When Mazda stopped Mazda6 Earlier this year in Japan ruled out the possibility of a next-generation sedan with a new platform with rear-wheel drive. At that time, the company announced that the model would be replaced by large crossovers with six-cylinder engines, although in different classes. But there is still hope.

The Japanese brand hasn’t completely ruled out the possibility of a new rear-wheel-drive Mazda6, according to the brand’s Major Line program manager. Kohei Shibata told Australia’s Drive magazine that this could happen if more people start buying sedans again: “Journalists always tell me to make sedans, but the market is too small. “So if… people start buying these cars, that will allow us to produce these cars.”

We will remind you before Mazda launches EZ-6It’s largely based on the Changan Shenlan SL03, so it’s not exactly a Mazda car after all.