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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[said it before, i'll say it again, it would be much cooler if that big eye in the back blinked when you hit the 'rear wiper' button.<br>i hope this is not where the next generation of auto's are going, this is fugly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[menice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[also, i do like the rims, those are sweet.<br>only see one interior shot, think that is a real pic, curious for more.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[menice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[What an ugly bloated creation. The person who described it as "beautifully fluid", a "modern Pininfarina with a Japanese flare." must be blind, and has never seen any of the Pininfarina designs prior to going blind. <br><br>To summarize: bloated tasteless front, that look more like a $.50 HotWheels car, a-la BMW z4 side lines, but unlike BMW they are not harmonically fit , but rather forced together and "so-what" rear. <br><br>I don't see what the fuzz is about. HotWheels toy built into the full-size car.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The driver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think this concept is absolutely beautiful, and consistent with the excellent design work Mazda has been doing the last few years.  <br><br>I hope this translates to production faithfully and quickly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SherbornSean]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just as bad as the last time Autoblog featured this abomination.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ok Mazda, now that you're done wasting your engineers time with the CX-5 and Mazda 2 how about giving us a mazdaspeed RX-8, new RX-7, or a Kabura type RWD coupe. You are the company that claims to have the soul of a sports car in every vehicle, but you only have one real sportscar and it's a roadster. Why not pull a Porsche and develop a coupe variant of the universally acclaimed Miata. The hard top convertible is still a convertible not a true coupe. Can it really be that hard to build a real 2 door 2 seat coupe... all the parts are readily available in your existing line-up. Do you really need four SUV/CUVs (CX-5, CX-7, CX-9, Tribute)? Really WTF? Sometimes I hate Mazda so much, but then I go drive my RX-8 and forgive them. I just want more power and I don't really need those back seats or extra doors. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ziggy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[That grill is almost as ugly as the real grill on the new MDX.  And Mazda what happened to cool concept cars like last year's 4 seat coupe.  Grrrr.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BLS]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[The aerodynamics must be a real drag, so to speak.  Why is nobody designing streamlined cars anymore?  It seems like the industry has regressed.  They are going "backward into the future" as Ralph Nader once put it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Belding]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[This just doesn't look good and why would Mazda need yet another CUV?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 12:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yuck. Mazda designers took a class with Chris Bangle? How can anyone not see the flame surfacing behind the front wheel arch, a la BMW Z4. Disgusting. Just when Mazda was doing so well with Moray Callum's designs, they relegate him to Ford's North American design Siberia. And now we see the future of Mazda. Vile.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lalaland]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 12:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[The front looks like those early steam boats from 1800s. Subliminally, I associate it with speeds in 10-15m/h range, turning radius of 1-2 miles and 100s of tons of steel. And, of course, those steam boat didn't really have any design, niether does this ugly. Mazda should be ashamed of putting its badge on something like that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[I've seen this design 50 years ago]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 12:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow something got hit with the ugly tree..yes tree, it passed on the sugly stick and just got whooped with the whole tree. Good thing Mazda will not build anything this hideous! I hope.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 1:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love how they picked the worst of the three.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 3:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[So this is what the Japanese have been doing with their Whale "research".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 6:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ugly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Warren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 6:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Some of these concepts look like misconceptions to me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JimboNC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2007 11:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[So it's Pininfarina designed and includes a Japanese-made road flare?  Check your homonyms.<br><br>@Tony Belding:<br>Harley Earl-style "streamlining" in reality is not the best aerodynamic practice for cars; aerodynamics is sometimes quite counter-intuitive (see <a href="http://doiop.com/bionic" rel="nofollow">http://doiop.com/bionic</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kammback" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kammback</a>).<br>The science of aerodynamics has progressed a lot in just the last couple decades, meaning that designers can make cars aerodynamic and shape them in an apparently non-streamlined manner.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Phred]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 12:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[It looks happy... big smile on front.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2007 12:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Geneva Motor Show: Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/geneva-auto-show-mazda-hakaze-in-the-rippled-metal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ugly, but at least it's smiling.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[8189720]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 16th 2007 1:25AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>