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Mazda design chief insists no new RX without rotary engine

The RX-8, dropped in 2012, was the last Mazda with a rotary engine.
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By:
Hans Greimel
September 29, 2014 05:00 AM

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Ikuo Maeda, Mazda Motor Corp.'s global design chief, who designed the RX-8 sports car and whose father penned the RX-7, wants to resurrect the signature RX series.

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