Originally posted by Jerome81
The first pic of the Mazda3 is VERY VERY old. I think I had first seen that photo at least 1 to 1.5 years ago if my memory serves me right. I think it looks very snazzy, but I would guess that it is probably completely wrong. From my understanding, Mazdas will all be having the "cat-like" headlamps that are coming on the 6 and the RX-8. Check out the new Mazda2 (Demio) to see what I'm talking about.
http://www.mazda.com/publicity/public/2002...0208/0807e.html (BTW, I think the Demio would be a great PT Cruiser alternative for the US, especially if Mazda would put their new 2.0 or 2.3L I4 in there not the "cozy model" but I've seen photos without that weird roof and with some flashy alloy wheels).
The nexttourer is an old concept car as well. My guess, is again, it will look something like these photos, but they will change a lot of design cues. Think of the RX-8 and the original RX-EVOLV from which the decision to build the RX-8 stemmed. They are most certainly related, but really don't look similar at all.[/b]