Imagine this car with an RX8 engine. Due to the tiny size of
the rotary engine Mazda could build something like it if they designed a 
rotary front drive transmission  package. It would devastate sports car
road racing world wide. The next RX7 or RX9? Mazda makes a big thing
about 50/50 weight distribution but a real sports car needs traction
out of low speed corners for good acceleration. That is why all real 
road race cars have rear engines and rear weight bias. Porsche has 
known this for seventy years.

This car was designed and built by Mercedes for SMART.
It is in production and for sale. It uses the four cylinder engine 
from the front drive A Class Mercedes and the SMART telephone 
booth car. It probably will not be imported to the US.

Paul Lamar
 
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