Mazda News Archives

October 31, 2008: Thirty-six vehicles and 14 companion models received Best Buy ratings from Consumers Digest out of some 240 total 2009 models.

Mazda Motor Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp lowered their profit forecasts on Thursday to bring them in line with the brutal environment of a stronger yen, sinking demand and tightening credit plaguing the ...

Spending a day in the Pacific Northwest checking out the updated offerings of the all-new Mazda 6 was an interesting experience, to say the least.

Mazda Motor Corp.'s net profit edged up 2 percent in the fiscal first half as the yen's surge countered vehicle sales gains in Europe and China.

Nissan releases official photos of its redesigned two-seat sports car. The lighter and more powerful Nissan 370Z coupe and roadster will take its first formal bows in November at the 2008 L.A. auto show prior ...

While the wraps on the 2010 Mercury Milan won't come off until November's Los Angeles auto show, we caught the refreshed midsize sedan testing in the cold, dark Michigan night.

Overall: With buyers' eyes on their wallets, their minds are on small trucks such as Mazda's Ford-based B-Series; down to two models this year.

According to a sales executive of the joint venture, the new Ford Fiesta will hit the China market in early 2009, said xinhuanet.com today.

We're impressed with how solid the Ford Fusion feels. JAKE LINGEMAN As-tested price: $21,935 Drivetrain: 2.3-liter I4; FWD, five-speed manual Output: 160 hp @ 6,250 rpm, 156 lb-ft @ 4,250 rpm Curb weight: 3,181 ...

The 2009 Mazda 6 Grand Touring sedan is a definite head-turner. I learned that test driving one this month.

A local automaker is working a financial deal that appears not to be driven by desperation or a sense of impending doom.

More zoom for one of our favorite hot hatches. Herea TMs more good news from the Zoom-Zoom company.

The Mazdaspeed 3 is a pocket rocket of a car, and our spy shooters have caught the new hatchback version being test outside the Nurburgring in Germany.

This should have been a good moment for Tesla Motors, the high-tech Silicon Valley start-up that boldly promised to revolutionize the automotive industry with its slick little two-seat electric sports car.

Mazda Australia's show-stopping Mazda2 Extreme will make its long-awaited rally debut in Canberra this weekend at the penultimate round of the New South Wales rally championship.

Badge engineering: Ironic term for creating a "new" vehicle by putting a different badge on a similar vehicle, rather than by extensive reengineering.

Mazda basically set the new small car standard with its Mazda3, with expectations running high for the second-generation of the Civic-fighter. Mazda has already revealed the run-of-the-mill Mazda3 , but our ...

Mazda released images of the 2010 Mazda 3 sedan prior to its upcoming debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show , and now spy photographers have caught the future Mazdaspeed 3 prototype prior to its official ...

With its winning combination of pleasing looks, high-end features, and fun-to-drive dynamics, the present Mazda3 continues to win comparison tests despite being on the market mostly unchanged since 2004.

Ford Motor Co. has found buyers for most its shares in Mazda Motor Corp., including a regional bank in the Japanese car maker's hometown, a media report said Wednesday.

Posted Oct 22nd 2008 11:27AM by Noah Joseph Filed under: Spy Photos , Hatchbacks , Mazda Click above for high-res gallery of 2010 Mazdaspeed3 spy shots With the new 2010 Mazda3 on its way, the next logical ...

While the old saying goes that "everything is bigger in Texas," typically even a Lone Star State-sized contest still only has room for just one winner.

Mazda zooms down Norway's hydrogen highway, but California focuses on keeping its hydrogen-fueled cars close.

When Mazda pulled the wraps off its new Mazda5 people mover at the 2004 Paris Motor Show, it ushered in a new age.

With gas prices as low as they've been in a year and automakers eager to make deals on slow-selling minivans, pickups and sport utility vehicles, now could be a good time to consider one.

The 2009 Ford Focus is a good value, but those in the market for a refined compact sedan or performance-oriented coupe should look elsewhere.

With gas prices going up, many people are trading in their SUVs for something that doesn't go through fuel quite as fast, and does not require as much.

Israeli stocks, in a holiday-shortened session, closed the week on a down note, with most of the boldface names in the top index losing ground.

With the current economic crisis hitting global car sales hard, automakers are quickly turning to mergers and selloffs as stronger ones search for more cash and their weaker colleagues find themselves on the ...

Calgary's newest and most exciting auto dealership is now open for business. Conveniently located near 85th Street N.W. and Country Hills Boulevard, Stoney Trail Mazda is ready to serve its customers, with a ...

October 16, 2008: The refined, upgraded Mazda BT-50 line-up of pick-ups, now on sale in the UK, introduces a new range-topping 'Intrepid' model with a 3-litre, 156ps turbo diesel engine, five-speed automatic ...

The latest Ford Focus will leave front-drive rivals for dust, reports motoring editor Alastair Sloane The new Ford Focus RS hatchback will be the most powerful front-drive car on the road when it lands in New ...

Here's the stereotype: Enthusiasts have to compromise when buying a family sedan.

Record low auto sales and the financial crisis are spurring fresh merger talk about the Big Three U.S. automakers in a new global consolidation round while the sales rot is also impacting suppliers and car ...

As 2009 vans hit showrooms across the U.S., the experts at NADAguides.com, a leading vehicle pricing and information website, today announced their top 5 minivan picks, as well as honorable mention in the full ...

Mazda Motor Corp. may buy back part of the one-third stake owned by Ford Motor Co.

Motor Trend magazine has picked the 2009 Subaru Forester as its sport-utility vehicle of the year, citing its comfort on the road, competency off the pavement and fuel efficiency in a time of high fuel prices.

The last-generation Mazda6 had some room for improvement. Sized for European roads, the global design lacked the interior space and horsepower of competing mid-sized family sedans here in the United States.

The Mazda3, which has put Mazda within striking distance of the title for best-selling car in Canada, will be redesigned and displayed publicly for the first time at the Los Angeles auto show next month.

Photo: A specialist works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Oct.

Chart shows seasonally adjusted retail sales; American flags flutter in the wind over the sign splashed across the windshield of a an unsold used 2005 Subaru Legacy sedan at a Mazda dealership in the west ...

Mazda Motor Corporation today introduced the Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle to Norway's public roads in collaboration with the Norwegian national hydrogen project, HyNor.

Mazda Motor Corp. on Wednesday denied a newspaper report that it has scrapped plans to build a second auto factory in North America due to sluggish demand there.

It can be difficult to find new things to say about a car that's three years into its model run, particularly if said car hasn't yet enjoyed the kind of mid-cycle refresh that most models get three or four ...

Mazda3 is the latest addition to the Japanese company's product line-up. The new Mazda3 will be unveiled at the Los Angeles Motor Show next month, along with the Japanese carmaker's stop-start ignition system.

The all-new 2009 Mazda6 has retained most of its zoom-zoom from its predecessor while adding more room and muscle to compete with the big boys in the market segment: Honda Accord , Nissan Altima and Toyota ...

Spy photographers have managed to capture on film a lightly camouflaged prototype version of the next generation BMW Z4 performing tests in Germany without the annoying plastic armor.

Already absorbing Land Rover and Jaguar, Tata Motors denies that it's looking to buy Ford's one-third stake in the Japanese automaker Indian workers assemble a Tata car at the Tata Motors factory in Pune.

For 2009, Mazda is finally launching a model graced with a cleaner version of this liquid styling and a rare elegance.

Topekan Jesse Prather pulled off the Heartland Park Topeka sweep Friday morning at his home track.

Mazda6 sedan gives the Honda Accord a run for its money. By Pete Szilagyi SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Saturday, October 11, 2008 I was most disconcerted.

BACK in the late 1960s and early 70s the Japanese car was treated with almost disdain in Britain.

Ford Motor Co., the second-largest US automaker, is considering selling its controlling stake in Japan's Mazda Motor Corp.

The number includes passenger car sales of 159,833 units by Ford Motor's passenger car joint-venture, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile , which is up from 150,521 units for the same period last year, and commercial ...

With the MX-5 Miata refresh, Mazda focused on the face. Park a 2008 MX-5 Miata near a 2009 MX-5 Miata and the difference -- from the front at least -- is significant.

When George Diavolitsis dumped his Honda Civic a couple years ago, he wasn't making an environmental statement, but rather a financial one.

A new Chrysler sign is seen after the DaimlerChrysler sign was removed from the front of the Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker but it didn't rule out a possible deal.

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that Chief Financial Officer Don Leclair will retire, ending the executive's 32-year career at one of the most tumultuous and uncertain times in the automaker's history.

The all new Mazda3 sedan breaks cover early. With Mazda's redesigned Mazda6 sedan completed and on showroom floors, the automaker has turned its attention to the smaller Mazda3.

Domestic automakers have retooled their marketing messages and are taking aim, when possible, at Honda and Toyota, in an attempt to change public perceptions of the Detroit Three as inefficient when it comes to ...

This 2003 Mazda MAZDASPEED Protege, owned by BlueMSP, has an estimated 0 horsepower.

Mazda's Premacy RX8 and Mazda5 are already testing on the road in limited numbers.

With gas prices remaining high and an increasing number of commuters worried about reliance on foreign oil, fuel-efficiency is all the rage these days, and automakers are rushing to develop gas-sipping hybrids ...

It's been the worst kept secret on the reveal schedule for the LA Auto Show - well, other than the new Ford Mustang .

The Lancer is fast, economical, inexpensive, handles well and attracts the eye in a positive way.

Hard as it may be to believe, the word "hummer" didn't always bring up visions of obnoxious, polarizing SUVs.

The new Ford Flex and upgraded Mazda CX-9 now rank among the top five three-row SUVs tested by Consumer Reports, the magazine reports in its November issue.

Riding on Ford's global C1 platform, the new Mazda3 will measure in a bit longer and wider than the current model.

The New Ford Flex and the upgraded Mazda CX-9 now rank among the best 3 row SUVs we've tested.

Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Petit Le Mans Powered by The Totally New Mazda 6 Press Notes - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Good morning and welcome to the final round of the 2008 ...

Dane Cameron may be considered a rookie in the 2008 Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, but he is one of the drivers with the most previous experience at Road Atlanta, which he ...

The refreshed 2009 Mazda MX-5 / Miata made its global debut at the Paris Motor Show.

Mazda Australia got its Tasmanian Tarmac Challenge campaign off to a flying start today, tearing up the tarmac at the event's official shakedown.

Somebody stole a bit of zoom from the zoom zoom in Mazda's little sedan. Harry Pegg I think the 2008 Mazda3 is a great little car, but a week with a Mazda3 Sport in GS trim left me wondering where the quick ...

Mazda keeps changes subtle in its face-lifted MX-5 Roadster and Roadster Coupe. Mazda North American Operation Coming up on the 20th anniversary of the little car, Mazda has redesigned the grille, head- and ...

Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., earned his sixth-career pole position in qualifying for Fridaya s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Finale Presented by Toyo TiresA , part of the 11th Annual Petit Le ...

The biggest revolution in the automotive business over the past 25 years has not been the passive safety benefit of air bags, the convenience of onboard computers or -- surely to Toyota's consternation -- the ...

The 2009 models are upon us, and nowhere is the sales lot more important than at Ford Motor Co.

We finally had the opportunity to check out the 2009 Mazda MX-5 in person, and despite the tweaks being minor, we like what we see.

Have you noticed the difference between the two campaigns? One runs smoothly and stays on the subjects at hand with little or no negativity except when responding to the lies the other side comes out with.

Mazda North American Operations today reported September 2008 sales of 16,169 vehicles, down 35.6 percent over last September.

Eighteen-inch alloy wheels give a sporty appearance to the 2008 Ford Fusion, framed by the Veteran's Memorial Bridge overlooking the Susquehanna River near Sunbury.