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| Mazda Nagare | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Mazda |
| Production | 2006 |
| Designer | Laurens van den Acker |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Concept car |
| Body style | 2-door coupe |
| Related | Mazda Taiki Mazda Ryuga Mazda Hakaze Mazda Furai |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Rumored hydrogen-fueled rotary engine |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Mazda Furai |
The Mazda Nagare (マツダ・流, Matsuda Nagare) (pronounced “nah-gah-reh”) is a concept car that was introduced by Mazda at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Nagare is considered to be an exercise in natural and organic car design to explore the future of Mazda automobiles. Its name “Nagare” translates into English as “flow” and the designers specifically studied motion and the effect it has on natural surroundings when creating this vehicle.
It was designed by Laurens van den Acker, Mazda's global design director at the time (since replaced by Ikuo Maeda), and his advanced design studio team in Irvine, California. As head of the international Nagare design team, Laurens’ main task from Mazda was to design first and engineering later. He has since been replaced by Ikuo Maeda.
“The Nagare is a celebration of proportions and surface language that will evolve into subsequent designs planned for presentation at future international auto shows. Nagare examines light and shadow, and begins to reveal the global design cues for the next generation of Mazda vehicles,” said Laurens. “We’re looking well down the road with Nagare. We want to suggest where Mazda design will be in 2020. To do that, we redefined basic proportions and the idea of driving without losing the emotional involvement. Mazda’s driving spirit will be enhanced and intensified by Nagare.”