The Mazda Taiki’s design is meant to convey a futuristic sensation. And despite the circa-1987 Robocop overtones, the company has given the Taiki some truly mean exterior appeal, silver wrap included. The Taiki provides clues for Mazda’s “front-engine, rear-drive sports car of the future,” the automaker says. It gets Mazda’s next-generation rotary engine, which Mazda says “sets new standards for environmental and driving performance.” An all-glass canopy opens up the interior to the sky. Meant to visually express flowing air, the Taiki design was inspired by the image of a pair of “Hagoromo,” the flowing robes depicted in traditional “Noh” plays of Japanese theatre, which in lore enabled celestial maidens to fly. The car is the fourth in a series of concept vehicles embodying Mazda’s “Nagare” or “flow” design theme.