A classic rangefinder digitally reloaded would surprise me, because that involves a lot of fine mechanics. Today, the production of such cameras would be quite costly. Leica's rangefinders are expensive, and Nikons remake of the S3 in the 2000s was also. Nikon had a lot of technical trouble with reviving this camera btw, if I remember correctly. Maybe today a part of the assembly of the mechanics could be automized with robots, in the days back it were done by low-paid women with petite fingers.
I am pretty sure that Canon will come up with a modern EVF ML body instead of plunging in such an economical adventure - much easier to assemble. If they stick with in-lens IS the body can be kept as mechanically simple as the first Sony A7 series. With the advancement of electronic shutters such a camera would be even more simple in the future.
You are perhaps being a bit too literal.
If I was developing a modern ML camera that in the end would look like a classic rangefinder updated with modern industrial design, I might very well nickname it the Rangefinder in homage to my company roots.
I saw a camera in the wild that was unlike anything Canon admits to. I am merely trying to describe it, and perhaps make some sense of the rumor we've been presented.
I am NOT describing or suggesting a classic split image rangefinder. It's not a Leica...
Repeat, NOT a rangefinder in the classic sense.
Just the shape is clearly reminiscent of those marvelous cameras of old...but just reminiscent, not a copy.
Although, when one considers how DPAF works, it is the electronic equivalent of the opto-mechnical split image rangefinder.
And that split image is a very effective tool for presenting in and out of focus. It wouldn't be a bad paradigm for presentation in the EVF.