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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For those that say $80 k is too much.. Skylines used to be relatively cheap, then the GT-R came along.. Mazdas RX7 used to compete with more luxorious brands like Porsche. This is a flag ship, like Corvette, Viper, GT-R, LFA. A supercar out of a rotary! Although, im sure this engine will not be the only platform from Mazda, to look at it from an economical view.
I’m so happy for this!!!
Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a AMG GT? 😂
Am I the only one who would rather own FC?
So Nissan made an R34 successor in the R35 with supercar pricing. Mazda make an RX-8 successor in the RX-9 with supercar pricing.
They even carried on the rear lights from the RX-7. faints
Hardcore car guys be like,”Goodbye college fund!”
:face palm:
Or bigger and faster
Looks like the love child of an F-Type and a Mustang.