The Mazda RX-9 Could Be A 400bhp Rotary Weapon
After teasing the world with the RX-Vision concept earlier this year, Mazda has got the ball rolling again with plans to reveal a successor to the RX-8 at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show.
Japanese website Holiday Auto has managed to get some inside information on the car, and the stats make for epic reading. The RX-9 could feature a 1.6-litre, twin-rotor turbocharged powertrain which should be good for at least 400bhp of rotary scream.
Those figures would make the RX-9 the most powerful production car ever produced by Mazda, but all this power will seemingly come at a cost. Estimations sit at around $80,000 (£60,500) which would make it nearly three-times the price of an RX-8. But for a return to rotary power for Mazda, I’m sure we’d be willing to pay the price!
Mazda has already trademarked the RX-9 badge, so fingers-crossed we will see a new rotary king by the end of the decade.
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BuzzBox!!!!
Is it just me or does the new RX-9 look like a chinese ripoff of the SLS AMG?
With a huge ugly grill
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Phil needs this rotary engine
It’s just gonna eat up gas and end up ending production again because rotary isn’t reliable
I don’t think it will sell well if it’s priced at £60,000. The main people who want the RX-9 are mainly enthusiasts and most enthusiasts don’t have £60,000.
What made the RX-8 so go is that fact that it came with either 197bhp or 221bhp and was priced at around £23,000. So, it was good value! But people who aren’t enthusiasts are not going to pay £60,000 for a Mazda.
Sure a 400bhp, rotory 1.6 would be nice, but the RX-9 should be priced compete with cars such like the Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ.
Who else is thinking - AMG GT/S?
Meanwhile 12 old kids..
It’s a shame Mazda can’t build good looking RX cars anymore
I dunno, looks great to me
400HP TWIN ROTOR!! faints