Japan's top automaker believes technological breakthroughs, such as hydrogen engines, can give internal combustion a new lease on life — saving jobs as well as the environment.

The rollout makes good on a promise to resurrect the blade-twirling powerplant after retiring the technology with the discontinued RX-8 in 2012.

Toshihiro Mibe is starting a radical revolution that includes rockets, partners and an end to combustion engines.

In a world gone gaga for EVs, the redesigned coupe is a no-excuses gasoline-burning 400-hp speedster built for a brand struggling to reignite excitement.