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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It’s just part of Mazda’s grand scheme plan, it’s going to “AMAZE” you, Mazda techs know what I mean
I might want to buy one
Imo it looks like an 8C and an F12 had a baby. Lol
Mazda trademarked “RX-9” a looong while ago.
i know where my money is going…
$80,000
I think the new Supra that’s being codeveloped with the next BMW Z car will be better then this.
Oh my, those taillights are an awesome throwback to the 90s one!
Insert ‘so much want’ meme
Imagine if they put modernized pop-up lights on it!
NO!
2017 gtr. 2017 supra. 2017 rx9. Year of the jdms!