The badge said RX-3
 

I was driving around today, and got pasted by a blue car that was badged a Mazda RX-3.

BUT, it was no RX-3. It was at a heavy intersection, so I had no way to get up to the car, but it really surprised me.

It was a two door small compact car with an arcing Mitsubishi style wing. It did sort of look like and RX-8 with the round front, but the back end was squared off.like you'd see on a Miata. It happened so fast I didn't get a lot of other details (like rear light pattern.)

Damn I wish I had my camera with me.

Anyone else in Rochester seen this? It was near RIT.

Did it look anything like this?:

http://www.fearme.com/cars/rx3/

It's pretty close to your description. Are you sure you didn't seen an RX3, or was it a newer looking car?

It's possible, but...

You know how you can look at a profile of a car and say when it was made?

Looking at the RX-3 pics, I can see the 70's influence. The profile of the car I saw said 90's. Small front end, minimal lines.

It did remind me of another american made car, but for the life of me I can't remember which one. I'm still searing that.

Fiero maybe?

My mistake, it was an MX-3, not an RX-3



http://www.mx-3.com/gallery/show-2.jpg

Yeah!!! RX-3 SP...
That was my dream-machine many years ago; I knew someone who had one - it was a great little ride.