Mazda Imaginative and prescient Research Mannequin proven – fashionable two-door sports activities automobile idea; preview for totally electrical MX-5?

Throughout Mazda’s presentation of its revised mid-term administration plan, the corporate ended by displaying us a two-door sports activities automobile idea known as the Imaginative and prescient Research Mannequin. This comes after we get a number of pictures of the present state of the world and folks having a jolly time in several MX-5 (also referred to as the Miata and Roadster) generations. The latter has led to hypothesis that the idea is a preview for an all-electric model of the MX-5 will arrive sooner or later.

The Japanese carmaker isn’t revealing a lot in the way in which of particulars for now, however based mostly on video, we are able to see the Imaginative and prescient Research Mannequin’s uncovered chassis and what seems to be a T-shaped battery – word the shortage of any inner combustion engine.

As for the remainder of the idea, it boasts a fairly fetching design with its butterfly doorways, outstanding haunches, cut up round taillights and slender headlamps that resemble pop-ups. The proportions are additionally MX-5-esque and harking back to the fourth-generation ND mannequin, with the exaggerated entrance finish bearing a low cowl resulting in a large nostril with an illuminated Mazda brand.

Sure, it isn’t a convertible that the MX-5 is popularly is named, however the firm has completed a hardtop MX-5 earlier than with the second-generation NB (identified in Japan because the Roadster Coupe). The present ND can be out there in RF guise with a retractable hardtop.

Final yr, the Japanese carmaker stated it was searching for to impress the MX-5 in an effort to have all its fashions characteristic some type of electrification by 2030. Referring to the corporate’s three-phase roadmap, electrified powertrains like hybrids, plug-in hybrids and delicate hybrids will probably be frequent within the firm’s line-up earlier than it commits to a full-scale launch of EVs from 2028.

As such, the MX-5 might obtain some type of hybrid powertrain earlier than it goes totally electrical by the top of the last decade. In fact, Mazda has not confirmed something of the kind simply but, and idea automobiles don’t at all times make the leap to sequence manufacturing. Keep in mind the gorgeous RX-Imaginative and prescient and Imaginative and prescient Coupe? In any case, dreaming is free, and we are able to solely hope that there’s extra to the Imaginative and prescient Research Mannequin past simply being a design showcase.