The Mazda Vision X-Coupe is a four-door that portrays the brand's future design language.
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Mazda’s stand at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo played host to the debut of two stylish new concept cars: the Vision X-Coupe and Vision X-Compact.
Both were designed to embody the theme for this year’s exhibition: “The joy of driving fuels a sustainable tomorrow” for the year 2035.
Hopefully, we won’t need to wait that long to see production models on the road that take inspiration from these two new concepts, but if the brand’s previous ‘Vision’ design studies are anything to go by, we shouldn't have to wait too long.
Gorgeous, is it not?
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The Vision X-Coupe takes a unique approach to ‘sustainable’ motoring by combining an electric motor with a two-rotor turbocharged rotary engine to produce a maximum output of 375kW.
The plug-in hybrid model can cover up to 160km on electric power alone, and up to 800km when the internal combustion engine is also called in to play.
However, you won’t fill the latter with petrol. To achieve carbon neutrality, the rotary motor uses a special fuel derived from microalgae as well as Mazda’s copyrighted CO2 capture technology. The latter, Mazda says, actually reduces atmospheric CO2 the more the vehicle is driven.
Here's what to expect from Mazda's future compact car designs.
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The Mazda Vision X-Compact takes its concept sibling’s design language into the compact car realm. But is this a preview of the next-generation Mazda2 hatchback or the foretaste of something smaller? Interestingly, the design study, with its overall length of 3,825mm, is almost 200mm shorter than the current Mazda2.
Its sporty cabin was designed to deepen the bond between people and cars by fusing “empathetic” AI with a human sensory digital system.
“Acting like a close companion, it is capable of engaging in natural conversation and suggesting destinations, helping expand the driver’s world,” Mazda said.
The concept is smaller than the Mazda2.
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“This represents Mazda’s vision for the future of smart mobility, where vehicles and people form an emotional connection, much like a friend.”
Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro said the company remained committed to pleasing those customers who love cars and who wish to continue driving forever, through the world’s transition to carbon-neutral transport.
“Mazda will continue to evolve the ‘Joy of Driving’ based on the value of ‘Radically Human,’ and will aim to deliver the ‘Joy of Living’ by creating exciting mobility experiences in our customers' daily lives,” Moro added.
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