Mazda will launch its Hakaze Concept in cyberspace on Nagare Island at Second Life on February 15th.
The Hakaze Concept is Mazda’s third concept for this auto show season. The Hakaze continues development of Mazda’s new Nagare (pronounced na-ga-reh) design language. The word Nagare means “flow” and “the embodiment of movement” in Japanese, and the three […]

Yesterday we showed you a spy shot of the third generation Mazda2. Today Mazda announced that it will stage the world premiere of the all-new Mazda2 (known as the Mazda Demio) at the Geneva International Motor Show in March. Mazda states that the all-new Mazda2 will build on the automaker’s current generation of Zoom-Zoom branding.
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Spy photographers caught the third-generation Mazda2 during cold weather testing in Sweden. While it isn’t available in the States, the Mazda2 (aka Mazda Demio) has been a big seller in the B-class segment in European and Asian markets. Since Ford Motor is short on B-segement cars in the U.S. — it has a grand total […]

Mazda today announced that it built the 800,000th unit of its Roadster on January 30, 2007. The Roadster is known as the MX-5 Miata in North America and the MX-5 in Europe. Mazda began production of the Roadster in April 1989.
The Mazda Roadster was certified as the world’s top selling lightweight, open-top, two-seat sports car […]

For 2006, Pontiac’s Solstice roadster outsold Mazda’s MX-5 Miata to take the title of America’s most popular roadster. While Pontiac sold 19,710 Solstice roasters in 2006, Mazda only delivered 16,897 MX-5s, but that was up 72.4 percent from the previous year.
Despite being outsold, Mazda North American Operations’ top executive is unfazed by the second place […]

Following the debuts of the Nagare and Ryuga concepts at the Los Angeles and Detroit Auto Shows, Mazda will unveil the Hakaze Concept, the brand’s third concept in its ‘Nagare’ design language. The name Hakaze (pronounced hah-kah-zay) comes from the Japanese words “ha” for “leaf” and “kaze” meaning “wind,” a design inspired by a falling […]

Mazda North American Operations announced that its January 2007 U.S. sales were the automaker’s best since 1994. With sales of 19,265 vehicles, Mazda sales were up 6.0 percent versus last year. Sales were led by the MAZDA3, with its best-ever January on sales up 25.3 percent from last year. The MAZDA5 posted an 8.7 percent […]

Mazda announced that sales of its CX-7 in Japan has far exceeded the automaker’s estimates in its first month on sale. Since its domestic launch on December 19, 2006, Mazda has received approximately 1,800 orders for the crossover during its first month of sales. It appears that Mazda underestimated demand — intentionally or not. Mazda […]

Mazda unveiled its second concept in its ‘Nagare’ (Japanese for ‘flow’) design study at the Detroit Auto Show with the premiere of the Mazda Ryuga Concept (Japanese for ‘gracious flow’).
The Mazda Ryuga Concept — and the earlier Nagare Concept — is inspired by the embodiment of motion in nature — such as how wind shapes […]

Mazda unveiled its second concept — the Ryuga (pronounced “ree-yoo-ga,” Japanese for “gracious flow”) — in a series of three it plans to debut this auto show season. The Ryuga concept is a follow up to the Nagare concept, which was revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Nagare — Japanese for “flow” — introduced […]