New Mazda sports car concept teased

The Tokyo motor show 2015 will see Mazda showcase 14 models on its stand. One of them will be the concept sports car which is said to be a successor to the RX-8. After the final RX-8 rolled off the line in 2012, countless speculations have been made about a successor to the popular sports car. Mazda officials had also previously hinted at a sports car development, but never made any official announcements. 

 

The teaser images, however, show what can only be presumed as a sports car with the long nose, sloping silhouette, muscular wheel arches and dual exhausts. The new concept can be a possible evolution of the Kodo design language in line with the latest generation MX-5 Miata. Mazda gave no name for the concept and offered no details about the car’s drive train.

Design chief Ikuo Maeda has said he wants to revive the RX series, which includes the RX-7, a precursor to the RX-8. He also stated that any sports car couldn’t be called an RX without having a rotary, because the R in RX stands for rotary. Other cars that will be shown on its stand, will be the 967 Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S, the company’s first rotary powered mass-production model alongside the Mazda Koeru, a crossover SUV concept that debuted in Frankfurt in September.