GENEVA - Mazda has the greenest Mazda3 ever produced and the RX-Vision concept.

• Company exhibiting Mazda RX-VISION rotary concept, ultra-efficient Mazda3 version
• EU sales of current generation line-up on display in Geneva up by one-third in January

Riding an extended wave of success into 2016, Mazda has brought two special highlights to Geneva – the Mazda RX-VISION, an award-winning rotary sports car concept, and the lowest-emission Mazda3 yet to be offered in Europe – alongside its complete European model line-up.

Brimming with pure sports car style, the RX-VISION concept making its European debut in Geneva is the brand’s latest visualisation of an exhilarating driving machine. 

Featuring a unique interpretation of Mazda’s KODO design philosophy, which aims to capture the very soul of motion even when the vehicle is stationary, the RX-VISION’s ground-hugging shape is only possible because of the compact nature of its SKYACTIV-R rotary engine. 

Named Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year in January at the Festival Automobile International in Paris, the RX-VISION demonstrates Mazda’s commitment to lightweight rear-wheel drive sports car perfection as well as rotary power.

The carmaker has also added its most frugal engine – the SKYACTIV-D 1.5 – to the powertrain line-up of its stunning Mazda3 compact. 

Featuring extreme compression like all SKYACTIV engines, the 77kW/105PS clean diesel puts out 270Nm of maximum torque with combined cycle fuel consumption of only 3.8l/100km and CO₂ emissions under 100g/km*. 

New on the SKYACTIV-D 1.5, which is currently offered with the Mazda CX-3 and Mazda2, is a “Natural Sound Smoother” that further subdues diesel knocking by absorbing vibrations at the pistons. Already available in right-hand drive markets, this new Mazda3 version is slated to go on sale in the rest of Europe in spring.

Demand for Mazda’s current generation line-up – also on display at the carmakers stand (#5150 in hall 5) – continues to grow unabated. January sales increased 33.5% year-on year in Europe, as Mazda raised its market share to 1.8% from 1.4% in January 2015 and 0.9% in the same month in 2012**.

* With manual transmission. For further information on official fuel consumption and official specific CO₂emissions for new passenger cars, please refer to the “Guide about fuel consumption, CO₂ emissions and electric energy consumption of new passenger cars” (“Leitfaden über den Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO₂-Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen”), which is available free of charge at all German Mazda showrooms and from Mazda Motor Europe GmbH, Hitdorfer Str. 73, D-51371 Leverkusen

** Source: www.acea.be (European Automobile Manufacturers Association), New Passenger Car Registrations, EU + EFTA

TOKYO SHOW - Mazda unveils it's latest SKYACTIV design, the RX-Vision, which features a rotary engine.

• Mazda RX-VISION features next-generation SKYACTIV-R rotary engine
• Company sees new potential in a powerplant that is synonymous with the brand

Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled the Mazda RX-VISION today at the Tokyo Motor Show. The sports car concept is powered by a next-generation SKYACTIV-R rotary engine, the unconventional technology that is perhaps the most compelling symbol of the carmaker’s challenger spirit.

Mazda RX-VISION (Reference Exhibit)

An exquisitely proportioned front-engine, rear-wheel drive model, the RX-VISION represents a “vision” of the future that could only come from Mazda. And one that countless fans of the brand around the world hope will become a reality.

Rotary engines are unique in that they generate power through the rotational motion of triangular rotors (unlike the reciprocating pistons in conventional automotive engines). Overcoming numerous technical difficulties, Mazda succeeded in commercialising rotary power, first in the Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S in 1967 and then in several other models. The most successful of these was the Mazda RX-7, the most-sold rotary car ever with more than 800,000 produced between 1978 and 2002.

Continually striving to improve output, fuel economy and durability, Mazda was the only company to ever win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a rotary-powered race car, a feat it managed in 1991 in the Mazda 787B.

Although not currently mass-producing any rotary models, Mazda never ceased its R&D activities. The carmaker chose the SKYACTIV-R label for the next-generation rotary engine to express its determination to continue delivering its customers convention-defying technology and an uncompromising SKYACTIV experience behind the wheel.

“I look forward to talking with you more about this vision we revealed here today at the Mazda stand,” said Mazda’s Representative Director, President and CEO Masamichi Kogai. “Mazda will continue to take on new challenges in an effort to build a special bond with our customers and become their one and only brand.” The Tokyo Motor Show opens to the public from 30 October to 8 November."