Mar 9, 2011

Sometimes a concept car is just that—a design concept that incorporates elements that will be seen on future vehicles.  Sometimes a concept car is a real preview of an upcoming model.  The Mazda Minagi is the latter: an actual preview of the 2013 Mazda CX-5 Crossover. The Minagi Concept introduced last week at the Geneva Auto Show is the second vehicle to...

Aug 31, 2010

Mazda invited Drew Phillips from Autoblog.com to Milan to preview the Shinari concept vehicle. Shinari represents the next evolution of the Mazda design language that will be found in future production Mazdas. Read the article along with all the photos after the break. Mazda Shinari Concept debuts new face of the brand in style   When Mazda invited us to...

Aug 30, 2010

With the departure of Laurens van den Acker to Renault, Mazda’s loved or loathed Nagare design language has been dispatched, and in its place is a new designer (Ikuo Maeda) a new theme, a new concept and a new name: Kodo. Set to debut at the Paris Motor Show later this month, the Shinari concept is our first glimpse at the future of Mazda styling. The...

Aug 19, 2010

There is no shortage of rumors on the possibility of the return of the Mazda RX-7.  It seems that after the RX-8 was introduced back in 2003, the rumors began and have increased in the past few months. Perhaps it is the final year of the RX-8, or the proliferation of blogs about upcoming cars. Either way, we have no official news from Mazda regarding this new...

Mazda will show off its first ‘post-Nagare’ concept car in autumn 2010 – providing a glimpse into the future design strategy under the new styling boss. Nagare has been the design mantra at Mazda since the series of concepts kicked off in 2006 with the eponymous show car, each influenced by flowing waves and patterns from nature. But since the...