Mazda does not build many cars like the Mazda Ryuga: a 2-door coupé with MZR 2.5 , built from 2007 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Its designer of record is Laurens van den Acker.
The background
The Mazda Ryuga (マツダ・流雅, Matsuda Ryūga) was a concept car introduced by Mazda and partner Ford at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The car, along with the Mazda Nagare which was introduced at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, was an exploratory design study intended to illustrate future styling directions for future Mazda passenger vehicles. The Ryuga moniker (pronounced "ree-yoo-ga") is Japanese for "gracious flow".
The engineering
Under the skin sits MZR 2.5 . The gearbox is a six-speed automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2800 mm (110.2 in). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan GT-R, the Hyundai i30, the Volkswagen Tiguan. Its Mazda stablemates include the Mazda BT-50 and the Mazda T2000.
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