The Vision X-Compact showcases empathetic AI designed to enable natural driver interaction and destination suggestions.
Mazda has doubled down on its "joy of driving" mantra with the world premiere of two Vision models at the Japan Mobility Show 2025: the sleek Vision X-Coupe and the smaller Vision X-Compact.
The Vision X-Coupe brings Mazda's Kodo design language into a muscular, futuristic form featuring a long bonnet, cab-rear proportions and an unmistakable rotary spirit reborn for the hybrid age.
Under the bonnet sits a two-rotor rotary turbo plug-in hybrid system pairing petrol and electric muscle for a combined 375kW. Mazda claims 160km of electric range and up to 800km total with the rotary engine in play.
True to Mazda's sustainability pledge, the concept also debuts "Mazda Mobile Carbon Capture" a tech designed to remove CO₂ from the air while driving, helped along by microalgae-derived carbon-neutral fuel.
In other words, the more it runs, the cleaner it gets. That's one way to out-Prius a Prius.
Its smaller sibling, the Vision X-Compact, swaps rotary romance for AI rapport. The hatchback explores what Mazda calls the "fusion of human sensory digital models and empathetic AI," designed to act like a conversational companion, suggesting destinations and sharing in-car banter along the way.
It's a playful vision of mobility that's more "mate in the passenger seat" than "voice assistant with feelings."
Dimensionally, the Compact sits at 3825mm long with a 2515mm wheelbase, while the Coupe stretches to a 5050mm grand tourer form on a 3080 mm wheelbase.
Mazda also gave show-goers the first look at the all-new CX-5 (European spec), now riding on the new E/E Architecture+ platform and claiming a sharper Jinba-ittai (driver-car unity) feel, a fitting evolution of a model that's sold over 4.5 million units worldwide.
Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro summed up the showcase neatly: "The joy of driving can be a force for positive change for society and the planet.* If these two concept cars are anything to go by, Mazda's aiming for a future where driving doesn't just feel good - it does good.