Mazda Taiki

The Mazda Taiki was a one-off concept car produced by Mazda and the fourth car in Mazda's Nagare design series. Mazda said it reflected one possible direction for a future generation of Mazda sports cars aimed at helping to create a sustainable society. It used a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and was powered by the next generation Renesis rotary 16X engine, which was said to replace the 13B of the RX-8, mated to a seven-speed double-clutch gearbox. The exterior, created by Joseph Reeve under Atsuhiko Yamada, was inspired by flowing robes and had butterfly doors and a drag coefficient of 0.25, while the interior by Troy Trinh was influenced by koinobori carp streamers, with a black driver side and a white passenger side. Taiki means atmosphere in Japanese.