December 16, 2004
Mazda's MX-Crossport concept designed for North American buyer
The MX-Crossport was designed at Mazda's main design studio in Hiroshima, Japan, and is a crossover-type vehicle - combining strong styling cues from the company's flagship RX-8 sports car with the more practical packaging of sport-utility vehicle.
"Mazda has momentum right now and one of our immediate challenges is to harness this momentum and create new products that will help us strengthen our results in the major markets around the world," stated Moray S. Callum, design director of Mazda Motor Corporation. "I challenged our design team to further evolve and expand our existing design DNA. The result of this challenge is the MX-Crossport, which was designed very much with the North American market in mind."
It is being presented in Detroit as a design study, not an engineering study
Irvine, California - Scheduled to be shown in public for the first time at the 2005 North American International Auto Show early next month in Detroit, the Mazda MX-Crossport design concept represents the direction Mazda is considering as it works to expand its line-up.
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