Rendered Speculation: 2010 Mazda9
The Mazda 929 from the '90s was a rear-wheel-drive technological marvel that was ultimately unsuccessful because of its hefty price tag and Americans' infatuation with the SUV. Times have changed and big cars are cool again, with just about everybody on the market offering a large sedan. Mazda, however, is an obvious exception. The artists over at CGI Automotive decided to render out a future Mazda9 just for fun, and while it looks a bit awkward, the overall idea is pretty solid.
Out front, the blue rendering holds true to the design of the upcoming Mazda6, but Audi-like jewelry has been added to the headlamps and the lower air dams look aggressive and sporty. The bulging wheel arches borrow from the Mazda6 and RX-8, and the roof-line is tapered to give it the four-door coupe look. The one thing that would have to change is the hatchback, which might be OK on smaller Mazdas, but is unattractive for a large flagship sedan. Would we like to see a Mazda9 flagship sedan? Hell yes, the more Zoom Zoom the better. But it would have to be more distinctive and less hatch-like, or it'd suffer the same fate as the 929 of years gone by.
[Source: CGI Automotive via Carscoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Louis 5:07PM (6/12/2008)
Like the front, but totally not feeling the back.
Wait, was I talking about the car...
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Rick 7:06PM (6/12/2008)
Oh the horrors!!!
They took a Mazda6, gave it a Passat coupe rear and some Audi concept wheels and Audi LED haedlights. That's a nasty chop.
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Mehdi Cheddadi 5:11PM (6/12/2008)
too much free time with photoshop
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styleguy 5:17PM (6/12/2008)
Ya know, I was just thinking of that the other day. I actually made a sketch, but not one this accurate. LoL
But the idea is very sustainable. I would buy one over the Impala and Charger any day. Mazdas rock!
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styleguy 5:17PM (6/12/2008)
Ya know, I was just thinking of that the other day. I actually made a sketch, but not one this accurate. LoL
But the idea is very sustainable. I would buy one over the Impala and Charger any day. Mazdas rock!
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mikomi 5:17PM (6/12/2008)
I like it. It does follow up on the Mazda6, but it reminds me a lot of Audi and Lexus, not sure if that's a bad thing. I like it though.
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Jimbo 5:22PM (6/12/2008)
They should build it on the RX-9 platform complete with rotary. It would give them a distinctive RWD flagship as well as help distribute the cost investment on the RX-9. Plus it would be a perfect response to the Hyundai Genesis twins.
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TheClassic 5:25PM (6/12/2008)
The article says the image is of the next generation 6, and that the 9 will share styling cues. I'm mentioning it just in case nobody else caught that.
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Torrent 5:27PM (6/12/2008)
Not feeling it. It doesn't even look like a Mazda.
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Luis 5:30PM (6/12/2008)
I like the Audi-esque front end.
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Kitko 6:04PM (6/17/2008)
and Citroenesque rear....
TJ 5:31PM (6/12/2008)
my '88 929 was one of the best car's I ever owned... god I miss that car! I am seriously considering picking up a '94 or '95 to drop a rotary or turbo4 into....
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Benfolio 6:05PM (6/12/2008)
Make sure you get one with the optional Zach Morris mobile phone.
Biggest piles ever. We don't see a single one in the dealer here that doesn't need a few grand in repairs. And it's not the car's fault, the parts are damn expensive.
James 5:35PM (6/12/2008)
looks like someone copied the c pillar from the new big citroen sedan
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anti-believer 5:52PM (6/12/2008)
I don't like it. Horrible C-pillar.
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srivendel 5:52PM (6/12/2008)
Just bring us the Mazda2 instead. Now there's a car that captures the zeitgeist.
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paulrandfan 5:53PM (6/12/2008)
it's not the ugliest thing I've ever seen........
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Kaptain75329 5:55PM (6/12/2008)
"The supplied image takes a glance at a large Mazda applying the Nagare (flow) styling." - cgiautomotive.com
Unless the Nagare theme is supposed to barrow the grill and bright work from Honda, blatantly rip off Audi's RS fascia queues, and singlehandedly bring back the forgotten ass of your garden-variety 1980's Porsche, it does nothing of the kind. C'mon guys.. Mazda already screwed up the 6 for the North American market, but at least it's still beautiful even with that retarded blackout panel on the C-pillar.
Uninspired, entirely too derivative, and devoid of the flow, symmetry, and harmony that has been the hallmark of Mazda design for the better part of the last decade. These guys come in with a cheap photochop sporting all the splendor of a copycat sophomoric art student's wet dream and call that "application" of a theme that's not even in the same universe. Whatever.
This is what happens when you take art and put it in the hands of people who don't know what they're doing.
Fail.
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Benfolio 6:07PM (6/12/2008)
I was just telling the guys the other day that Mazda needs to introduce a Mazda0
Because I want to combine all the current badges and have a Mazda 867-5309
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pmiddle5 7:19PM (6/12/2008)
Just make the 6 RWD and scratch the idea of a 929 successor