WIDTH=202 HEIGHT=90>There has been a flood of rumors about Mazda's future plans with the rotary engine... so much so that my email box was flooded with over 30 messages from 2pm-4pm this afternoon alone!
Starting with this email from John Duff:

The 2003 model year RX-5 roadster (which will feature the same chassis and
powerplant) will provide excellent competition for the Porsche Boxster S and
Honda S-2000 vehicles, while the (same year) RX-9 (??) sports coupe will
challenge the new Acura NSX with its 400+hp powerplant (oh, darn.....now I
have to kill you all!) :)

All three vehicles should provide the best performance in their respective
classes, especially when price is taken into consideration.

Then Brent sent a flurry of mail with different links all over the web to different sources with photos that have been put on the web within the last 2 years... Drew Blair posted the whois record for RX9.com, and started another thread about who Stray Cat Communications is, and how Mazda runs all their websites internally. On the Socal List, Frank posts this snip of an article printed in today's LA Times Highway One section:

"Mazda Motor Corp., controlled by Ford, is taking the wraps off the
latest conceptual iteration of the RX Evolve, a sports car that recalls the
rotary-engine RX-7 of years past. Minus the rotary, it is expected to reach
the consumer market before long."