MX-Crossport Said to Offer Sports Car Driving Dynamics and SUV Utility
Mazda showed that it's ready to enter the crossover utility vehicle marketplace with the unique MX-Crossport concept, which made its
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| Mazda looks ready to jump head first into the crossover utility vehicle marketplace with its unique MX-Crossport concept. (Photo: Mazda Canada) |
world debut at the Detroit Auto Show last January.
The concept, a demonstration of practically packaged 'zoom zoom,' will help Mazda pave the way in expanding its current vehicle range with a new generation of sporty products designed to inject a little life into mainstream automotive genres.
While most crossover sport utility vehicles attempt to combine the practicality of a minivan with the ride height and ground clearance of an SUV, the MX-Crossport aims to blend two completely different types of vehicles together, the SUV and the sports car.
In doing this the Mazda concept emulates other sporty crossovers, such as Nissan's Murano and Infiniti's FX-Series, which
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| The MX-Crossport aims to blend two completely different types of vehicles together, the SUV and the sports car. (Photo: Mazda Canada) |
provide car-like road manners and sporty styling with plenty of passenger and cargo space inside.
The MX-Crossport was created at Mazda's main design studio in Hiroshima, Japan by Iwao Koisumi, whose previous work includes the Mazda6 and the RX-01 concept, the latter being the original prototype of the new RX-8. Where many brands have struggled to define an identity for their sport utility vehicles, the chief designer turned to a popular product for inspiration - the company's flagship sports car, that same RX-8. |
