Mazda rotary sports car fans will have to keep waiting for a belated successor for the legendary RX-7 and RX-8: senior managing executive officer and R&D chief Kiyoshi Fujiwara ruled out the release of a production version of the striking 2015 RX-VISION concept in 2020 – Mazda’s centenary year — as expected. “We cannot provide the RX-VISION to the market by 2020, because we do not have enough money to invest, to commercialize it,” Fujiwara said.



Fujiwara-san confirmed that, given more time and resources, Mazda would release a new rotary sports car post-2020 and that it will be powered by an electrified rotary powertrain — at least in some markets. He said the delay was due to Mazda’s development focus on its next-generation chassis and SKYACTIV-X engines and will necessitate the fitment of at least mild-hybrid and autonomous technologies to remain competitive and, indeed, applicable to some countries and cities that have proposed bans on non-electrified vehicles.

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