KahnBB6
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Very disappointing news from Mazda. They develop a great new RWD-based RWD/AWD platform, great new inline-six and inline-four hybrid RWD engine architectures capable of meeting all their near future product needs.... but they will only go forward with more crossovers and SUVs.
The Miata, Mazda3 manual and turbo hatchbacks and the Mazda6 turbo sedan (and why is the AWD version missing in action?) are their only compelling vehicles.
Hopefully the Miata will be given a new generation but this will be a pretty boring lineup for a brand that is aiming to go upscale in short order.
It also probably kills whatever co-developed vehicles Gazoo Racing and Mazda may have been envisioning sharing the now canned Mazda6 RWD inline-six sedan and coupe.
Not to mention... as difficult as it would have been for them, this was the last window of time they had to be able to sell whatever modernized and cleaned up version of the Wankel rotary would have been powering a flagship RWD coupe. By the time they decide to revisit that idea again it will no longer be possible. This was the very last window of opportunity for them to have been able to develop and sell it for a few years.
I think we all want them to do well financially but this is very sad for Mazda and for all that squandered potential.
I really hope they keep the Miata alive.
https://www.motor1.com/news/575077/mazda6-rwd-not-happening/
https://jalopnik.com/that-rear-wheel-drive-mazda-6-successor-that-sounded-to-1848685993
The Miata, Mazda3 manual and turbo hatchbacks and the Mazda6 turbo sedan (and why is the AWD version missing in action?) are their only compelling vehicles.
Hopefully the Miata will be given a new generation but this will be a pretty boring lineup for a brand that is aiming to go upscale in short order.
It also probably kills whatever co-developed vehicles Gazoo Racing and Mazda may have been envisioning sharing the now canned Mazda6 RWD inline-six sedan and coupe.
Not to mention... as difficult as it would have been for them, this was the last window of time they had to be able to sell whatever modernized and cleaned up version of the Wankel rotary would have been powering a flagship RWD coupe. By the time they decide to revisit that idea again it will no longer be possible. This was the very last window of opportunity for them to have been able to develop and sell it for a few years.
I think we all want them to do well financially but this is very sad for Mazda and for all that squandered potential.
I really hope they keep the Miata alive.
https://www.motor1.com/news/575077/mazda6-rwd-not-happening/
https://jalopnik.com/that-rear-wheel-drive-mazda-6-successor-that-sounded-to-1848685993
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