Mazda will present an all-new concept car, the Mazda Nagare, at the Greater Los Angeles International Auto Show later this month. Following on the heels of three successful concepts – Sassou, Senku, and Kabura – from last year’s show season, Nagare is the “first indication of Mazda’s future design direction,” the company says.
According to Laurens van den Acker, newly-appointed General Manager of Mazda’s Design Division, Nagare sums up the future of Mazda design in one deceptively simple word: “Flow.”
“Nagare is a celebration of proportions and surface language that will evolve into subsequent designs planned for presentation at future international auto shows. Nagare examines light and shadow, and begins to reveal the global design cues for the next generation of Mazda vehicles,” van den Acker said. Full teaser sketch after the jump…
11/15, 8:19 AM
posted by:
Jimbo - G Mill$
that pic is about as helpful as a salad spoon
11/15, 8:31 AM
posted by:
snork
^^^ I actually LOL
11/15, 8:36 AM
posted by:
V1ltR
geez, better picture please.
11/15, 9:00 AM
posted by:
Brendino
I don’t know about you guys, but I LOVE the rear end of this concept! The profile and roofline all look so good as well!
11/15, 9:39 AM
posted by:
MyGodBeatsYourGod
A Dutchman, appointed by Americans, tries to get an essential Japanese style…
Can ‘outsiders’ capture nationalized design languages or just gather stereotypes?
11/15, 9:45 AM
posted by:
joseph
Looks like Mazda and Honda are on the same design page.
11/15, 11:25 AM
posted by:
Renton
Wow this is the biggest news ever. The picture tells it all. This car will change automotive design as we know it. Leave it to Mazda to change the rules.
I just can’t say enough about this.
11/15, 3:52 PM
posted by:
meanpants555
We can crib a few things from the photo. One is slim LED tail lights that are integrated into the body, possibly in the shut lines. Two, the possibility of two tone paint/paneling. Three, is an increase in the glass area, with one of those windshields that flows into the roof. Four, is a pillarless look.
Truthfully, it looks like Pininfarina Maserati Birdcage mixed with an RX-8, not a bad thing.
11/15, 5:13 PM
posted by:
A4
i thought the other two concepts were the “first indications” of their new design language
11/15, 10:06 PM
posted by:
The Stig
WTF is this nonsense.
11/16, 11:12 PM
posted by:
autonutt
Glad to see the signature prominent front wheel arch continues on Mazdas.. was starting to think Ford had cribbed it for their own vehicles with the Iosis concept.