WHAT IF MAZDA BUILT A MID-ENGINED RX9 ROTARY?

There’s been no shortage of rumors about a successor to the Mazda RX-8. The last we heard, Mazda engineers are keen to do it but executives have yet to make a compelling business case. Still, a 2017 launch is being targeted in order to properly celebrate the Mazda rotary’s 50th anniversary. Will it be called the RX-7? RX-8? Or perhaps the RX-9? No one knows just yet, but in the meantime speculation continues. And now New Zealand-based designer Alex Hodge has created his vision of an RX-9.Only this time there’s a mid-mounted rotary hybrid setup. This two-door, two-seater has also been designed as a homage to the beloved RX7 from the 1990s, updated with Mazda’s current Kodo styling theme.Could something like this work as a production model? Anything’s possible but the ball is now entirely in Mazda’s court. Hat tip to Alex for the images and details.