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Mazda shows a rotary hybrid concept for Tokyo with evolved design language

carsOctober 29, 2025
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Mazda shows a rotary hybrid concept for Tokyo with evolved design language
Ideas include algae-based fuels and capturing carbon from the exhaust while driving. ...
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The Japan Mobility Show kicks off in Tokyo this week, and Mazda is using the occasion to show off a couple of concepts it says embody a theme called “the joy of driving fuels a sustainable tomorrow.” One of these is the Vision X-Coupe, which Mazda says shows off the evolution of its KODO design language—something we first saw at the Tokyo show a decade ago.

You can see a clear visual link between the renderings of the Vision X-Coupe and some of Mazda’s current models like the 3 hatchback or the CX-30 crossover, but translated through the long, low form factor of a four-door coupe. The design language is perhaps less interesting than some of the sustainability ideas that Mazda is exploring here, though.

There's definitely hints of the Mazda RX-Vision in this shape. Credit: Mazda It's a four-seat, four-door coupe. Credit: Mazda Fun to drive AND sustainable? Sign us up. Credit: Mazda

The powertrain is a 503 hp (375 kW) plug-in hybrid that uses a two-rotor turbocharged rotary engine as the internal combustion part of the equation. Mazda says it should have a total range of 500 miles (800 km), with a range of 100 miles (160 km) on battery power alone.

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