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  • Steven McAleer on a brilliant first lap at Sebring

    There are many things that make oval-track racing more conducive to huge audiences than road racing, not least of which is that the track is always visible to people in the stands, and so, too, are the passes. Fortunately the Internet exists, to let us see acts of greatness like this first lap from CJ Wilson Racing's Steven McAleer at the Continental Tire Series race at Sebring last weekend. MUST SEE: 2015 Mercier-Jones Supercraft Is The Bugatti Veyron Of Hovercraft The video above shows some skilled traffic reading, masterful car handling, and a brilliant combination of patience and...

  • Mazda Motorsports teams with iRacing for new virtual-to-real racer program
    Mazda Motorsports Teams With iRacing For Real-World Racing Opportunity

    The GT Academy, a partnership between Nissan and Gran Turismo, has yielded some impressive virtual-to-reality racers over its tenure. Now it looks like Mazda is getting in on the action through a new partnership with iRacing. Like the GT Academy, Mazda Motorsports' new iRacing partnership will...

  • Mazda Hazumi concept
    Next-Gen Mazda 2 Previewing Hazumi Concept Live From Geneva

    A new Mazda 2 subcompact can't come along soon enough, and today at the Geneva Motor Show we got our best look yet at its replacement. DON'T MISS: 2016 Jaguar XE Is A BMW 3-Series Fighter From Britain: Video Called the Hazumi, Mazda's new concept is to the 2 as the Minagi was to the production CX-5...

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    Alfa Romeo May Miss Out On Mazda MX-5-Based Roadster: Report

    Despite plans for a new Alfa Romeo convertible to be built by Mazda on the bones of its next-generation MX-5 Miata being finalized last year, Sergio Marchionne, the head of Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat Chrysler, reportedly wants a major rethink of the project. Automotive News (subscription...

  • Mazda Hazumi concept, 2014 Geneva Motor Show
    New Mazda Hazumi Concept Previews Next-Gen Mazda 2

    Mazda will provide us with a first look at the design of its next-generation 2 subcompact with a striking concept version at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show next month. Called the Hazumi, the Japanese word for “bound” or “spring up,” the concept’s lines are said to convey a...

  • Jay Leno and three generations of the Mazda MX-5 Miata
    Jay Leno Looks Back At 25 Years Of The Mazda MX-5 Miata: Video

    The Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car has just turned 25, and Mazda is gearing up for a whole year of celebrations that will culminate with the unveiling of a fourth-generation model, the ND, sometime in the near future. Car aficionado and an MX-5 owner himself Jay Leno decided to host his own...

  • First-gen Mazda MX-5 Miata, launched in 1989

    On February 9, 1989, the world was introduced to the very first generation of Mazda’s MX-5 Miata convertible sports car at the Chicago Auto Show. That first MX-5, the NA, then went on to win rave reviews from many of the top magazines and would eventually spawn two successors. Now, a fourth generation of the iconic sports car, the ND, is in the works, and while it would have been great to see it launched for the MX-5’s 25th anniversary this past weekend, we’ll have to make do with a special website launched by Mazda that charts the car’s history. The site features a...

  • Drive tackles the Miata and finds it really is the answer
    The Answer Really Is Always Miata: Video

    As a Miata owner myself, I am biased, I admit. But that doesn't change the reality of the matter. The Miata is always the answer, no matter the question. Here, you can see Matt Farah on a Drive visit with an NC CJ Wilson race car and a Lexus V-8-powered NA street Miata built and owned by team...

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    Mazda Shows Next-Gen Mazda Connect Interface At 2014 CES

    Mazda has been a bit slow in the car connectivity department and is in catch-up mode. This week it turned up to the Consumer Electronics Show for the first time in order to showcase its next-generation Mazda Connect interface. Unfortunately, there's not much to report on but Mazda promises the new...

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    Mazda Delays U.S. Launch Of SkyActiv-D Diesel Because It Lacks Zoom Zoom

    Mazda is pushing back the launch of its diesel engine to find a better balance between fuel economy and performance.

  • 2014 Mazda prototype for TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
    Mazda Reveals Diesel Prototype For 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship

    Having teased us with an initial photo late last year, Mazda has now released full details on its diesel-powered prototype that’s set to compete in the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, which gets underway with the Rolex 24 at Daytona running from January 25 to 26. Mazda plans to field...

  • Mazda 3 Sport Mazda Design concept, 2014 Tokyo Auto Salon
    Mazda Previews 2014 Tokyo Auto Salon Lineup

    Mazda will present a handful of customized rides at the 2014 Tokyo Auto Salon next month, but just like the lineup it presented at the recent SEMA show, the latest range of modded Mazdas is more about show than go. The cars include the latest 3 and 6 as well as the CX-5 crossover, which have all...

  • Mazda rotary engine

    Fans of Mazda's rotary engines are among the most vociferous advocates you'll find in the automotive world. While some will never understand the appeal of rotary engines, others love their smoothness, stratospheric rev limits, unique noise and the kudos of a Le Mans win, among other things. It's always sad news then when Mazda revives its rotary project, only to cancel it again--it feels like we'll never again see a modern-day RX-7. Or maybe it will--but as part of an electric drivetrain. Mazda has hinted for some time that its rotary engine would return as part of a range-extended electric...

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    Mazda Going With Diesel Prototype In 2014 United SportsCar Series

    We become more convinced each day that Mazda is secretly run by a person attempting to channel Enzo Ferrari. That person believes his or her brand exists solely to fund the automaker's exploits on the race track. Sure, it's a much more affordable and approachable version of what Enzo was doing, but...

  • Mazda Ceramic 6 Concept, 2013 SEMA Show
    Mazda Shows Racy 3s, 6s At SEMA

    Mazda's newest range of vehicles is attracting praise far and wide, but styling aside there's little to excite performance fans in the new 3 and 6 ranges, at least for now. The Japanese automaker's lineup for the SEMA show in Las Vegas this week could go some way to rectifying that, though. Mazda...

  • 2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata test mule spy shots
    2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Spy Shots

    Motor Authority's spy photographers have just scored new images of what could be the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, the next-generation of the popular roadster and the basis of a new Alfa Romeo Spider. Wearing a current-generation MX-5 body, the mule has bodywork add-ons that suggest the future hard points...

  • Mazda MX-5 GT Concept
    Mazda MX-5 GT Races Towards Production

    Detractors of Mazda's evergreen MX-5 sports car often come back to one point: It just doesn't have enough power. Fans of the car would disagree, but we're sure nobody will complain at the news, via Auto Express, that Mazda's MX-5 GT concept is set for production. The car, developed by race...

  • 2014 Mazda 3
    New Mazdaspeed 3 To Go All-Wheel Drive?

    Mazda has just unveiled a stylish new generation of its popular Mazda 3 hatchback and sedan but hasn’t--officially--made mention of a high-performance Mazdaspeed version just yet. We’ve heard through the grapevine however that a Mazdaspeed 3 (a Mazda 3 MPS to readers outside the U.S.)...

  • 2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata test mule spy shots

    The rear-wheel drive car is something of an endangered species. Aside from dedicated luxury and sports car brands, there just aren't many rear-drive cars out there. Why? It's really quite simple: front-drive cars make better use of the passenger space by getting ride of the driveshaft tunnel and packaging the transmission farther forward. When vehicle dynamics aren't a primary concern, it works out just fine. But for a brand like Mazda, which is all about the "zoom zoom," it makes sense that they'd have more than the average number of rear-drivers. But there's just one model left in the...

  • Mazda Furai burned - Image via Top Gear
    Mazda Furai Concept Burns To The Ground In The Hands Of Top Gear

    Mazda trotted out the Furai concept at the Detroit Auto Show back in 2007. It wowed crowds, and promised that the future Nagare design language had Mazda machines moving in a delightfully stylish direction. The Furai wasn't just a pretty concept, however, as it boasted at 450-horsepower three-rotor...

  • Mazda 6 (Atenza) i-ACTIVSENSE technology vehicle
    Mazda Starts Trials Of New Car 2 Car Communications System

    Mazda is the latest automaker to showcase a new vehicle to vehicle communications system as its new Mazda 6-based test car begins trials in Japan. The Mazda Atenza ASV-5--Atenza being the Japanese-market name for the 6 sedan--begins trials this month, utilizing an Intelligent Transport Systems...

  • Mazda6 Skyactiv Diesel racecar at Brickyard 400
    Mazda Brings Diesel Back To The Brickyard

    Mazda is keen on making a diesel impact this year. Many folks are waiting to get their hands on the upcoming oil-burning Mazda6. It's the first time a Japanese automaker has sold a diesel mill here in the States since it came attached to a vehicle wearing an Isuzu badge. Since this is Mazda we're...

  • 2014 Mazda 3
    2014 Mazda 3 Sedan: Official Details, Photos And Video

    Official details for the all-new 2014 Mazda 3 sedan have finally hit the Web, revealing the stylish compact from virtually every angle. As expected, the redesigned sedan shares its styling with the 2014 Mazda 3 hatchback revealed last month, except for its trunk section, which adopts a traditional...

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    Bauer Catfish Is Reborn Miata Bent On Track Day Domination

    Those who spend their free time at a race track are always looking for a few things out of life. A way to improve their driving lines and skill, someone to help offset the cost of tires and fuel, and a machine that's well suited to a life spent apexing from one turn to the next. The easy answer for...

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