North Americans will soon be seeing the new Mazda6. Specifically developed for American roads, the latest Mazda6 evolves the sporty styling and driving performance specifically for our road conditions. The car will be assembled at the Auto Alliance plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, which is jointly operated with parent Ford.
The ‘09 Mazda 6 will be [...]

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Them wacky people at Car and Driver have raised a few eyebrows with their latest car test. The latest test involved running a FX50 with a 5.0L V8 churing out 390-hp from 0-60 in 5 seconds. That’s right - five. After four, before six. Five seconds. They allege it’s a fraction of a second [...]

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In Japan disheartened Mitsubishi fans have something to cheer them up - sort of. The Mitsubishi Colt, that tiny little Chrysler-tag-team-failure, has gotten a much needed upgrade. By upgrade we’re not talking about anything to do with the engine, oh no, we’re talking about “improved rigidity.” There’s no word on pricing, but will consumers really [...]

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Hot Wheels is marking it’s 40th anniversiry with a very special challenge to car manufacturers: give Mattel your zaniest car design and they’ll turn it into a dinky car. What did Honda think of? A quirky throw back to the 1967 Honda F1.
Honda’s Racer dinky car, according to the official press release, “combines the excitement [...]

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Just like Toyota has the Scion in America and the Dahaitsu in Asia, Honda now has it’s own sub-brand just for China’s bustling car market. Honda will work with it’s Chinese partner, Guangzhou Honda, to create a new division with the name “Li Nian”, meaning “subject” in Chinese. Guangzhou already makes Odyssey minivans, Accord [...]

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Here’s a warning for all you big drug lords that visit JCB - Chinese custom officials check funny looking cars for drugs. Especially if that funny looking car happens to be a Mazda from China’s arch rival.
Officials at Beijing airport let the dogs out on Mazda’s Taiki concept. Apparently the odd looking car was suspect [...]

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Rain made Japan’s Indy 300 a difficult race but Twin Ring Motegi will be best known as the home of the first female driver to win an Indy Car event. Danica Patrick, a powerful name in herself, almost certainly won the race 198 laps into the race after passing Helio Castroneves. Just two laps [...]

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Does a tree hugging Honda FCX Clarity make you think indy car racing? Not unless Honda replaces the old ethanol pace cars with their own hydrogen Honda FCX Clarity. Ethanol might be clean, but hydrogen emits water. That’s just cool.
During the third race of the 2008 IRL IndyCar Series at the Twin Ring Motegi track [...]

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