Mazda News

Mazda MX-5 Miata drivers know how to have a good time, at least, that's the message in this new ad. A few guys take their cars and head to the Longcross Race Track in Surrey, UK to attempt some ultimate Frisbee action with the use of just their cars. All throws ...    Read more

Despite Mazda being a small mainstream automaker and Infiniti being a luxury brand owned by a juggernaut of a company in Nissan-Renault, the two have a remarkable amount in common--namely, regaining a sense of identity and picking up lost market share or gaining new ground. Both Infiniti and Mazda are in ...    Read more

Set to hit showroom floors this fall, the 2015 Mazda3 has been spotted testing on the roads of Germany before it makes its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this year. Although we've seen pictures of the next-generation Mazda3 out testing before,  for the first time we ...    Read more

Earlier this week, Mazda announced that it is once again profitable, having its first annual net profit in five years. Despite this profitability, the North American operations have posted losses. Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi believes the losses will end this fiscal year. After four years of losses, Mazda rebounded and reported ...    Read more

It only took 49 years, but the one millionth Ford Mustang, a GT convertible, rolled off the assembly line at the Blue Oval's Flat Rock, Mich. assembly facility earlier today. Prior to Flat Rock, the Mustang was assembled in Dearborn, Mich., the same town where Ford's World Headquarters are based. ...    Read more

The new Ward's 10 Best Interiors list is out, and here's the shocker: there's not one Audi on the list. Ward's evaluates based on new interiors, and the German automaker, widely considered to offer the best interiors, doesn't have a significantly "new" vehicle. But Audi wasn't the only omission: there ...    Read more

Formula One fanatics won't be the only ones drawn in to theaters this September, when the Ron Howard-directed film Rush makes its big screen debut.  Inspired by real events that took place during the 1976 racing season, Rush brings to life the rivalry between Formula One drivers ...    Read more

It's easy to snooze through new car sales each month with a few inevitabilities, right? The Ford F-Series will always be the best-selling pickup. The Toyota Camry will always be the best-selling midsizer, unless the Accord trades spots with it like it does so often. Except that neither the Accord nor ...    Read more

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Far and away, the Mazda3 has become the best-selling car in the Mazda portfolio, showing that a compact car can be both efficient and fun to drive in this era. Accord to Automotive News, the next-generation car is set to arrive at dealerships this fall, citing an anonymous source within the ...    Read more

In this episode of Head 2 Head, Carlos Lago, Associate Road Test Editor for Motor Trend, compares two powerful hot-hatches, the Ford Focus ST and the MazdaSpeed3. Which is better? From the start of the video, it's clear which car Lago has chosen, even before any of the tests have ...    Read more

While a bit brutish for a sport compact car, there's something endearing about the 2013 MazdaSpeed3. Mazda has programmed it to limit the torque--pulling force--going to the front wheels in first and second gear because it's simply too much grunt for the car. It has a little but of understeer--front-end ...    Read more

Affordable sports cars is the name of the game in this week's episode of Head 2 Head, as Carlos Lago tests out the 2013 Scion FR-S and the 2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club Edition trying to answer the question of which car is more fun. When compared to the FR-S, the ...    Read more

Nobody buys a Mazda MX-5 ("Miata") because it's reliable. Not anymore anyway. But when the Miata debuted just over 24 years ago, it was hailed as a reliable alternative to the British roadsters of the '70s and '80s. The British formula was simple: lightweight, rear-wheel drive, and an open top. The ...    Read more

If the burgeoning compact crossover segment appears to be getting better all the time, that's because it is. We recently tested the 2014 Mazda CX-5, but when Mazda had originally invited us out last year to test drive the--at the time--all-new Mazda CX-5, we were excited, but didn't know what to ...    Read more

Our spy photographers snagged the next-generation 2015 Mazda 3 hatchback during testing, with a much cleaner, more refined design under the black-and-white camouflage. The Kodo design language has thankfully removed many of the current model's design excesses. For example, the next-generation Mazda3 prototype gets rid of the current model's defining ...    Read more

The first month of 2013 is already in the books and it's already mimicking what we saw in 2012. Chrysler Group reported a profit of $1.7 billion in 2012, up from $183 million in 2011, and momentum continues to flow in 2013 as two of its brands (Dodge ...    Read more

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It took some time, but Fiat and Mazda have officially come to terms to build a two-seat sports car for the one of the Italian automaker's brands, Alfa Romeo. This to-be-named-later Alfa sports car will begin production in 2015 at Mazda's Hiroshima assembly facility. Fiat has said this sports car will ...    Read more

Every month is important in the auto industry, but for most automakers, December holds special significance; as the last month of the year, we get annual sales numbers in addition to monthly figures, and automakers, consumers, and analysts are all able to see how good or bad the year actually ...    Read more

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The 2014 Mazda6 midsize sedan goes on sale this month, and the stylish 6's just released EPA fuel economy ratings put it at the top of the class. The 2014 Mazda6 will come with a choice of manual or ...    Read more

Fiscal cliff, schmishcal schmiff. There was a late sense of fear felt in the U.S. economy that capped what has been the best sales year in the auto industry since 2007. As cars and houses are the U.S.'s primary movers and shakers, there was an underlying sense that if credit ...    Read more

The 2014 Mazda6 is set to go on sale in just a couple of weeks, and we've got a great idea about its pricing. On its website, Mazda has an overview page for the 2014 Mazda6. And while the Japanese automaker hasn't offered up official pricing yet, we can see ...    Read more

When all the automakers begin passing really stringent crash tests with flying colors, the next logical move is to find even more obscure tests that will inevitably force them to make even safer cars. Arbitrary as it may seem, it's one of the ways the independent Insurance Institute of Highway ...    Read more

The 2013 North American International Auto Show is still a few weeks away, but some automakers just couldn't wait and unveiled what they'd be bringing a little early. This week brought the early, yet official debut of vehicles like the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, ...    Read more

Light-duty vehicles and planes are about to share something in common: data recorders. Airplanes already have a data recorder--colloquially known as a "black box"--that records real-time flight data which is relied upon in the event of an accident. Now, all new light-duty cars and trucks may required to carry a ...    Read more

In a departure from the Mazda of old, and in an effort to expand its appeal, the Japanese automaker has undergone a reinvention. With a new focus on efficiency catapulted by its new Skyactiv technology, Mazda debuted the 2013 CX-5 earlier this year, ...    Read more