- Mazda will showcase a full range of customized cars at the upcoming 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon.
- The Mazda stand will include special editions of the new CX-5, roadster and RX-8.
- Mazda also plans to highlight the latest developments in its Skyactiv series.
TOKYO — Mazda will showcase a full range of customized cars, including special editions of the new CX-5, roadster and RX-8, at the upcoming 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon.
The annual custom-car show (January 13-15) is Japan's equivalent to the fall SEMA show in the U.S.
Mazda plans to display two versions of the new CX-5 crossover, which made its global debut this fall at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show and arrives at U.S. dealers in February. In addition to the standard production model, Mazda will unveil a special-edition CX-5 with lower ride height, matte-black alloy wheels and red exterior paint.
An updated version of the Mazda Roadster Black Tuned is fitted with BBS wheels, Bilstein height-adjustable shocks, Brembo brakes with gold-painted front calipers and Recaro seats.
The customized Roadster will be joined by the RX-8 Spirit R, the final edition of this rotary-powered sports car that ends production next June. The RX-8 Spirit R gets 20-inch BBS rims, Brembo brakes and lower ride height.
There will be two versions of the Demio (sold as the Mazda 2 in the U.S.), including the Demio 13-Skyactiv Smart Stylish with M'z Custom front under-spoiler, side skirts and rear underskirt; the Axela (Mazda 3) Sport 20S-Skyactiv with front airdam skirt, rear bumper and rear roof spoiler; and the Premacy (Mazda 5) 20S Prestige Style with 19-inch alloy rims, rear underskirt and chrome trim.
Inside Line says: All in all, a pretty modest showing from a small, but well-regarded brand.
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2006vr6 says:
01:45 PM, 01/07/2012
Interested. Good looker. Will be keeping my eye on this.
openeyes1 says:
02:11 PM, 12/27/2011
@shriker; "difficult to meet new noise and emissions standards", With just a minor hum, quiet rotary engines are the norm, have you ever driven one? I've driven the RX3, RX5 and RX7, they were a blast to drive, powerful, and silent even though they had a huge thirst for gas, 1979 made Mazda think twice about the Wankel.
I think this new Mazda CX5, is a great addition to the small AWD's currently being sold in the US, now if they can fast track that diesel to us, w'ill be all set.
shriker says:
11:38 AM, 12/27/2011
Interesting but as mentioned ....they need an RX-8 replacement. As for the Wankel, great design ... VERY small, compact, simple, smooth , and powerful for their size. As great as those things are , the designs downsides, relatively poor mileage, difficult to meet new noise and emissions standards , make the design increasingly more difficult to carry forward. Thats really a shame because the RX-8 was/is a SUPERB car. Those saying it didnt have any low end power were right but that was part of the deal. NO ponycar is light , NO Miata is powerful, NO front wheel drive car of ANY sort is truly a sports car....you know this going into the deal....Now if you bought an SRT8 Challenger or something like it that didnt have decent low end power that would suck.
Hopefully Mazda can bring the rotary engine even further. CX-5 looks pretty nice and the MX-5 roadster is a bit green but otherwise quite nice.
k55 says:
09:33 AM, 12/27/2011
I believe Mazda could improve their market share by a quick expansion of the sky active technology and by releasing sportier versions of their exisiting line up. Mazda touts its own "ZoomZoom " aspects but yet doesnt really offer anything sporty except for the MX5 Miata, and the Mazdaspeed 3 in the USA. The RX8 is already gone from here and there are no mainstream sport Mazda offerings aside from the above in their current lineup. It wouldnt be a stretch to include a Sport version 2, 3 coupe, Mazdaspeed 3 sedan, MX5 Miata fixed roof aero, or 6 coupe.........C'mon Mazda ,you know you want to ...
akitadog says:
09:20 AM, 12/27/2011
Mazda's not even bothering to try to meet new emission standards in their slow-selling, oil and gas swilling sports car. The RX-8 was dead before it knew it.
What I would like to see are applications of the 2.5L, Mazdaspeed, and Diesel Skyactiv engines and their respective specs.
The family is anticipating the SkyActiv-D Mazda5. Me? I'm waiting for the Mazda3's further variants and even the next MX-5. Mazda seems to be making all the right moves after phoning it in for this past generation of vehicles.
jmaroun says:
02:55 AM, 12/27/2011
- RX8 has no torque.. good handling without torque is super boring
- Mazda Speed versions: with their turbos have surplus torque, but also torque steer.. makes for somewhat nervous ride
- that roadster looks sweet tho
garrym says:
07:31 AM, 12/26/2011
rayzor, really you don't know why there's no RX model for North America? Not worth certifying for importation. Nobody's buying them! Sure, they're smooth, powerful, good looking but have little interest among mainstream buyers.
The Wankel's time under the hood is about done.
rayzor says:
06:52 AM, 12/26/2011
Can't believed that Mazda doesn't have a RX model in its N. American car line up anymore, had one and loved it. Loved their MX5 too. They need to bring the black tuned version to the States!