Archive for January, 2008

Mazda2 news

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Not content with shaving every gram of extra weight off the Mazda2 to make it one of the lightest cars around, the Mazda engineers have gone even further and lobbed the two rear doors off their featherweight supermini.Yes, this is the three-door Mazda2…

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2008 Detroit Auto Show Mazda CX-9 Wins 2008 North American Truck of the Year Award

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

The 2008 Mazda CX-9 crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) was today named the North American Truck of the Year. Determined by 48 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada, the prestigious North American Truck of the Year award recognizes…

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2008 Mazda Furai Concept

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

(from Mazda Press Release) As the latest in Mazda’s award-winning and highly acclaimed series of Nagare concept cars, the Furai P2 concept vehicle celebrates 40 years of rotary engine and international motorsports heritage with the raciest interpreta…

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Mazda MPV Facelift Revealed (JA)

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The Mazda MPV was only launched in 2006 and already the facelift has been released and gone on sale in Japan. The exterior and interior has been restyled while the ride quality and comfort levels have been improved.On the outside we now find new chrome…

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Mazda aims to inject some ’six’ appeal into the market with its revamped family model

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Competition in the large family car market is hotting up. Ford’s Mondeo and the Renault Laguna lead the field for quality, while Vauxhall’s Insignia promises to be just as impressive.And now, Mazda is hoping to inject some ‘six’ appeal to the s…

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Detroit Auto Show: Mazda Furai

Friday, January 4th, 2008

So we were all teased with the Mazda Furai teaser photo a few weeks back — that’s the concept car we’ll be seeing from the brand all about the “Zoom-Zoom” in two weeks at the Detroit Auto Show. Now we can be teased with the full press shots thanks to …

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Mazda Protege

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

If you’ve got an ‘02 Mazda Protege, is it enough to add turbocharging and nitrous? No? How about a lurid green-and-orange paint job? Sorry, but you need to have a truck bed on your turbocharged, nitrous-enhanced Protege before you’ve earned any braggin…

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Mazda Furai Pictures Leaked

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

What’s the Japanese word for wow?
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this in the slightest. Sure, it’s not perfect, some of the detailing around the rear wheels is clunky and there seems to be an over usage of gills & frills and various marine lifeform, er, forms (which I note is a growing trend in Japanese cars […]

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