Mazda unveiled a glossy Imaginative and prescient Research Mannequin in a promotional video just a few months in the past and now the Japanese automaker has confirmed that the potential MX-5 substitute will retain its enjoyable issue regardless of possible electrification.
Mazda has given us a sneak peek at its next-generation MX-5, recognized internally because the NE, in a brand new video concerning the firm’s dedication to electrical automobiles. Whereas the video doesn’t particularly point out the MX-5, the “Imaginative and prescient Research Mannequin” that seems within the video is broadly believed to be an idea model of the enduring roadster. The video exhibits the glossy coupe rushing by way of a abandoned metropolis, with Mazda saying that the idea is “meant to exhibit the model’s dedication to pleasant vehicles.”
The subsequent-generation MX-5 just isn’t anticipated to reach for a number of years, as Mazda has mentioned that the current ND generation will stick round for some time longer. Nevertheless, the NE idea offers some perception into the design path Mazda is more likely to take with the automotive. Whereas the corporate has promised to maintain the MX-5 on a rear-wheel-drive platform with a combustion engine, some type of electrification could also be essential to adjust to looming rules on emissions.
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The NE idea just isn’t the primary “Imaginative and prescient” mannequin from Mazda, as the corporate beforehand confirmed off the RX-Imaginative and prescient and Imaginative and prescient Coupe ideas. Each vehicles have been well-received, however neither made it into manufacturing. It stays to be seen whether or not the NE idea will observe an analogous path, or whether or not Mazda will truly construct a automotive primarily based on the design. Within the meantime, followers of the MX-5 can take consolation in the truth that Mazda is dedicated to holding the automotive “pure” and enjoyable to drive.
