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  • 2014 Mazda 3

    We've been keeping close tabs on the new 2014 Mazda 3 for months, including spy shots galore, and now it's finally here. The third-generation compact hatchback and sedan from Mazda, which together are the brand's best-selling vehicle, are entirely new for 2014. There's the latest Mazda design language, lots of updated technology, and two revised powertrains. The first thing you'll notice about the latest Mazda 3 is right up front. It's ditched the "smile" front end for an edgier, more upright five-point grille. The brand's Kodo design language works well on its compact car. With the grille...

  • Mazda #GAMECHANGER teaser
    New Mazda 3 Debuts Tonight, Reveal To Be Streamed On Xbox Live

    Mazda will stream the live reveal of a brand new model via Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming platform, the automaker has confirmed. The new model, likely to be the redesigned Mazda 3 we’ve been spying in prototype form for several months, will be revealed at 9:00 p.m. EDT tonight at a...

  • Gathering of Mazda MX-5 Miatas sets new world record
    Record Gathering Of Mazda MX-5 Miatas Descend Upon Dutch City

    Mazda set a new world record over the weekend for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. A total of 683 MX-5s joined a procession organized by the automaker in Lelystad, the Netherlands, forming the longest parade of driving Mazdas ever and shattering the...

  • Previous record of 459 Mazda MX-5 Miatas set in 2010
    Mazda Aims To Set New World Record Using MX-5 Miata

    Mazda is hoping to set a new world record for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. The Japanese automaker is in the process of organizing a gathering of as many as 800 MX-5s at a meet in Lelystad, the Netherlands, on June 15, 2013. The MX-5, of course, is...

  • 2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata
    Diesel Engine Mulled For Next-Gen Mazda MX-5: Report

    There are all manner of rumors concerning the next-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata, with reports claiming the car will feature a compact turbocharged engine, tip the scales at less than 2,200 pounds and perhaps even offer a dual-clutch transmission. What we do know is that the car will be based on a...

  • 2014 Mazda Mazda3 Hatchback spy shots
    2014 Mazda Mazda3 Spy Shots

    Mazda is readying its next-generation Mazda3 Hatchback and Sedan for debut this coming year, with the new range expected to arrive as 2014 models. These latest shots, depicting a prototype of the hatchback variant, reveal Mazda designers are going with the same styling theme applied to the 2014...

  • Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta Concept By Pininfarina

    In May 2012, Mazda and Fiat announced plans to co-develop a new Alfa Romeo convertible sports car based on the underpinnings of the next-generation MX-5 Miata. Under the plan, the new Alfa Romeo convertible, which is tipped to revive the Spider name (although Duetto has also been hinted at), will be built by Mazda alongside the new MX-5 at a plant in Hiroshima, Japan. To help differentiate the Alfa from its Mazda sibling, the car will feature Italian styling and engines. Today, Mazda and Fiat confirmed they have signed a final agreement, paving the way for production of the new Alfa Romeo...

  • Mazda Mazda6 Racer concept, 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon
    Mazda Outlines 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon Lineup

    Mazda’s new Mazda6 sedan and wagon will be the highlight of the automaker’s stands at the upcoming 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, with three separate concept versions already confirmed for the show. In addition to the Mazda6 concepts, Mazda will also present two concept versions of its CX-5 as...

  • New Mazda2 built into B-Spec race car on the show floor at PRI
    Watch A New Mazda2 Transform Into A B-Spec Racer In Minutes: Video

    The Mazda2 might not be the first car you think of when you think about racing and Mazdas, but maybe it should be. After all, you can build and race one for less than you'd pay just to buy many race cars in slightly higher-speed classes, and there's a good chance to win some contingency cash to...

  • 2013 Mazda Mazda6 SkyActiv-D Grand-Am GX race car
    2014 Mazda6 Diesel Confirmed For U.S., Will Also Race In Grand-Am

    At this week’s 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Mazda finally confirmed that its redesigned 2014 Mazda6 will be offered with a diesel engine. The new Mazda6 goes on sale in January, initially with just a SkyActiv-G 2.5-liter gas engine. The diesel will arrive in the second half of 2013. The...

  • 1999 Mazda RX-7
    Report: New Mazda RX-7 to coincide with Cosmo’s 50th anniversary

    With the RX-8 bowing out of production earlier this year, Mazda is now left without a rotary engine in its lineup. The main reason for the engine’s demise are its heavy fuel consumption and subsequent high emissions, which makes it simply not viable in the current market, though Mazda remains...

  • Mazda MX-5 Super25, SEMA 2012
    Mazda MX-5 Super25 Concept Endurance Racer At SEMA

    While we're huge fans of adding forced induction to Miatas and MX-5s, extra power isn't the only thing that can make a sports car faster. The SEMA special this year from Mazda is the Super25, built with an eye toward endurance racing speed and durability. An incremental evolution from the Super20...

  • Chris Harris, sans disguise, driving an MX-5

    Esteemed moto-journalist Chris Harris doesn’t like the Mazda MX-5 Miata. In an now-famous article, Harris shot down the MX-5 as a sports car, calling it “just a way of being exposed to the elements.” Worse, he penned that the MX-5 “drives with all the precision of a boneless limb,” causing millions to ponder what medication Mr. Harris was taking. In the interests of fairness, Harris agreed to give the MX-5 another go, swapping his Ferrari 599 for the first-generation Miata of cameraman and editor Neil Carey. Perhaps, given enough seat time, the simple charms of...

  • Mazdaspeed Motorsports driver Connor De Phillippi stacks a virtual race car while texting
    Mazda Works To Combat Distracted Driving: Video

    In 2010, 3,092 people died in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver, while some 416,000 were injured in crashes involving driver distraction. Traveling at 55 mph, a driver covers some 300 yards, blind, in the 4.6 seconds it takes to send the average text. Those numbers aren’t...

  • 2014 Mazda Mazda6
    2014 Mazda 6 preview

    The 2014 Mazda6 has been in production for almost a month, but only now has Mazda released all the details on the new car. The vehicle, which is due in showrooms early next year, is the second of a new generation of Mazdas that feature fuel-saving SKYACTIV technology and the ‘KODO - Soul of...

  • 2009 Mazda MX-5 Superlight Concept
    Future Mazda MX-5 Rumors: Coming 2015, 200-HP 1.3-Liter Turbo

    Like us, you've probably been tracing the projected path of Mazda's next-generation MX-5 for years. Whether you thought the third-gen NC MX-5 was a step in the right direction or not, the fourth-gen car is shaping up to be very interesting indeed. We already know that the next MX-5 will be shared...

  • 2011 Mazda MX-5 GT race car
    Track-Only, 320-HP Mazda MX-5 GT4 Unveiled

    Ever since the first Mazda MX-5 Miata hit the streets in 1989, some people have wanted a little more power. With each new generation Mazda has duly obliged to the point where the current model has a 2.0-liter engine with 167-horsepower--over 50 horses more than the original car. Even then, this...

  • 2014 Mazda Mazda6 Wagon
    2014 Mazda Mazda6 Enters Production, New Wagon Revealed

    The brand new 2014 Mazda Mazda6 makes its official world debut at the 2012 Moscow Auto Show taking place later this month, however, production of the car has already commenced this week at Mazda’s plant in Hofu, Japan. The very first example to roll off the line wasn’t the regular sedan...

  • 2014 Mazda MAZDA6 (European spec)

    Mazda has chosen an unlikely place--Moscow--for the world premiere of its next-generation flagship Mazda6 sedan, which will be making its debut in the U.S. early next year as a 2014 model. While the Mazda6 shown here--the production model and not a prototype or a concept--marks the debut of all-new sheetmetal, it offers several other firsts. The model follows the CX-5 and Mazda5 in offering the new Kodo “soul of motion” design language, which made its debut at the 2010 Paris Auto Show and later the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. But it's the first vehicle to be entirely designed...

  • 900-hp RB26-powered Miata driver makes heroic save on the dragstrip
    RB26 Mazda Miata Driver's Hero Save At 140 MPH: Video

    Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. Contrary to popular belief in some circles, there's a lot of skill involved in drag racing, but in your typical street car, most of it is compressed into the first second or two, with little left to do but point it straight and, if necessary, shift...

  • 2014 Mazda Mazda6 teaser
    2014 Mazda Mazda6 Teaser No. 4 Released: Video

    Mazda has released a new teaser video for its upcoming 2014 Mazda6, which is due for its world debut at the 2012 Paris Auto Show this September. Despite the car in this video looking very similar to the Takeri concept car unveiled last year, Mazda is keen to stress that this is in fact the...

  • 2014 Mazda Mazda6 Wagon spy shots
    2014 Mazda Mazda6 Wagon Spy Shots

    Mazda has already confirmed its long overdue redesign for the Mazda6 mid-size sedan, hatch and wagon is set to make its debut at the 2012 Paris Auto Show this fall, before sales start early next year. And today we have a set of spy shots revealing the new Mazda6 wagon in prototype form as it...

  • 2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata (Japanese spec)
    2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata Preview

    Mazda is giving its MX-5 Miata a mild update before the arrival of a successor sometime next year or in early 2014. Today it has revealed the updated version of the current model that hits Japanese showrooms this week, and should arrive in the U.S. before the year is out. Subtle changes to the...

  • Refreshed Japanese-market 2013 Mazda MX-5. Image via MX-5 OC forums, http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/
    Refreshed 2013 Mazda MX-5 Leaked Via Japanese Dealer Brochure

    The next generation of the Mazda MX-5 (nee Miata) has been the subject of low-level yet fierce speculation for years now. Lighter, smaller, sportier--all are on the table. But before that, it looks like we'll be getting another refresh of the current third-generation car. Known to enthusiasts as...

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