Looks like Mazda is working on a flagship sports car

Last week, the internet discovered that Mazda had filed a new “R” logo, similar in appearance to the Spirit R badge that appeared on final editions of some of its sports cars. This week, another performance-related Mazda dossier does the rounds, this time showing detailed diagrams of an all-aluminum space frame for a theoretical coupe.

Friend of Jalopnik will drill spotted a Blog in Japanese on the Hatena platform reposted images of IPForce.jp Thursday. Mazda has apparently filed 14 patents in total, and they all relate to the structure of a sports car. The most notable actually shows the shape of the vehicle’s greenhouse and rear quarter, and it turns out that it bears a striking resemblance to the brand’s RX-Vision concept that debuted in 2015.

The use of the RX-Vision in these sketches should not be taken as confirmation that a particular car is destined for production; Of course, Mazda would rather use the designs of a concept already revealed to the public, rather than the two-door sports car that it may or may not develop, to convey these technical ideas. Still, it’s hard to believe that Mazda would put so much effort into researching and patenting this stuff if it weren’t for the underlying intention to bring such a product to market someday.

The patent linked to this image showing the partial body of the car reads, via Google Translate:

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rear body structure of a vehicle which can provide the bearing rigidity of the rear suspension and efficiently transmit the rear thrust load from the rear side case (rigid member) to the coupling body. between the side member and the pillar.

Stiffness, especially when it comes to the rear suspension, seems to be the common goal of these rankings.

Mazda has been teasing us about the RX-Vision for years now, most recently with the fictitious RX-Vision GT3 increased to Gran Turismo Sport Last year. The RX-Vision GT3 would use a four-rotor engine – in theory, of course – although the prospect of a fully-rotating sports car seems unlikely as EVs take over. Mazda is using a rotary to recharge the batteries inside his new MX-30 crossover, although this model has been on the back burner ‘D for what it’s worth.

WIt doesn’t matter that this thing ends up being, if it ends up being, it would be surprising if it had a corn chip propulsion system. I’m willing to concede it, as long as we get a Mazda sports car to some extent. Especially if it’s as gorgeous as the RX-Vision.