The Japanese at Mazda have just announced that they’ve been making some progress on the small crossover they’re working on.
![Mazda Minagi Concept](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/04/Mazda-Minagi-Concept-1.jpg)
To mark the occasion Mazda announced that the new creation will be named the CX-5, something relatively easy to predict.
I only say that because the only other SUV we have from Mazda already is called the CX-7 and it pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the lineup.
As for exactly what Mazda did manage to develop the new CX-5 I suppose we’re going to have to wait for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show to get into its stride.
![Mazda Minagi Concept](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/04/Mazda-Minagi-Concept-3.jpg)
This is because until September Mazda doesn’t really want to tell us a lot about the concept they are going to base the new CX-5 on.
That’ll be the Mazda Minagi Concept we already saw in Geneva as a foreword to the new design language the company will use in the future.
![Mazda Minagi Concept](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/04/Mazda-Minagi-Concept-2.jpg)
Apart from the Soul of Motion design cues, the drive trains Mazda plans to employ in the new CX-5 are also futuristic as there’s some writing on them, one that reads SkyActiv.