Archive for the ‘Mazda’ Category
Mazda, Ford deny plans to dismantle China venture
Japan's Mazda Motor Corp and US giant Ford Motor Company on Monday denied reports they planned to dismantle or restructure their joint venture in China with Chinese partner Changan Automobile.
Ted Liu, a Shanghai-based spokesman for Ford, told AFP that reports the partnership would be dissolved were...
January 18th, 2010 | Ford, Mazda | Read More
Mazda Delivers First Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid
Mazda Motor Corporation today delivered the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda’s latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system.
The...
May 26th, 2009 | Green, Mazda | Read More
Hydrogen cars commercially unavailable until 2020
Hydrogen-powered cars will not be commercially available on a large scale before 2020, a senior official from Japanese auto maker Mazda said Monday in Spain at an international oil conference.
"The earliest that customers will use these environmentally-friendly vehicles in a normal way will be 2020,"...
June 30th, 2008 | Mazda | Read More
Mazda's Rotary Engine Celebrates 40th Anniversary
On May 30, 1967, Mazda launched the world's first twin-rotor rotary engined car, the Mazda Cosmo Sport. Today, 40 years to-the-date later, the company celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Mazda rotary engine. In the years between, Mazda has produced nearly two million vehicles...
May 30th, 2007 | Mazda | Read More
Mazda's Crossover-kill?
How's this for a marketing challenge: Soon Mazda will be selling five different people haulers - all about the same size and all within a relatively narrow price band.
Isn't that cutting things a little too fine for a brand that's a niche player to begin with?
Mazda marketing executives...
February 25th, 2007 | Mazda | Read More
Mazda Hakaze Concept – A New Expression of Movement
Last year Mazda wowed the show car world with a trilogy of design concepts that were talked about on three continents. From Europe's Sassou show car with its unique Shoji design principle and hidden features, to Tokyo Motor Show's Mazda Senku concept car, winner of the Grand Prix du Plus Beau...
February 6th, 2007 | Mazda | Read More
18 year-old wins biggest prize in SCCA Runoffs history
IRVINE , Calif. , February 2, 2007 – Andrew Caddell won a unique competition hosted by MAZDASPEED Motorsports to score the biggest prize in amateur road racing: a new Mazda MX-5 which he’ll race in the 2007 SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook.
The 18-year-old...
February 4th, 2007 | Mazda | Read More
Mazda 3 vehicles lock assembly issue causes alarm
A rash of Mazda 3 owners have fell victim to a sneaky method of forced entry to their zoom zooms. When returning to their vehicles the passenger side door has a dent, and all of the items once in their cars, are now gone. No glass smashed, no door locks jimmied, just a side blow to the door will grant...
January 20th, 2007 | Mazda | Read More
Mazda bring Ryuga Concept to Detroit Auto Show
DETROIT – How will Mazda's Zoom-Zoom spirit achieve form and substance in the future? Laurens van den Acker, Design Division General Manager for Hiroshima, Japan's Mazda Motor Corporation, disturbed the status-quo and challenged every designer in his three global studios with that very...
January 7th, 2007 | Mazda | Read More
Mazda Starts Production of the CX-9, its Second Crossover SUV for the North American Market
Mazda Motor Corporation today held a 'line-off' ceremony for the CX-9 crossover sport-utility vehicle (SUV) being built for the North American market at the Ujina Plant No.1 near its global headquarters in Hiroshima. Hisakazu Imaki, Mazda's representative director, chairman of the board,...
October 31st, 2006 | Mazda | Read More



