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Mazda RX-Vision Tokyo Motor Show 2015
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10/4/2023
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00:02
Hi there.
00:06
I am standing next to the undisputed star
00:09
of the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, the Mazda RX Vision.
00:13
And this car previews the next Mazda RX sports car,
00:17
whatever they're gonna call it.
00:19
And while you can quibble with certain
00:21
little tiny details of the design,
00:22
no you can't, just look at this thing.
00:25
Long, low, wide, sexy, carbon fiber wheels.
00:29
It's got everything you want on a modern sports car.
00:32
And it's got something else.
00:34
Eventually, under this hood, there will be a rotary engine.
00:38
They announced that they're working
00:39
on the next generation rotary,
00:41
and they're gonna call it Skyactiv-R.
00:44
2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the original RX-7.
00:48
And between now and then, Mazda is claiming
00:51
that they're gonna somehow engineer their way
00:53
around the rotary's Achilles heel.
00:56
And that is, Wankels are not efficient.
00:59
My quibble with the new rotary is this.
01:01
By 2018, the global automotive enthusiast community
01:05
will be so used to lag-free turbos
01:08
and instantaneous electric torque,
01:10
who's gonna wanna wait around for a rotary
01:12
to get up to speed?
01:13
Now look, I love rotaries.
01:14
Revving a car up to 9,000, 10,000, 11,000 RPMs, totally fun.
01:19
But I just think we're gonna be so spoiled by that.
01:22
And then people say, "Oh, no, no, but rotary,
01:23
"it's part of Mazda's DNA, it's very important."
01:25
But people said the same thing about air-cooled Porsches.
01:29
We're gonna have to wait and see.
01:30
From Tokyo, this is Johnny Lieberman for MotorTrend.
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