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THIS WEEK'S CAR NEWS
Mazda's Detroit Concept Splits RX-8, Miata
Two's company and three is very exciting news from Mazda. The Japanese firm has revealed it will add to its sportscar range with the addition of a third model to sit alongside the RX-8 and MX-5.
The car will be unveiled at January's Detroit Motor Show, and though it will be styled and badged as a concept, insiders say the two-seater hints very strongly at a production model that will go on sale around 2008. We've been told it's a mini RX-8 with a hint of MX-3, but crucially won't use the former car's rotary engine.
It will be designed and developed by Mazda North America, based in Irvine, Calif. The center's director of design, Franz von Holzhausen, said, "It's an exciting continuation of the Mazda DNA. We will offer a product that's relevant to what people want, and enter us into an arena that we have not been in before." The designer emphasized the car would be aimed at the North American buyers. However, he admitted it has been designed so that it is "conceptually possible" for it to made right-hand drive for fans in countries such as Britain and Japan.-Richard Yarrow
THIS WEEK'S CAR NEWS
Mazda's Detroit Concept Splits RX-8, Miata
Two's company and three is very exciting news from Mazda. The Japanese firm has revealed it will add to its sportscar range with the addition of a third model to sit alongside the RX-8 and MX-5.
The car will be unveiled at January's Detroit Motor Show, and though it will be styled and badged as a concept, insiders say the two-seater hints very strongly at a production model that will go on sale around 2008. We've been told it's a mini RX-8 with a hint of MX-3, but crucially won't use the former car's rotary engine.
It will be designed and developed by Mazda North America, based in Irvine, Calif. The center's director of design, Franz von Holzhausen, said, "It's an exciting continuation of the Mazda DNA. We will offer a product that's relevant to what people want, and enter us into an arena that we have not been in before." The designer emphasized the car would be aimed at the North American buyers. However, he admitted it has been designed so that it is "conceptually possible" for it to made right-hand drive for fans in countries such as Britain and Japan.-Richard Yarrow
