http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/ Autoblog Comments for LA Auto Show: Mazda Nagare Concept wedges into the spotlight http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/Nov 29th 2006 10:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/Nov 29th 2006 10:42PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/Nov 29th 2006 10:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/
Still... it's interesting. Not nearly the disaster some will no doubt say it is]]>Nov 29th 2006 10:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/
Daddy's boy, are you blind man?

The Mazda Speed 3, quite simply the fastest street legal compact car out there. Remember, I said compact. But even so, it will out accellerate almost any car except the Dodge Viper and Chevy Corvette, and the Scoobies and EVO's.

But this prototype needs some work... I don't like the back end - not enough curves or lines.

Stoneman
It's sad. People flocking over these pictures like they never seen a woman before. I mean, come on. Show me a Twin Turbo Porsche RUF and THEN I'll get excited.

Peace.

Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com]]>Nov 29th 2006 10:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/Nov 29th 2006 10:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/2. the Shape of the car is too much like the Senku, it doesn't feel new.
3. Does it look like a whale to anyone else from some of the rear shots?

I don't like this concept. But I love the tail lights, those are cool. The head lights are nothing we haven't seen before, could have been better.]]>Nov 29th 2006 11:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/Nov 29th 2006 11:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/
Whenever Franz has tried to do something that actually pushed the envelope, it was so out there that it was pretty much useless. Did Chevy get anything out of that SS concept? No. Is the Solstice setting a design trend for Pontiac? No. All he did was pull the pontiac grille onto a bulbous shape and he got a huge promotion out of it. Now, he's just taking the teenage sketchpad stuff and making people oogle it. The guys behind the RX8, Mazda6/Atenza, and Mazda3/Alexa all did something novel and interesting... but Franz is just making a joke out of the process.]]>Nov 29th 2006 11:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/Nov 29th 2006 11:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/
#11 "looks like a life-sized hot wheels car" ?? isn't a hotwheels car a scaled down model of actual models? So that would make this a life size car representing a car.

#2 The C16??? I just had a lok and it looks cheap and ill-proportioned. It has taken some aspects of the Ferarri 599 (butress c-pillar for example) but manages to stuff up the proportions. Looks like it could be 20 years old otherwise. And the mustang concept is an ITALIAN design house's impression of what the mustang could look like...if not so conservative.

What are you talking about people. The proportions on this are great. It incorporates a lot of mazda cues (the single piece front grill is seen on the rx8 and will appear more strongly on future models - Mazda has said this. The rear end treatment is also featured - although in a softer way. The surfacing is also very mazda - look up surfacing in your design text books to understand what I mean. Finally the front wheel arches is a feature of the Miata/MX5 and RX8 and will appear more on future models).

Have you seen a 599? It may not have retro design and fit your idea of beautiful but it is very modern. It exudes confidence, and power with its stance and airflow management. It looks special. It is an event. Exacly as a ferarri should.

I applaud this design by Mazda because it shows a linkage to previous concepts yet introduces new ideas such as those lights and side ripples.

I am starting to believe that Americans are blind to good car design. Otherwise we wouldn't have so many aweful cars coming from there.

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Now lets sit back and watch how this fantastic design gets destroyed as it makes it’s way to production.
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What the hell are car designers thinking? What is this? Automotive design-house bragging rights?

These things are ugly and ill-proportioned even as the "art pieces" they are intended to be. I thought that the chinese stealth-SUV thing was out of whack. it would fit right in at the LA show.

With Ferrari going ugly with the 599, even traditionally gorgeous production car trends are going down an odd road, it seems.

In the words of a Will Ferrell character, "I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!"

At least american car companies seem to be on the bounce-back, with things like the nice calloway C16 (the nice things about the ferrari 599 without the crazy bits) and the guigaro Mustang concept, at least they aren't abandoning all sense of sanity, and picking up where the italians left off.

Now, the east asian companies seem to be on a sanity vacation, design wise.]]>Nov 30th 2006 12:49AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/
The Solstice design has a serious handicap to it's sibling Sky, which was designed by a brit with Vauxhall, as the VX Lightning.]]>Nov 30th 2006 1:01AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-mazda-nagare-concept-wedges-into-the-spotlight/
But you know what, I am very bored with these kinds of concepts. They all look identical: the proportion of the wheels WAY up and the roofline WAY down compared to current cars, and none of them EVER end up on the road. The closest we have today to these kinds of concepts is the lambo.

And don't tell me "its what the future will be like" because I have been seeing this style of concepts for 20 years now. Something tells me that future cars will still have a lot smaller wheels and conventional lines compared to all these identical 14 year old boy wet dream designs.

Designers, please come up with car ideas that don't utilize the same stereotypes of macho looks.

Anyone see the same pattern?

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