Mazda will reveal their first electric car at the Tokyo Motor Show, as well as a range extender version using a small rotary engine, possibly hydrogen powered. Mazda has always trod its own path, and electric cars have not been something they have embraced in the way other Japanese car makers have, although that’s changing […]
Mazda MX-5 now with up to 221bhp thanks to BBR’s ‘Super’ Packages
The Mazda MX-5 gets performance and power upgrades from BBR with their new Super 200 and Super 220 packs delivering up to 221bhp. It’s been said a thousand times before, but the Mazda MX-5 is the closest thing you can get to a modern take on a classic British Sports Car, with low weight, sensible […]
New Mazda CX-30 – because a Mazda CX-4 would be too confusing
A new Mazda SUV – the Mazda CX-3- arrives to sit between the Mazda CX-3 and Mazda CX-5 and looks like an SUV take on the Mazda3. A month ago we reported that Mazda was planning to reveal a new SUV at the Geneva Motor Show and concluded, reasonably we thought, that as it would […]
New Mazda3 hatchback UK prices and specs – Mazda 3 SALOON to follow
The 2019 Mazda 3 Hatchback goes on sale in the UK in five trim levels with two engine options. Mazda 3 saloon to follow later in the year. A new Mazda3 was revealed at the Los Angeles Motor Show last November, in both Hatch and Saloon guises. And we did wonder if Mazda would bring […]
Mazda MX-5 30th Anniversary Edition – Mazda celebrates 30 years of the MX-5 with lots of ORANGE
The Mazda MX-5 is 30 years old this year, and Mazda are celebrating with an MX-5 30th Anniversary model with orange everything. Like it or nor, and we do, the Mazda MX-5 has become an iconic car, taking all the best bits of 1960s British Sports cars and delivering a fun and affordable little sports […]
New Mazda SUV heading for Geneva – a Mazda CX-4 for the UK and Europe?
Mazda has announced they will reveal a new compact SUV at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Could this be a Mazda CX-4 for the UK and Europe? Mazda is on record as saying that they have no intention of extending their SUV range beyond the CX-3 and CX-5 in Europe. But it seems they’ve […]
2019 Mazda CX-5 adds new GT Sport Nav+ range topping model
The Mazda CX-5 gets a minor update for 2019, but it also gets a new range-topping CX-5 GT Sport Nav+ model with diesel and petrol versions on offer. The current Mazda CX-5 – Mazda’s really rather appealing SUV – only arrived in 2017, with 2018 updates including a power increase for the diesel, a petrol […]
2019 Mazda 3 with SkyActiv-X petrol engine debuts
The 2019 Mazda3 is revealed in Los Angeles, delivering a new car aimed at the VW Golf and Ford Focus and with the revolutionary SkyActiv-X engine option. Earlier this month Mazda was busy teasing the new Mazda3 for a debut at the Los Angles Motor Show, and we were expecting it to come with the new SkyActiv-X […]
Mazda to debut all new Mazda3 this month at LA Motor Show
The all new Mazda3 will debut at the Los Angeles Motor Show this month (November 2018) and is expected to offer Mazda’s latest SkyActiv-X engines. The Mazda3 is still a terrific little car, but it’s about to get a chunk better with the arrival of an all new Mazda3 arriving at the Los Angels Motor Show […]
Mazda’s WANKEL Rotary Engine OFFICIALLY returns – but not where you want it
Mazda has officially confirmed that Wankel Rotary engine production will start, probably in 2019, as Mazda find a way to make the Wankel engine commercially viable. Petrolheads love the Mazda Rotary Wankel engine for its lightness and high-revving power, even if it used almost more oil than it did petrol. But problems with the Wankel […]