Mazda's new head designer, Ikuo Maeda, is obviously a fan of contemporary Jaguar and Maserati design, though the concept's interior appears to have a pretty original cockpit-like layout. Whether the show car points to a more luxurious replacement for the RX-8, or a new car to sit above the Mazda6 in the range, remains to be seen.
That's pretty much all we know about the Shinari for now. It'll make its world debut at the Paris Motor Show on September 30.
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