Konnichiwa from Tokyo! We are reporting live from the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, where Mazda has finally – at long last – revealed its new rotary sports car concept, the Mazda RX-Vision.
It’s a great-looking car, isn’t it? Utilising the Kodo design language, the low-slung RX-Vision has typical sports car looks, with a long bonnet, very cab-backward proportions and a short tail, and rides on 20-inch wheels. The round tail lights with a flat spoiler connecting them – presumably a nod to the FD RX-7 – is a neat touch. Measurements are 4,389 mm long, 1,925 mm wide and 1,160 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,700 mm.
Very little in the way of details have been revealed, but it’s confirmed that the car will be front-engined, rear-wheel drive and powered by a next-generation SkyActiv-R rotary engine, with the aim of resolving the mill’s three main issues – fuel economy, emissions performance and reliability. Mazda said the iconic triangular engine is a symbol of the company’s “never-stop-challenging” spirit.
The RX-Vision commemorates 50 years since the first Mazda rotary car hit the public road, and will be on display at the Tokyo stand next to the original 1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport. What do you think about Mazda’s rotary revival?
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Extremely impressive.
An absolute showstopper….
Worth the admission ticket price alone….
as a daily driver tho….its a bit difficult to drive with the long nose n poor visibility….
mazda will tone it down a lil, and interior will hv lots of parts sharing with other mazdas…. unless they wish to use bespoke / next gen items inside, befitting a HALO car…
Looks like McLaren + Austin . Cool!!
“he mill’s three main issues – fuel economy, emissions performance and reliability”
Now that’s alot of serious issues about rotary engines…
Plus point will be the cc will be small… favourable for our duties and roadtax.
didn’t rotary was taxed differently? if i’m not wrong i read somewhere that a 1.3 rotary was taxed as a 2.0cc piston engine..
nop.. just rm70..
you are wrong
Don’t let those idiots at Top Gear get their hands on it, unless you want it burned to the ground like the last one.
there is a one Gundam character name Meijin Kawaguchi piloting an AMAZING GUNDAM RED WARRIOR
but these Mazda RX-Vision is really AMAZING of the red color
RED!!?
Damn nice…btw is there any workshop in KL that know well how to handle the rotary engine?? Planning to buy a FD3S/RX8.
The first generation RX-7 Savanna looks better
I very impressed of Mazda. This small company is innovativ and brave to go against the mainstream in their technology concepts.
Bravo to Mazda for having the guts and ingenuity to continue producing such sports cars instead of going the electric route
back is great, but front has got to go. Being that it is such a unique model and engine, it should have its very own identity through and through. The front grill is a very tired look but am sure this is change.
Hope they retain the suicide rear door, and fix the fuel consumption and engine oil consumption.
Awesomely stunning! Hope the performance matches its appearance.
italian design :D
No doubt with Mazda, believe they can do something impressive. Their dream come true as soon as the R roll into production. As a Malaysian with low-mid income like me, let’s only put this in my dream as of now *watery eyes*
I wonder if the Mazda dealer will allow me to trade in my wife to get one of these beauties.
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If the car gets into production and sells for RM300k, I’m definitely getting it. It’s such a show stopper.
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