Mazda today announced that they’ll be developing a new eight-seat minivan only for the Japanese market. The car, named “Biante” from the word ambient, will go on sale in only a few months. The Mazda Biante looks very much like our North American Mazda5, only larger. Mazda claims the Biante will offer Japanese [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Mazda has been tight lipped about the launch of their latest Mazda3 and I’ve been impatient when it came to buying a Mazda3. So when these spy photos were leaked onto the interweb I got a little pissed at the fact I have a 2008 Mazda3 sitting in my driveway. Why didn’t I wait? [...]

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Two years ago, the Cougar Ace cargo ship and its load of 4,800 brand new Mazda vechicles (worth around $120 million), flipped over off the coast of Alaska. Initially Mazda had thought that the ship, which had only flipped to the side, could be salvaged and most of the cars onboard saved, restored, [...]

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The esteemed panelists incharge of World Car of the Year have picked the Mazda2/Demio as their 2008 pick, giving a boot to the Ford Mondeo and Mercedes C-Class contendors. Why a cheap and boring Mazda, which by the way, is not sold around the world? I don’t know… no one does. All we do [...]

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The updated RX-8 has gone on sale today in Japan, and Mazda has released new images that show the car without all that car show glare. The freshened version features subtle cosmetic changes on the outside, improved interior quality and minor mechanical upgrades.
One of the lesser models known as the Type-E in Japan makes [...]

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We’ve learned that Mazda will be launching a 175bhp diesel version of the new 6 at the end of the year. And why not? To be succesful in Europe, as Mazda obviously wants to be, a diesel engine is a must.
It’s understood to be based on a new 2.2 litre capacity version of Mazda’s [...]

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