Mazda Vehicles Sweep Spots on KBB '10 Best' Lists
Kelley Blue Book is one of the most respected names in car reviews, giving people guidance on the value and quality of cars for decades—heck, the motto on their website…
MAZDA UK Commercials Have Odd Fascination with Animals
You can do anything with animals in commercials, right? Photo: Mazda UK via YouTube Perhaps it’s just our limited perspective as narrow-minded Americans, but foreign car commercials can seem pretty…
Mazda Takes CX-5 on Experience Tour Across US
It’s probably a safe thing to say that Mazda is excited about the new 2017 CX-5, and they should be—for 2017, Mazda’s middle-of-the-road crossover received a redesign, with changes to…
Mazda Still Plans to Bring Diesel Engine to America
Mazda’s SKYACTIV-D Diesel Engine Lovers of diesel vehicles are in dire straits lately, largely thanks to Volkswagen’s diesel cheating scandal bringing much closer scrutiny on diesel cars of all varieties.…
Mazda Sees May Sales Drop as CX-5 Soars
Mazda has been faced with a real sales challenge, lately. Car sales are dropping as the entire vehicle sales market reaches a crest, and the company is still in the…
Mazda Road to Indy Scholarship Shootout to Hit Mazda Raceway in December
Over the last nine years, Mazda Motorsports has provided close to $15 million in driver development scholarships. The many recipients of support ranged from the grassroots level of sports car…
Mazda Reluctantly Offers Hard Tops to Miata Racecars
When Mazda introduced its current-generation MX-5 Global Cup car in 2014, it did so in the same manner as its conventional MX-5—with a retractable soft top, “as nature intended,” according…
Mazda Issues Recall on 2015-16 Mazda6 for Power Steering, Airbag Wiring Abrasion
The Zoom-Zoom brand seems to be pretty good about recalls—it’s highly involved with concluding the Takata airbag debacle, and even has its own Recall Information Center to better inform people…
Mazda Foundation and Challenged Athletes Foundation Team Up for 620-Mile Bike Ride
Let’s start with a little role play: imagine that you are on a bicycle in San Francisco. Before you, the road stretches away down the coast, dotted with coastal towns.…
Mazda Files Patent for New Rotary Engine, Reveals Technical Aspects
Remember back at the Tokyo Auto Show when Mazda simultaneously revealed that it is still working on rotary engines with the SKYACTIV-R and the frankly gorgeous RX-VISION concept car? Since…
Mazda Continues 'Best Sales Since 1994' Party in February
Following up a January where sales were better than they have been since 1994, Mazda North American Operations has now announced that, for February you can just scratch “January” off that…
Mazda Announces Plans for EVs, Rotary Engines
Mazda has been gradually coming around to the idea that it will need to put some form of electrification in its vehicles. Today, though, we have finally come to Mazda…
Mazda Announces $5 Price Bump for Redesigned 2018 Mazda6
Mazda’s most recent redesign went to its Mazda6 back in November, upgrading the sedan from a good-looking car to something that differentiates itself from the rest of the lineup as…
Mazda and Toyota Launch Joint Venture for Their Future Factory
The news that Mazda and Toyota have been looking to build a joint production plant somewhere in the United States created quite a stir, especially when it was announced that…
The Numbers Are In: All About the Mazda SKYACTIV-X Engine
The long-awaited Mazda SKYACTIV-X has finally arrived — well, in Europe, at least. American buyers have to wait a bit longer to rev up this fuel-efficient engine. Here’s a look…
EPA Quietly Rates Mazda CX-5 Diesel Engine Efficiency at Up To 29 mpg Combined
The question of Mazda bringing a diesel powertrain to the U.S. has been pretty open for some time, with the brand at the end of 2016 promising that it would…
2017 Mazda CX-9 Overview
Fresh from getting a new look in 2016, the Mazda CX-9 comes back, mostly the same, for the 2017 model year, still helping the brand to ratchet its way up-market.…
Mazda Heads in New Direction with Personnel Changes
Things are soon taking a turn for Mazda as they announce some executive personnel changes, which will go into effect on June 26 after ratification by the shareholders at a…
2014 Mazda MAZDA6 Overview
The MAZDA6 has been completely redesigned for the 2014 model year inside and out. 2014 Mazda MAZDA6 Exterior The all-new exterior styling of the 2014 MAZDA6 begins with the imposing…
Kelley Blue Book Grants Mazda the 2017 Brand Image Award for “Best Car Styling Brand”
Good looks run in the family Rewind the clock about two years, and you will find a younger me on the hunt for my first car. After writing about cars…
Mazda Reports Continuing Sales Rise for CX-5 and MX-5, Drop for Everything Else in August
Mazda North American Operations has reported its total sales for August, making a total of 25,846 vehicles, which is a small 1% drop from last August. Year-to-date sales are likewise…
2013 Mazda Sales Increase, Retail-Only Reach 19 Year High
The 2014 Mazda Mazda6 Mazda closed out what was already a prosperous 2013 with a 2.5 percent overall sales increase, marking the automaker’s best year since 2007. 2013 Mazda sales…
Mazda Exec Stirs Rotary Return Hopes
Writing about Mazda sometimes feels a little like being part of a flock of seagulls in “Finding Nemo.” Every once in a while, someone in Mazda’s global network says something…
Mazda Flatly Denies Japanese Emissions Cheating Allegations
Sometimes, it seems the more serious the news Mazda puts out, the longer the press release headline is. And this one, coming in the aftermath of accusations of emissions cheating,…
Mazda & Toyota Agree to Spend $6 Million to Protect Tiny Fish
Mazda and Toyota are in the process of developing a new joint manufacturing plant worth $1.6 billion in Huntsville, Alabama, but it hasn’t been without setbacks. In June, the Center…
