Mazda Bringing RX Vision Successor To Tokyo, Will Probably Be Rotary-Powered
The whole will they, won’t they thing with Mazda and a production version of the RX Vision looks set to continue.
Speaking to Auto Express, Matsuhiro Tanaka, Mazda’s R&D head in Europe, confirmed that a successor is indeed in the works, and strongly hinted that it’s to be followed up by a production car. “With the Tokyo Motor Show we will be introducing a new design concept - you can think of it as an evolution of theme of the RX Vision…When we introduce a concept our intention from the engineering and design community is to make it a reality,” he said.
Just to hammer home the point further, Tanaka-san added that Mazda is “making the utmost efforts to try and make this a possibility.” It’s rather hard not to get excited by such rhetoric, particularly when it’s been reported previously that there won’t be a Mazda coupe larger than the MX-5, rotary or otherwise.
And that leads us to the biggest question of all surrounding the project: will it have a rotary engine? We found out a couple of weeks ago that Mazda is actually working on a rotary engine despite previous rumours to the contrary, but significant challenges remain for putting it into production, mostly related to emissions. But for the new concept? We’d expect the rotary ethos of the original RX Vision to remain, perhaps with some hybrid technology in the mix.
We’ve only a few weeks to wait until we find out…
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All aboard the R O T A R Y HYPE train!!
Next station : Tokyo Motor Show
BRAP BRAP BRAP!!! Here comes the HYPE TRAIN
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Correction: Here comes the ROTARY hype train!
brap intensifies
I’d really like it if it was a hybrid imo,
Fuel economy will be tolerable, emissions lower, and, the braaps will still remain.
I’ve heard they’re working on a hydrogen-fuelled rotary, but I doubt they have that tech ready yet.
brapapapap pop pop pop BANG BANG
Issue with a hybrid is that I doubt it would be happy to support a turbo the size of the engine lmao
I truely hope the RX line remains rotary…. After all it’s what the R is supposed to mean
yay… at last we get the answer
I hope itll be based off the mx5 but will have the rotary and better suspension
Will it have spark plugs?
An HCCI rotary would sure be interesting…
Theyve been talking about laser ignition but i assume thats ridiculously expensive for a production car! The direct injection they’ve been planning on the 16x should improve mpg figures a bit they reckon!
DORITO ENGINES WILL (probaby) LIVE ON!!!
*PHINEAS ENGINE
Mazda: What rotary should we put in the car
Me: 13🅱️
Even better, 26B
Nah, gotta evolve. 14C
“there won’t be a Mazda coupe larger than the MX-5, rotary or otherwise”
I feel so much like they’re just going to take this and remove the “retractable” in “retractable fastback”
they should tbh
the SE3P was really just a rebodied MX5 with a wankel, so rotary swapping an NC has been incredibly easy compared to other MX-5’s.
And the MX5 is smaller and lighter anyways.
I love how the rear of the car resembles the FD
me too! I love the FD rear and it is really looking good!