It is nevertheless early, but a team is being assembled as you examine this to produce like a automobile. The basis for that future automobile — we have but to confirm if it will probably be referred to as the RX-7 — is the 16X rotary engine, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show previous year. The 16X is an all-new Wankel — an evolution from the Renesis 13B powerplant in the RX-8 — using a revised eccentric shaft developed to produce a lot more low-end torque. Whilst Mazda hasn’t published horsepower figures yet, we hear it is in the neighborhood of 200–250 bhp.

Due to the fact on the increase in torque, there most likely won’t be a turbocharged version with the 16X, no less than not in the beginning. But our supply went on to say that Mazda is nonetheless experimenting with forced induction. So, our very first glimpse from the 16X won’t be inside a pure high-performance sports automobile like the final RX-7, discontinued much more than a decade ago from the U.S. (Rx7 for sale since 1971-1995), but instead a thing along the lines in the original RX-7 — an reasonably priced, user-friendly sports car that was nimble and fun to drive.