继多家日本车厂后，马自达也于近日发布了其将在东京车展亮相的概念轿车趣图，这款造型顺滑的轿车向人们展示了车厂未来的设计方向。从图片看，这辆四门轿车的车身风格看，其造型很宽敞，让人不得不联想到下一代马自达6。它采用了以车厂魂动设计语言为基础的进一步改进，车顶非常低，车柱非常细窄，加上突出的特征线，让车辆的整体感觉进一步拉长。车身侧面细小的摄像头替代了传统的后视镜，同时看不到任何车门把手。另外值得注意的是较短的前悬和硕大合金轮圈与轮拱很不搭配。大幅倾斜的车顶线条表明马自达愿意更大程度的迎合目前的轿跑车造型轿车趋势。至于另一款概念车，它展示了下一代量产车的设计雏形，这款五门掀背车属于紧凑车型。该车很可能是下一代马自达3的概念版车型，在其魂动设计语言的车身下，搭载了新的Skyactiv-X引擎，这也是首台应用压缩点火技术的汽油引擎。马自达预计新引擎将使车辆燃油经济性提升20-30%，同时扭矩增加10-30%。新一代马自达3将于2019年上市，而其插电混动版则将于2021年上市。第45届东京车展将于10月25日开幕。
Mazda Teases Sleek Sedan Concept For Tokyo Debut
After Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, and Suzuki, time has come for another Japanese automaker to preview the goodies it will have on display later this month at the Tokyo Motor Show. Mazda will have not one, but two brand new concepts serving different purposes. Taking the shape of a sleek sedan, the concept pictured is going to provide a glimpse into the styling direction the Zoom-Zoom company will take in the foreseeable future.
Given the four-door sedan body style and what seem to be generous proportions, we can’t help but think this will serve as an early look at the next-generation Mazda6. Embodying an evolution of the company’s gorgeous Kodo design language, the concept has a low roof and slim pillars together with a pronounced character line that stretches from the front to the rear.
Tiny cameras come to replace the bulky conventional mirrors and there aren’t any visible door handles. Also noticeable is the short front overhang and a set of generous alloys that barely fit into those wheel arches. The heavily sloped roofline could represent Mazda’s way of telling us it has plans to join the increasingly more popular genre of sedans with coupe-like silhouettes, though it’s too early to know for sure.
As for the other concept, it embodies a next-generation production car and has a five-door hatchback shape in a compact size. This is likely a preview for the next Mazda3 and we can already have a good look at what’s underneath its Kodo skin. The showcar will feature the company’s new Skyactiv-X engine, which is set to become the first commercially available gasoline engine to benefit from compression ignition.
Mazda estimates its new unit is 20-30 percent more economical than the company’s current crop of gasoline engines and at the same time deliveries 10-30% more torque. The new Mazda3 will be the first to get it in 2019 and an electrified version part of a plug-in hybrid powertrain is slated to arrive by 2021.
The 45th Tokyo Motor Show is scheduled to begin on October 25th with the first press day.