Mazda Says It Doesn't Have The Cash To Bring The New RX To Market Before 2020

For many months, it’s been assumed that Mazda would celebrate its centenary in 2020 by releasing a new rotary-powered sports car. That’s not going to happen.

During a press conference with journalists at the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda senior managing executive officer and R&D chief Kiyoshi Fujiwara said the company simply won’t have the money to launch such a car by 2020.

“We cannot provide the RX-VISION to the market by 2020, because we do not have enough money to invest, to commercialize it,” he said to Motoring.


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MDarringer - 10/27/2017 8:30:41 AM

+1 Boost

I've said this for some time. Mazda does not have the resources to remain a stand-alone brand. They will be absorbed.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 10/29/2017 3:37:40 PM

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As Toyota has a 5% stake in Mazda the new RX could have been brought to market on the Z5/Supra platform. Spread the costs our further. Put a rotary engine in it and add some Mazda styling over the hard points and there it is. Not really a Mazda but the cheapest way to bring it to market and eek out a profit on a low volume car.

MDarringer - 10/29/2017 3:57:19 PM

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The ONLY way a selection of RWD coupes has a chance of being reality is through platform sharing. If GM and Ford were smart, they'd ink a deal for a shared RWD platform.