Driving the Mazda 2 Hatchback is like going back to the basics of automotive engineering. It’s simple but functional interiors will give you less worries of computer box failure which is hard to detect without the expensive diagnostic process. Small in size and yet people wonder why the Mazda 2 has an impressive acceleration. Underneath [...]
Continue Reading
Mazda North American Operations will debut the all-new version of its popular, trend-setting, in-a-class-of-its-own, MAZDA5multi-activity vehicle at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. Since it launched in2005, MAZDA5 redefined the definition of small family transport vehicles, by offering seating for six in three easily configurable rows, as well as styling and dynamics simply not found [...]
Continue Reading
The Furai, which celebrates 40 years of Mazda’s rotary engine and international motorsports heritage is seen here in full intimate detail. Furai is the latest in the Nagare design series from Mazda introduced at the 2008 Detroit AutoShow (NAIAS). Based on a US Le Mans race series Courage C65 chassis and featuring a 3 rotor [...]
Continue Reading
2007 Mazdaspeed 3 (255 whp): CP-E Catback, TurboXS RFL BOV, gold Konig Feathers with Eagle GTs. 2008 Eclipse GT 4th gen (270 whp): Ripp Headers, Magnaflow Catback, Outlaw Intake Spacer, K&N Typhoon Intake, Eibach Sportline and BFG KDWs.
Continue Reading
I have to admit that the bold new design of this hot hatch really won me over. While it’s true that the revamped front fascia and wide-open grille that looks like a big smile do not appeal to everyone, the striking hood scoop quickly makes you forget about it (in fact, it even reminded me [...]
Continue Reading
The Subaru Tribeca and Mazda6 haven’t exactly set the U.S. auto market ablaze, and a report in AutoWeek (citing Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo) claims that both models could meet an untimely demise. The Tribeca has been unpopular seemingly since the day it was introduced as the B9 Tribeca, and recent sales figures show that the Subaru [...]
Continue Reading
Total production of Mazda Motor Corporation’s MX-5 sports car (known as the Mazda Roadster in Japan) reached 900,000 units on February 4, 2011. This significant milestone was achieved 21 years and 10 months after mass production of the first-generation MX-5 commenced in April 1989. The MX-5 was initially certified by Guinness World Records as the [...]
Continue Reading
Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that its new compact crossover SUV will be called the Mazda CX-5. It is the production model derived from the Mazda MINAGI concept car, which debuted at the Geneva Motor Show* in March this year and will be shown at the New York International Auto Show that opens on April [...]
Continue Reading
Nobuhiro Yamamoto Yamamoto-san joined Mazda in 1973 and began his career in rotary engine development and motor sports. He moved to program management and worked on the vehicle development programs for the RX-7, Millenia, second-generation MX-5/Roadster, and the Tribute. In 2002, he became Deputy Program Manager for development of the third-generation MX-5/Roadster.He was appointed Program [...]
