MAZDA will have both barrels blazing at next month's Geneva Motor Show with European premieres for its RX-VISION concept and a new low-emission Mazda3 hatchback.

Already an award-winner, the RX-VISION concept is a low slung and stylish design study of a rotary powered sports car.

The Japanese manufacturer is the only carmaker to ever succeed on the market with the rotary engine.

And this project won its designers - who came up with its KODO - Soul of Motion styling - the "Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year" title at the recent Festival Automobile International in France.

The SKYACTIV-D 1.5-powered Mazda3, meanwhile, adds a new dimension to the brand's all-time European best-seller and is the most fuel-efficient version.

Also on show in Geneva is the all-new Mazda MX-5 two-seater plus the rest of the current generation line-up, including the CX-3, Mazda2, Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5.