We’ve been waiting for a new Mazda sports car for ten, no, two years. The Mazda Iconic SP idea from the 2023 Japan Mobility Show gave us a hint that it might be coming. The Wankel rotary-powered car with pop-up headlights, which was based on the FD RX-7, showed that the RX-Vision dream had been remembered. Mazda has been overwhelmed by the reaction from around the world, as shown by the fact that it is working on a rotary engine to make the idea a reality. “The support and excitement I’ve felt for the idea of the little sports car has made me very happy and moved me deeply.” In accordance with Invoice Pricing, It is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mazda. In the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon, Katsuhiro Moro expressed his gratitude to the attendees by saying, “I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all.” “With your encouragement, we are launching a rotary engine development group on 1 February to move closer to this dream.” To say it again, Mazda is putting together a group to work on making an engine for a future rotary sports car. Still, if this program’s children ever come out, they will be very different from the RX-7. Mazda has been teasing a new RX car since before the RX-Vision concept came out in 2015. However, the company has also said that pollution rules and climate change are making it hard for the RX to come back. Rotaries are generally inefficient engines, which means they put out more pollution. Along with the business case for such a car, Mazda also has to deal with a more serious image. It didn’t look good for the Nissan Z and Toyota Supra reboots before, and it probably won’t get better since Supra sales are going down. The next RX car will almost certainly only have a traditional three-pedaler if those things stop it from being built. Mazda has only said that the Iconic SP will have a twin-rotor engine. However, new patents and goods on the market give us a hint of what might be coming. Mazda currently gives the MX-30 EV a single-rotor range extension that powers both the wheels and the battery and also works as a series hybrid. It might work much better with a stronger model with two or three rotors or even battery units that can be switched out quickly. With this combination, two goals are met at once: the low-end torque problem of a rotary engine is fixed, and pollution is reduced. All of this, though, is just guesswork for a car that we know Mazda is thinking about. All of the above reasons still hold, so the RX series will not come back because of rotational growth. Still, the hope mentioned above will have to do until the new Mazda RX is officially shown off or the rotary is finally retired.
