The earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan continues to delay car imports from Japan. Mazda told its U.S. dealers today to stop ordering vehicles made in Japan as the company prepares to shutdown plants again after a brief reopening. Mazda spokesman Jay Amestoy said that the suspension affects the May allocation for Mazda’s U.S. sales [...]
Mazda is finally going electric. The Japanese automaker announced today that it is independently developing an electric-vehcile with plans to kick of leasing in Japan starting spring 2012. The new EV model will be based on the Demio (Mazda2) subcompact and is expected to have a driving range of 124 miles. Mazda said that the [...]
Most of us read Playboy for the wonderful stories the team of editors at the publication put together… no really, we do (besides the occasional browsing of beautiful ladies features in the magazine). Either way, Playboy has announced its 2011 Cars of the Year award and here is the final list: Playboy’s 2011 Cars of [...]
You can always count on Consumer Reports to do a study on which vehicle is the best suited for a new car shopper. In a new test of four different types of fuel-efficient cars, Consumer Reports said that the Ford Fiesta and the Mazda2 subcompacts are both fun to drive and deliver strong fuel-economy numbers. [...]
Mazda is launching a new sweepstakes after teaming up with the new social-network craze known as Foursquare – you know that social networking app for smartphones that allows all your friends to know where you are and allows you to hold mayorships of venues and make you feel like a more important person in life. [...]
Mazda announced today that it is launching its SKYACTIV next-generation technologies, which includes a range of new engines, transmissions, vehicles bodies and chassis that will start appearing on its cars from 2011.The first Mazda to benefit from these new fuel-saving technologies will be the Mazda Demio (known to us as the Mazda2). The model will [...]
The following is a short-list of all the model being considered for the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year. On December 16, three finalists from each category will be announced, with the winner getting its fame and award at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show in January. As you can probably see from [...]
The 2011 Mazda2 just went on sale in the United States but the European model is already getting a facelift later next month at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The new facelifted Mazda2 gets a new front end with Mazda’s unique smiley face, an upgraded interior, upgraded Euro V powertrain line-up, an improved chassis for [...]
To celebrate and promote the launch of the new 2011 Mazda2, Ford Fiesta’s Japanese sibling, Mazda has unveiled a new social game on Facebook called DriverVille that showcases the subcompact hatchback. The game also launches with a big sweepstakes where Mazda will give away a custom 64GB Apple iPod touch every single week. The grand-prize [...]
Mazda announced today that it is counting heavily on U.S. growth to kick off an ambitious 5-year business plan to boost sales by 43 percent to 1.7 million vehicles worldwide. The strategy was unveiled by President Takashi Yamanouchi today and calls for nearly doubling U.S. sales to 400,000 units in the fiscal year ending March [...]
