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Interesting article based on recent Mazda patents. Seems wildly speculative to me but fun to imagine, nonetheless 😁

www.carsguide.com.au

Mazda's complex Toyota-crushing hybrid rotary hero! 2026 RX-7 revival to launch as a 260kW tri-motor twin-rotor screamer with a manual transmission: Report - Car News

Information about Mazda’s new halo rotary sports car continues to trickle in after it was teased at last year’s Tokyo Mobility Show as the Iconic SP. Since then, patent details have revealed production car-ready pop-up headlights that look just like the concept’s and that it will adopt a...
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scal_air said:
Interesting article based on recent Mazda patents. Seems wildly speculative to me but fun to imagine, nonetheless 😁

www.carsguide.com.au

Mazda's complex Toyota-crushing hybrid rotary hero! 2026 RX-7 revival to launch as a 260kW tri-motor twin-rotor screamer with a manual transmission: Report - Car News

Information about Mazda’s new halo rotary sports car continues to trickle in after it was teased at last year’s Tokyo Mobility Show as the Iconic SP. Since then, patent details have revealed production car-ready pop-up headlights that look just like the concept’s and that it will adopt a...
www.carsguide.com.au www.carsguide.com.au
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So... its not happening? 🤣

(I wish it did, but its "been coming" for 10 years...)
 
Mazda has always made cool stuff. I hope that at least some of this comes to market.

Wankel engines are quite compact for their power output, but have inherently poor efficiency and emissions due to their thin crescent-shaped combustion chamber. A spherical combustion chamber is optimal.
 
Mazda has always been one of my favorite car companies; I'm really excited for what they're doing, especially because it's so different from what others are doing.

And hey, Derek Jenkins did come from there… :)
 
Need volume volume volume, not fun fun fun
 
DeaneG said:
Need volume volume volume, not fun fun fun
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Sometimes you gotta take the loss in order to have a flagship sports car. I mean Mazda produced the Rx7 from '79 to '95 for a total of 800,000 units? Compare to the 600,000 Camrys produced in 2023, manufacturing the RX7 was a labor of love rather than a money-maker.
 
scal_air said:
Maybe Derek can convince Lucid to produce the EV RX-7 😆
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Well, we still don't know what the third mid-sized vehicle is right?

I'm more betting on an off-road capable vehicle (so slightly larger, not as tall compared to R3X, maybe comparable to Subaru WRX) but it could be a sport coupe... we just know it's not a wagon
 
Just read the linked articles. The renders in the first article look cool. I used to have a '93 RX-7 back in the day....the screaming rotary at 8,000 rpm redline with the accompanying beep was....glorious. Would do it again in a heartbeat if they made another one :)
 
borski said:
Mazda has always been one of my favorite car companies; I'm really excited for what they're doing, especially because it's so different from what others are doing.

And hey, Derek Jenkins did come from there… :)
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My first new car was a Mazda 3, fabulous to drive!
 
I bought my first RX7 with the advent of its second generation in MY 1986. When the Turbo came out the next year, I traded for it. That was the most enjoyable car I had owned up until then and held the title until the Audi R8 came out just over 20 years later. Along the way, I've also had a Mazda 626, a 626 Turbo, a 929, and a Miata. All among the best cars to be had at their price point. Even when I graduated to more expensive German cars, the Mazdas held their place in my heart.
 
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