Why, yes, Mazda, you DO have my attention,

[MinisterofDOOM]

What have we here?


http://blog.caranddriver.com/mazda-teas ... y-powered/

Long nose, hardtop, tail lights that sort of look like a blend of FD and modern Mazda...

Interestingly, the only remaining Mazda with a V6 is the ancient CX-9, and it's using borrowed Ford tech left over from their married days. Nothing else in the lineup uses a V6. So one starts to wonder what might be under the hood of a sports car bigger than the Miata. Boost? Apex seals? Hmmmm...

I will be watching this one closely.

[OriginalWheelman]

It's the MX-6 Miata Crossover with a back seat. Wait, never mind, it's not Nissan.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I wish that sounded more ridiculous than it does.

It looks a lot bigger than the Miata, based on the size of the windows versus the bodywork.

[elwesso]

Well the good news is that Nissan isn't making it so they probably won't make it ridiculously useless. If it looks half as good as the picture sort shows and has a man-pedal, that's all that it would take to make me happy.

[OriginalWheelman]

When I look at it, I see the FD's trunkline, and the FCs tails. I'm just not hopeful for the Kodo front.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I'll be here, waiting.
So if they announce it in Tokyo, think it'll go on sale next year as a 2017 model?

[Rogue One]

Mazda may be close to confirming plans for an all-new, rotary-powered sports car to fill the void left by the RX-8 which bowed out of production in 2012. The Japanese automaker today released a single teaser shot of a new sports car concept that makes its debut late next month at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, and it's possible the concept previews a future production model powered by a rotary engine.

Mazda has long been rumored to be working on a new rotary-powered sports car, with a launch either in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Cosmo Sport (Mazda’s first rotary-powered car and the first volume production car to feature such an engine), or perhaps in 2020 to coincide with Tokyo’s hosting of the Olympic Games.

Few details were released along with the teaser. Mazda only states that the concept features a modern design, albeit one influenced by the automaker’s sports cars of the past. Incidentally, Mazda will showcase alongside the new concept an original 1967 Cosmo Sport as well as some additional heritage models.

The 2015 Tokyo Motor Show gets underway October 29 for the media, so more details should surface soon.

According to one of Mazda’s top engineers, the rotary’s future is much brighter than simply being a range-extender for an eco machine. Speaking with The Motor Report, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, program manager for the Mazda MX-5, confirmed that a new RX-7 sports car was in the works and that it will be launched in 2017, the 50th anniversary year of the Mazda Cosmo Sport, Mazda’s first rotary-powered car and the first volume production car to feature such an engine.

Yamamoto has a very long history with the rotary engine. He was the powertrain manager for the last RX-7, and he also designed the engine in the Le Mans-winning 787B race car.

He revealed that the new RX-7 would feature Mazda’s still-in-development 16X rotary engine, which will retain the previous 13B’s twin-rotor design but will see its displacement increase to 1.6 liters. Peak output will likely come close to 300 horsepower, though without the aid of turbocharging.

Yamamoto explained that special catalytic converters and Mazda’s latest SKYACTIV technology will help the new rotary engine be much more fuel-efficient than previous versions. He also said there would be no hybrid tech on the RX-7 due to its intended purist sports car positioning.

To keep development costs low, the car is expected to utilize a stretched version of the platform underpinning the next-generation MX-5. Overall weight could be less than 2,800 pounds.

In the U.S. the next RX-7 is expected to come as a strict two-seater, while in other markets a 2+2 seating arrangement will be offered.

[float_6969]

What site(s) did you get those quotes from?

[darylzero]

What site(s) did you get those quotes from?

this first one is here http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1100 ... motor-show

[float_6969]

If this is legit, I'm EXCITED!!!

[PapaSmurf2k3]

http://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/mazda-n ... r-concept/
TOMORROW!

[frapjap]

RIGHT?!

Can't wait to see this thing.

[float_6969]

I need to go to bed ASAP so tomorrow will get here sooner, LOL

[PapaSmurf2k3]

^Busting out all the childhood Christmas tricks eh?

We're adults now, we can just get drunk until we hit that magical timewarp zone.

[float_6969]

How did you think I was going to manage to fall asleep early? LOL

[AZhitman]

Y'know, remember when Andy Palmer told us that building cars for enthusiasts isn't profitable - or sustainable?

Mazda seems to be doing a damn good job of it, and has been for quite some time. The new AWD CX3 is a sexy little CUV, the Speed3 (when it returns) will be a world-beater, the new Miata is backordered, the CX-9 is a stout, sporty crossover, and the 3 and 6 sedans are drop-dead gorgeous (and priced affordably).

[RicerX]

It's a Skyactiv Rotary, guys. Holy s***.

http://jalopnik.com/mazda-confirms-thei ... 1738916061

[MinisterofDOOM]

I haven't been this happy about aa future car announcement since probably the original CTS-V. There is good in the world after all!

[float_6969]

I need pics!

[sx moneypit]

Looking forward to seeing this.Might be a Mazda in my future.

[Pento240sx]

Well I just saw the reveling and I have mix feelings about it. It looks a lot like the Ferrari California. The nose looks a bit too long and a small rear. I hope the performance at least will be good and hope they have a man pedal.

[Xdisaster240sX]

I personally think its ugly

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I like everything except the headlights, but as with most LED systems, they tend to look a lot better in person.

I agree, that nose is hella long for a rotary.

[OriginalWheelman]

Let the rotary die already. It's the least efficient gas engine ever made, except the one time I lit a gas can on fire and it moved a little.

[frapjap]

I like everything except the headlights, but as with most LED systems, they tend to look a lot better in person.

I agree, that nose is hella long for a rotary.

This.

That thing has more hood and front over hang than a second generation F body. Considering the rotary is compact, I have to wonder what the hell the other 7 feet of hood are for.

[float_6969]

I like it! I'd buy it just like it sets tbh. And I think the rotary has a future. If it had 1/4 of the R&D that has been put into the gasoline engine of the last 100 years, it would be lightyears ahead of where it is now. From what I've read it might utilize a hybrid/KERS system. That may account for some of the hood length, though I think that the hood isn't as long as it looks. It's hard to tell from just pictures.

[RicerX]

Between this and the Miata (and the latest CX-5, 3, 6, and CX-3), Mazda has demonstrated that it can take a design language and cohesively implement it across a wide array of body styles. I'm so impressed with them lately. I can't wait to see what the next gen rotary brings to the table for performance and efficiency - perhaps it is largely evolved.

[RicerX]

I must also add that this thing looks like the love child between a current-gen Viper and a current-gen Aston Martin Vantage S.

[MinisterofDOOM]

So CLEAN and purposeful! Even the concave through the doors, which anyone else would have botched horribly, is merely part of the larger body line rather than an addition for the sake of unsimplicity.

I must also add that this thing looks like the love child between a current-gen Viper and a current-gen Aston Martin Vantage S.

Honestly, despite perhaps a teeny bit of Callum in the silhouette, I think the most uniquely defining characteristic of this design is that it utterly lacks the hard edges that define those designs. This one is a flowing, nebulous thing, not a taught, muscular thing. I really like it.

[BusyBadger]

Let the rotary die already. It's the least efficient gas engine ever made, except the one time I lit a gas can on fire and it moved a little.

These were pretty much my thoughts when I saw the "SkyActiv-R" moniker.

In an age of increasingly stringent government demands where engines are getting smaller to boost efficiency and reduce emissions, Corvettes have cylinder deactivation to skew results, the muscle era arch-rivals Mustang & Camaro are being offered in a four cylinder force-fed variety with Porsche's Boxster & Cayman wunder-twins losing two cylinders and adding a turbocharger in the near future as well. Even Porsche's parent company setting a sterling example by cheating on the EPA exam. It's hard to believe that Mazda is going with, what has been in the past, the automotive equivalent of the baked bean campfire scene in Blazing Saddles...

...a lot of consumption and a lot of expulsion.

I'm interested to see the technology that's going to enable the rotary to wear a SkyActiv badge. Because of the size and output of the rotary the one place I always thought was a possible strong point was as a secondary engine for a (primarily) battery vehicle in order to add some cruising range and flexibility.

Mazda did have to do something though. Despite Palmer's enthusiast comment Nissan has been on top for a while with the GT-R's performance by default, no other Japanese carmaker has a similar offering. The rumours of Toyota's Supra have been swirling for a while now and then there's Honda's not quite fact and not quite fiction NSX (presumably) on the horizon. Mazda had to offer up something just to keep themselves in the game.