The future of the school run?

The new Mazda Kazamai has been turning all the heads at the Moscow International Motor Show this week. Touted as the future of compact 4×4, the Kazamai is certainly eye-catching. It remains a concept car for now but rumours persist that it (or at least some very distinctive aspects of its design) will make it into mass production as early as 2011.

“The Kazamai signposts the way to our next generation of vehicles,” Mazda design chief Laurens van den Acker said. “It is a very realistic concept car.” It is very sleek and curvy, and incredibly futuristic in design. In fact, it is a bundle of contradictions. It looks bulky but sleek, big but compact, friendly but slightly menacing, white but black. We like it a lot.

Reverse shot after the jump…