Mazda Kabura Starts Battle at North American Int’l Auto Show

Mazda has unveiled at the North American International Auto Show a new concept called the "Kabura", which in Japanese, according to International editor Sam Mitani means the first arrow released signaling the start of battle. It has a front-engine, rear-drive compact sports car powered by the MX-5's MZ inline-4 and features a unique 3+1 seating layout. When looking at the Kabura, the first thing that comes to mind is the RX-7. Mazda executives however have denied in a press release that the Kabura is a design study of the next RX-7. Some car analysts say Mazda has tried to mislead all of people by putting the MX-5's inline-4 under the Kabura's hood. Because the car is built on essentially the same platform as the RX-8 and the MX-5, they find no reason why a rotary en View the rest of this article