As much as the motoring enthusiasts and the media got very excited indeed at the sight of the RX-Vision concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, it seems that Mazda isn’t in any sort of rush to deliver it to us in production form.
According to CarAdvice, Yuji Nakemine, Mazda Corporation’s senior managing executive officer and global director said during his visit to Melbourne recently: “I was encouraged by the concept but still think, we just created that kind of concept, kind of a dream of bringing that to market in the future but at this moment, no specific plan to mass-produce the vehicle,”
He then added, “I think Mazda R&D will continue to look, that’s their dream as engineers. When it comes to business I think we have to study lots of elements, recovering engineering costs, tooling, we have to be realistic. At this time we have the MX-5 RF and soft-top, we shouldn’t be, kind of, distracted by so many rumours, our sales organisation should take advantage of the current product line-up.”
There was no shortage of rumours flying as the concept was unveiled last year, tentatively labelled as the RX-9, and the billed as the successor to the lineage that stands with the RX-8 and RX-7 before that.
The more popular talk surrounded the likelihood that Mazda would introduce a turbocharged rotary engine or even some type of hybrid drive to really give their next performance coupe some real supercar-worrying performance. And Mazda even allegedly filed some patents in the United States for that kind of engine, fuelling further speculation.
Despite the other rumour being a projected 2020 release for an RX-9 sports coupe to coincide with Mazda’s centenary, this denial by a top Mazda executive might mean that either the car won’t see a global production debut or that it will be delayed it by at least another few years.
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