Mazda Shinari

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Mazda Shinari
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Overview
Manufacturer Mazda
Production2010
Designer Ikuo Maeda
Body and chassis
Class Concept sports sedan Mid-size car (D)
Body style 4-door 4-seat sedan
Layout Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform Skyactiv-Body
Related Mazda6 (GJ)
Powertrain
Engine
Transmission 6-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic
Chronology
Successor Mazda Takeri

The Mazda Shinari is a concept car produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Mazda, presented at the LA Auto Show in 2010. [1]

It comes in the form of a four-door coupé and its name which indicates the momentum or the start of the movement for a person or an animal, [2] thus its slender design, resulting from a collaboration between Japanese, American and European offices is signed by Yong Wook Cho, it was the first concept car to adopt the "Kodo" style [3] "the soul of the movement" from Mazda. [4]

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Rear view

The presence of many elements of standard cars such as seat belts or the position of left hand drive led to speculation about the marketing of a model standard for America and Europe such as a new Mazda6. [4]

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References

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