The Tokyo Motor Show is coming up, and Mazda's not
about to sit it out and let its competitors grab all the attention. The
Zoom-Zoom brand has announced plans to showcase not one, but two new concept
cars at the Japanese expo, and is previewing both of them with these teaser
images.
Pictured above is a design study, described as “a
more profound expression of the globally acclaimed KODO design language” that
the automaker employs across its range. That's about the extent of the details
Mazda has released at this point, but it's clear we're looking at a rather
sleek and rakish four-door – one which might point the way, we'd venture,
towards a new RX-8.
Alongside it, the automaker will unveil a
production-preview concept that appears to foreshadow the next Mazda3. It's
described as “a compact hatchback that fuses next-generation technology and
design,” and is powered by the Skyactiv-X compression-ignition gasoline engine
that's slated to emerge as the next propulsion innovation to come from Mazda's
famously innovative powertrain engineering department.
The new CX-8 will also be on display, together with
a special-edition MX-5 Red Top (with a deep cherry red roof and auburn leather
interior) and a Mazda2 Noble Crimson edition.
