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2015 Mazda MX-5 Cloud Spawn RX-8 - The new Mazda MX-5 could yet supply the platform for a successor towards the RX-8 sports auto, Autocar has discovered. Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai said recently that this firm does not have a new RX type in its solution plan. However, Autocar understands that Mazda’s array of SkyActiv technologies would ensure it is easier to react if the firm works out making money from a really model.

One mature company official stated: “Kogai-san said many of us don’t have programs, and that’s genuine. But we hold the desire if this company case can always be formed. ”

Earlier, the costs of making a bespoke platform might have had a serious impact on any business scenario.

However, Mazda’s handling executive officer, Masahiro Moro, revealed that this newly launched MX-5 is built on a rear-wheel-drive platform which could support a larger expensive car. “Capability-wise, the platform isnt restricted, ” he said. “That’s area of the SkyActiv technologies. It’s scalable.

“People have said that this larger sports car project have been stopped. It havent stopped, because it absolutely was not existing. Rotary engines are generally our heartland and we are determined to continue to develop that technological innovation. But we’ve certainly not put that into our production programme. There are far more potential uses compared to a sports car. ” Moro pointed towards the rotary’s suitability regarding hybrids and hydrogen.

At the same time, plans for high-performance variants of conventional Mazdas remain tentative. Insiders admit that this 2. 0-litre petrol engine in the new CX-3 could match the 2 supermini “in theory” but insist we now have no plans for a 2 MPS. Nevertheless, CX-3 product boss Michio Tomiyma told Autocar that he is open to the concept of a performance version with the new baby crossover.