Mazda says there’s a little bit of Miata in everything it does. While it’s easy to chalk that up as marketing frippery, when the automaker launched the Little Roadster That Could back in 1989, it proved that great things can come from a machine developed to be simple, reliable and driver-focused. Even now, none […]
Rumors have surfaced that the next-generation Mazda MX-5 could tip the scales at 2,200 pounds and boast an impressive 50 miles per gallon without losing a lick of horsepower in the process. And while initial reports had the Miata achieving those impressive numbers with the help of Mazda’s forthcoming SKY-G engines, Best Car Japan […]
According to “a well placed source at Mazda’s North American Operations,” Motor Trend is reporting that the aging Mazda RX-8 is set to exit stage left here in the States after the 2011 model year. As it is, the rotary-powered sportscar is slated to see the European guillotine at the same time due to its […]
Two years ago, Mazda introduced an advanced new 2.2-liter four cylinder diesel engine in the European market. Since then, we’ve asked Mazda officials on several occasions whether they would offer that engine in the U.S. market. The company has never ruled out bringing a diesel here, but it has also never said it would. Instead, […]
Last summer, our man Damon Lavrinc drove the then-brand-new 2010 Mazdaspeed3 around California’s legendary Laguna Seca Raceway and then Caramel Valley’s world-class back roads. And he loved it. I mention this because we’re sure that under similar, near-ideal conditions, I would have been nearly as smitten. But reality has a funny way of tossing monkey […]
Mazda has finally made it official this morning: it will be bringing its B-segment Mazda2 to the North American market late next year. As you are likely aware, the current generation Mazda2 has been sale in Europe and elsewhere for two years, but we’ll be seeing it here for the first time at the Los […]
The last time a Mazda CX-7 stopped by the Motor Trend garage, it found itself in a three-way dance against the Subaru Forester XT and Volkswagen Tiguan (”Turbo Chargers,” September 2008), where it finished second, behind the Forester. The appeal of a gas-thirsty turbocharged crossover is limited, however, and so when Mazda gave the CX-7 […]
