8 TOPCAR.CO.ZA|January 2016
INSIDER
Cars, people, scoops, motorsport,analysis: the month according toTopCar
There will be light
MX-5 is proo f of Mazda’s
love of small, lightweight
cars madeof aluminium.
RX-Vision will shrink
in its transition to
road-ready, Porsche
Cayman-baiting RX-
No distract ions
DesignerMaeda: ‘We
reduced the number
of elements to the
minimum. There is just
the saddle leather
and a couple of simple
dials an d contro ls – no
distractions’
Rotary here please
Compact rotary engine sits
well aft of th e front axle,
effectively making the RX
mid-engined. Remainder
of enormous bonnet
presumably conceals
several spare wheels and a
stowaway