Frankfurt Motor Show has some great (concept) cars making their debut
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Frankfurt Motor Show has some great (concept) cars making their debut
Here's the Peugeot 407 Elixir concept (looking sort of similar in rear hatchback shape to the Mazda Kusabi concept) -- here are some photo links to compare...
For the Peugeot 407 Elixir concept
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...xir/index.html
[Or to see more actual picts of both cars ... and more (from AutoWeek Online's Frankfurt show coverage) check out...
http://autoweek.com/specials/2003_frankfurt/
Sadly I couldn't come up with anything showing the back or the inside of the Mazda Kusabi ...
For the Mazda Kusabi concept, here's the concept drawings showing both front and back
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...abi/index.html
For the Peugeot 407 Elixir concept
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...xir/index.html
[Or to see more actual picts of both cars ... and more (from AutoWeek Online's Frankfurt show coverage) check out...
http://autoweek.com/specials/2003_frankfurt/
Sadly I couldn't come up with anything showing the back or the inside of the Mazda Kusabi ...
For the Mazda Kusabi concept, here's the concept drawings showing both front and back
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...abi/index.html
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Plus the the Peugeot 407 Elixir concept kind of reminds me of the eariler ... Opel GTC Genève study for Geneva Motor Show
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...eve/index.html
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...eve/index.html
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Originally posted by mikeb
that audi looks so awesome
that audi looks so awesome
Quattro 40/60 split
Sequential Manual Gearbox
0-100 km/hr in 3.7 sec!!!!!
It shares many components with the new baby Lambo!!!
Can you say Enzo fighter!!!!!!!
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More pictures are starting to show up on the Mazda Kusabi
If you scroll al the way down, you'll see these pics and if you click on them you'll get even bigger versions ...
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...ts/index2.html
If you scroll al the way down, you'll see these pics and if you click on them you'll get even bigger versions ...
http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...ts/index2.html
Mazda Kusabi
Talking to Yoichi Sato, Chief Designer Mazda Advanced Design Studio, the concept for the Kusabi became clear. Based on the platform of the small Mazda 2 (Demio in Japan) the car is an everyday sports sub-compact&Mac226;, a 2+2 seater, sporty town car with a particularly innovative rear tailgate system. This tailgate opens like a conventional hatchback by pivoting at the rearmost edge of the roof, or by opening from either side (in a similar way to gull wing doors) and pivoting through its centre running front to back. An innovative swivelling seat back enables easy access to the rear seats and the 1.6 litre litre diesel engine powers this urban concept.
Talking to Yoichi Sato, Chief Designer Mazda Advanced Design Studio, the concept for the Kusabi became clear. Based on the platform of the small Mazda 2 (Demio in Japan) the car is an everyday sports sub-compact&Mac226;, a 2+2 seater, sporty town car with a particularly innovative rear tailgate system. This tailgate opens like a conventional hatchback by pivoting at the rearmost edge of the roof, or by opening from either side (in a similar way to gull wing doors) and pivoting through its centre running front to back. An innovative swivelling seat back enables easy access to the rear seats and the 1.6 litre litre diesel engine powers this urban concept.
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This just came up -- Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione concept
http://autoweek.com/specials/2003_frankfurt/
http://autoweek.com/specials/2003_frankfurt/
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HA! that Peugeot looks like Stitch
HA! that Peugeot looks like Stitch
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Originally posted by zoom44
HA! that Peugeot looks like Stitch:
HA! that Peugeot looks like Stitch:
![](http://www.kalev.ee/kampaania/stitch/stitch.gif)
:D
Makes you wonder about the designer's inspiration?
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Man I'm looking at this at work and laughed so loud everyone looked at me. Good resemblence.
Man I'm looking at this at work and laughed so loud everyone looked at me. Good resemblence.
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