Mazda has been doing a good job at keeping us in the dark with its RX-8 successor. Little detail is known about the trademarked flagship for the brand. But just recently, reports have provided some more details regarding the new rotary Wankel engine that will be powering Mazda’s famous sports car. The Japanese brand said [...]
Mazda has been the only one to continue its signature Wankel engine since the 1964 Cosmo R100 Coupe through the famed RX- sports cars. And just recently, the Japanese make provided an update to some of the latest efforts. We’ve already known that Mazda has been working on a new RX-8 replacement for quite some [...]
Mazda has been keeping all of us on our toes with their plans for the RX-8 replacement. Of course we know, by tradition it will be powered by a rotary Wankel engine. It seems like Mazda may have run into a little wall because on their Facebook page, they asked: “If you were to design [...]
Sales of the Mazda RX-8 are scheduled to end after the 2011 model year and we’ve known for some time now that the Japanese automaker will replace the rotary engined sports car with a successor to the much-missed RX-7 (which could be badged RX-9 according to insiders). Sources say that Mazda is planning a turbocharged [...]
According to some high-up sources, Mazda is planning on ceasing sales of the rotary-powered RX-8 coupe after the 2011 model year. Mazda has already officially announced that sales of the Mazda RX-8 will not continue in Europe after 2011 due to strict EuroV emissions standards. The Wankel-engined 2+2 sports car, which was refreshed in 2009, [...]
While Toyota works on getting its FT-86 rear-wheel-drive coupe on the road and as Nissan plans a rival, another Japanese automaker is going to throw its two cents into the segment as well. Sources close to Mazda say that RX-7 should see a revival sometime in early 2011 and will mark the end of the [...]
Every couple of months or so, some publication out there claims they have more information on the next-generation Mazda RX-7, which hasn’t (in the slightest way) been confirmed by the Japanese automaker. Today, that publication is UK’s AutoExpress. Last time we heard anything about the Mazda RX-7, it was reported by AutoCar that design boss [...]
It was reported earlier this year that Mazda will unveil the next-generation RX-7 concept at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, which opens to the press tomorrow. While nothing has been confirmed, Mazda’s new design boss Ikuo Maeda told AutoCar that the automaker is looking to produce a successor to the RX-7 coupe. Speaking to the [...]
According to a report (or rumor) by BestCar, Mazda may unveil the next-generation RX-7 concept at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show in October. Sources say that the RX-7 will relieve the RX-8 of its rotary-engine duties and will become the flagship rotary sports car. It will have a design theme influenced by the Nagare concept. [...]
Those of you that are still depressed over the cancellation of the Honda S2000 and the Acura/Honda NSX, there is some good new coming out of Japan today. Mazda sources have told Inside Line that a new Mazda RX-7 is in the works along with a new Mazda RX-8 which is expected to be rebadged as [...]
