Mazda MINAGI Concept

Mazda MINAGI Concept

Mazda is primed and ready to hit the Geneva Motor Show with their latest concept, the Minagi. This new concept car previews the next generation CX-5 SUV and now, the Japanese automaker has finally pulled the covers off of the new concept SUV .

As seen in the Shinari concept, the design of the Mazda Minagi takes its cues from the automaker’s new Kodo design language. Inside the Minagi, the concept has plenty of high-end features that also taps into the Kodo’s seamless flowing design.

Only a few days after some rumors began spreading the word about the origins of the future Mazda CX-5, the Japanese automaker unveiled in North America the Minagi concept, the model on which the future CX-5 is expected to be based on. The new era for Mazda will extend far beyond the exterior aspect of the car.

The MINAGI Concept makes its world premiere at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show as the expression of Mazda’s new SKYACTIV technologies and new KODO design language. As the second concept vehicle to incorporate Mazda’s new ‘KODO – Soul of Motion’ design language, MINAGI challenges conventions with emotional design and exhilarating performance.

While SHINARI was a pure design concept to express the full potential of KODO design, MINAGI gives a glimpse of the next generation of products to come. As the second concept car to adopt Mazda’s KODO design theme, MINAGI’s design elements combine the expression of energy pulsing throughout the vehicle with the keen agility to move about freely and nimbly.

The Mazda MINAGI is a stylish expression of pent-up energy. For MINAGI, Mazda designers looked at different aspects of cheetahs as they hunt. Major features of the Mazda MINAGI Concept – An urban-friendly compact crossover SUV which combines emotional design with exhilarating performance

Mazda MINAGI is the first concept car to fully adopt Mazda’s SKYACTIV technologies and new ‘KODO – Soul of Motion’ design and it represents Mazda’s next generation of products. KODO design elements adopted by this compact crossover SUV express pulsating energy and a nimble ability to move about freely. Exterior design – KODO design embodied in the form of a compact crossover SUV
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The chromed signature wing on the front fascia, shared with SHINARI, makes MINAGI immediately recognizable as a Mazda and creates a strong impression. Angling the front grille slightly downwards, while juxtaposing the headlamp housings design to slant upward, creates intensity

Adding more dynamic contours to the prominent front fenders – highly characteristic of Mazda cars – expresses KODO design language’s forceful sense of accumulating, then instantly releasing, pent-up energy.

The rear fenders project boldly outward to create a wide, stable stance befitting an SUV
The contrast between the rear fenders and the taut lines of the car’s rear end mimics the strong and seductive hip line of a toned athlete

As with SHINARI, the chromed ‘signature wing’ that sweeps up from the bottom of the front grille disappears into the center of the headlamp housings dramatically. The design of the three-dimensional headlamp and rear combination lamps add a heightened sense of depth

The line of the signature wing element and the headlamp design combine to express the intense look of a wild animal’s gaze . Interior design – High quality expressed in every detail heightens anticipation of an exhilarating drive