Mazda has launched in the North American International Auto Show a new concept called “Kabura” in Japanese, according to the International Editor Sam Mitani: the first arrow released signaling the start of the battle. Has a front engine, rear-compact sports car powered by MX MZ 5′s inline-4 and is equipped with a unique 3 +1 seating layout.

If we look at the Kabura, the first thing that comes to mind is the RX-7. However, Mazda executives denied in a press release that the Kabura is a design study next RX-7.

Some analysts say that Mazda has tried to deceive people by introducing all the inline 5′s MX-4 Kabura’s under the hood. Because the car is built in essentially the same platform as the RX-8 and MX-5, they found no reason why a rotary engine does not fit.

Behind the driver’s seat, a small jump seat “, making it a four seater sports car. But on the passenger side is the back seat of a full scale. This is made possible by the fact that the front passenger seat forward a six-inch driver. This is done by removing the front glove box and reduced the size of the instrument panel.

Another important feature of this interior is that the substrate regeneration of the skin packed. This is designed for Mazda by Sustainable Solutions Inc. (SSI), which is made with recycled materials Nike sneakers. substrate can be dyed and printed as needed, and Mazda Kabura came in as a “material is not invited.”

The press release about the Kabura is filled with hints of being an RX-7 although Mazda was very careful not to talk about. But the biggest clues in the name “Kabura” itself. When you enter the battle with the world sports car Mazda Cosmo Sport in the late 1960s, she did it with a running engine, so, figuratively, Mazda’s Kabura “is a rotary engine. Mazda seems ready to let go of the “arrow” again. The only question now is “when?” Sources said that we could see a new RX-7 plus hyper tech programmer as the beginning of 2008.

In the U.S., thousands of fans attending the RX-7 Seven Stock event at Mazda R & D headquarters each year.

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