Calling all artists: Design the 2018 Mazda3

   Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Sedans/Saloons, Etc., Mazda Mazda's taking a line out of Peugeot's playbook and enlisting the help of budding automotive artists to design the 2018 Mazda3. The "Mazda Design Challenge" is turning to the Facebook community to send in a rendering and a 150-word description of their concept for selection. Ten semi-semi-finalists will be selected, and over the course of a week Facebook users will be asked to vote, narrowing down the selection to five semi-finalists that will spend time with a Mazda designer to hone their vision.From there, a second round of voting will commence, with the winner getting a cool $1000 and a flight to Los Angeles for the LA Auto Show, where they'll spend time with Mazda's N.A. design team, headed by Franz von Holzhausen, where the concept will be rendered live during the show.For those of you too good for MySpace, you can head on over to Mazda's Facebook page, check the rules and enter your design. Good luck! Mazda's full press release is posted after the jump. [Source: Mazda] Continue reading Calling all artists: Design the 2018 Mazda3 Permalink | Email this | Comments