Mazda Nagare

Mazda’s Nagare concept is just the latest in a string of recent concept carsfrom the Japanese brand. Developed by Mazda’s US based design team, the Nagare, which means “flow” in Japanese, suggests where Mazda design will go in 2020. According to a Mazda spokesman, “the company doesn’t produce concept cars to spin its wheels, and while some are more forward-looking than others, we simply do not create pure flights of fantasy. It showcases both proportions and surface language that will evolve in subsequent designs planned for presentation at future auto shows. Like all Mazda products, Nagare has the soul of a sports car. The driver is centrally located, like a single-seat sports racer, for optimum control and visibility. Innovative seating arrangements are a Mazda specialty, as witnessed by the successful RX-8 four-passenger sports car and the clever packaging in the upcoming CX-9 three-row, seven-passenger crossover sport-utility vehicle.

Nagare’s rear compartment is a wrap-around lounge offering relaxed accommodations for three passengers. The central front seat and expansive door opening facilitate easy entry to the surprisingly roomy interior. Recognizing that an advanced design concept needs an advanced powertrain, Nagare could conceivably be powered by a hydrogen-fueled rotary engine. The same surface language plays throughout Nagare’s interior; the instrument panel, center console, and door panels all appear to be influenced by flow.

Nagare’s motion-influenced surface texture compliments its dynamic attributes. Because of Mazda’s sporty essence, we never wrap our customers in boxes. “Our new surface language is car-centric. It is fluid, graceful, and dynamic. But the message it registers on the beholder is flow-motion.”

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