Mazda has revealed a pair of track-inspired Limited edition cars – the Mazda2 Black and the Mazda MX-5 Sport Black – with extra equipment but no extra performance. As we know, ‘Limited Editions’ are a way for car makers to shift some extra metal in quiet times. In this case it’s Mazda looking for a way to […]
Mazda 2 facelift (2012) with SkyActiv revealed
The 2012 Mazda 2 facelift has been revealed in Japan with the launch of the new Demio, featuring a 1.3 litre SkyActiv petrol engine which does 85mpg. We’re back to the old story of car reveals for the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) pointing at reveals to come in overseas markets, with the reveal of the […]
2013 Mazda RX-9 to be rotary hybrid
It’s reported that Mazda are working on the 2013 Mazda RX-9, which will have the new Renesis Rotary Engine, Toyota hybrid drive and be built on next MX-5 platform. You know the deal by now. A motoring publication somewhere had a quiet news day and writes a speculative story. That speculation becomes a rumour and that […]
Mazda LIVE from the New York Motor Show
We’re hosting the Mazda press conference LIVE from New York, where Mazda will unveil its SKYACTIV technology and the Mazda CX-5 in the guise of the Minagi Concept We haven’t done a Mazda Motor Show press conference live feed before, so when Mazda called us and asked us if we’d like to – and mentioned […]
Mazda CX-5 is born from the Mazda Minagi Concept
Mazda has revealed that the Mazda Minagi Concept will arrive in production form at Frankfurt as the Mazda CX-5, a compact SUV. Back at the Geneva Motor Show this year Mazda pitched up with the oddly named Mazda Minagi Concept, a compact SUV which we said would arrive in showrooms as the Mazda CX-5. And […]
Mazda MX-5 GT: A rather warm MX-5
Mazda has revealed the track only Mazda MX-5 GT, with 275bhp, 0-60mph in 3 seconds and weighing just 850kg. Back at Frankfurt in 2009, Mazda revealed an MX-5 which had been put on a serious diet – the Mazda MX-5 Superlight – but which was sadly just a concept. And now we get a super-light MX5 that isn’t a concept but […]
Mazda Takuya: Mazda2 Takuya, Mazda3 Takuya & Mazda6 Takuya for 2011
Mazda reveals Takuya models for 2011 – the Mazda2 Takuya, Mazda3 Takuya & Mazda6 Takuya – with extra kit and limited build numbers As we’ve mentioned – more than once – the start of the year is prime time for the ‘Limited Edition’ and ‘Special Edition’ and any other sort of ‘Edition’ car makers can […]
Mazda Minagi Concept – Mazda CX-5 – leaks ahead of Geneva
We have the first image of the Mazda Minagi concept planned for the Geneva Motor Show. A compact SUV/Crossover the Minagi will hit the market as the Mazda CX-5. The Mazda Minagi Concept is a compact SUV concept Mazda are planning on taking to Geneva in March. Fortunately, the name won’t stick when the Minagi goes in to […]
2011 Mazda2 gets Activematic & Mazda2 Tamura
Mazda has announced a couple of additions to the Mazda2 range – the Mazda2 Activematic and the Mazda2 Tamura It took Mazda an awfully long time to introduce the 2011 Mazda2 Facelift. In fact the very same Mazda2 nose was already running off the production lines in Thailand in October 2009, so it seems most […]
Top Gear in the Middle East: Israel & Jordan &…
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are out filming for Top Gear in the Middle East in a trio of beaten-up Roadsters – MX-5, Z3 and Fiat Barchetta As we said back at the end of September when we reported that Top Gear were busy filming for the next series in New York, this […]