Mazda’s upcoming inline-six, rear-wheel-drive platform detailed by suppliers

A report out of Japan has uncovered several details about Mazda’s upcoming rear-wheel-drive cars powered by a new straight-six engine. In conversations with suppliers, the Nikkei has learned that production will begin in 2022, and that they will “produce about 300,000 units, or just less than 20% of Mazda’s global sales, in the fiscal year ending March 2025.