“Since launching its first passenger car, the Mazda R360 Coupe, exactly 50 years ago, Mazda has spent many years exploring the concept of 'motion,' offering customers designs that are exciting both to view and to drive. In particular, since the launch of the Zoom-Zoom brand message, Mazda has pursued the concept of more athletic and sporty motion, and has adopted dynamic designs for all Mazda models starting with the Mazda6 and followed by the RX-8 and the Mazda2. In recent years, this motion-based design has been further extended to incorporate the theme of 'motion inspired by nature', embodied in the Mazda NAGARE concept car series and the all-new Mazda5.”
What this means is the 4 Mazda Design Studios (2 in Japan, 1 in Germany and 1 in good ole America) are busy exploring the underlying design concept for all future Mazda vehicles. It is named KODO – Soul of Emotion because it is a display of the strength, beauty and tension found in the movement observed in animals. They hope to capture some of the vitality and natural cause found in the world of nature and its animals. Pictured above is the SHINARI, a prototype that captures the essence of this concept.
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