Mazda

Today is an exceptional day to all Mazda folks out there. Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled the new facelifted Mazda Axela (known as the Mazda3 outside Japan) in Japan. This new model will be available from today at all Mazda dealerships in Japan.   [singlepic id=8931 w=630 h= float=]  The 2012 Mazda Axela is the second SKYACTIV model in Japan following ...

[singlepic id=8909 w=630 h= float=] Last month, Mazda Motor Corp. is planning to cancel the production of Mazda RX-8. Largely, this is due to falling sales and strict global emissions standards.   All the RX-8s are produced at Mazda’s Hiroshima plant in Japan. The global sales of RX-8 and its production will conclude soon.   Previously, Mazda unveiled the 16X had an ...

At the 2011 Melbourne Motor Show, many exhibitors have exhibited their future products and concept cars. In total, there are no less than 14 concept cars. Thank you, John (our mate) from Down Under for passing some photos taken at the Motor Show to us.    Toyota Motor Corp., Japan’s biggest automaker had showcased its FT-86 II and Prius C ...

Mazda announced that the Skyactiv-G 1.3 direct-injection gasoline engine will debut on the facelifted Demio (known as the Mazda2 outside JDM) in Japan on May 18-20 at Tokyo’s Automotive Engineering Exposition. Mazda aims to increase its global fleet fuel efficiency by 30% by 2015 via its Skyactiv technologies.   The 1.3-liter engine features a record high compression ratio of 14:1 ...

  After the Japan massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, the latest report on Japan’s March auto sales are reportedly the worst they’ve been since 1968. Overall vehicle sales were down 44.2% from the same month in 2010, while sales of all light cars were down a similarly colossal 32.5% on the month.   With many Japanese automakers ...

  Malaysia’s auto sales are on track to grow 2% to record 618,000 vehicles this year, although production could be disrupted in coming months by parts shortages after Japan’s massive earthquake and tsunami.   Sales last year in Southeast Asia’s largest passenger car market rose 12.7% to 605,156 vehicles. For the first two months of this year, sales were up ...

  The major Japanese automakers had recently announcing its impacts, damages and plans after the resulting from the March 11, 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami.   Toyota announced to resume production on March 28 for the Prius and two Lexus hybrids – the HS 250h and CT 200h. The Prius is made at the Tsutsumi factory in western Japan, while ...

This is an unexplainable violence against Mazda6 happening in Russia. It involves a massive, absolutely awesome crane truck grabbing onto the roofs of a pair of perfectly good-looking Mazda6 and simply tossing them into an equally huge bin attached to said truck. Perhaps, the car had write-off due to engine failure.   Anyway, we don’t understand the Russian language. Is ...