 12:43:31 AM »
powerplant would be a bmw engine then  ;)
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2008, 08:40:41 AM »
Don't be fooled by the numberplate - this car isn't from Munich
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2008, 01:28:28 PM »
Looks like a Rover, perhaps something after the Honda Legend model, with a Honda engine.
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2008, 04:28:58 PM »
Quote from: hugo90 on September 30, 2008, 01:28:28 PM
Looks like a Rover, perhaps something after the Honda Legend model, with a Honda engine.

It's not from Rover or Honda but you're not a million miles off
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 05:22:20 PM »
Pros?
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2008, 05:38:51 PM »
I'd say that grille looks awfully Mazda Xedos to me, maybe an early design for the Xedos 9?
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2008, 05:49:21 PM »
Well done, I've given you one point for the correct manufacturer - Mazda.

This was quite an interesting prototype - for the extra point, what was the powerplant?
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 06:10:28 PM »
It wasn't, by any chance, a Miller cycle engine?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_cycle

Mazda did put that into production in its US-only Millenia sedan.
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2008, 12:53:25 PM »
I don't think it was a Miller cycle engine. Anyway, that's not what makes this special
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Re: Q#90
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2008, 02:19:53 PM »
Quote from: Quiller on October 13, 2008, 12:53:25 PM
I don't think it was a Miller cycle engine. Anyway, that's not what makes this special

Is it the V12 engined Amati 1000?
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Re: Q#90 - solved - Mazda V12 'Amati 1000'
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2008, 06:31:32 PM »
Excellent work, yes this is the stillborn V12-engined Mazda. It was going to be launched as the Amati 1000 but was canned in 1992 for the same economic reasons as we see at the moment
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