Mazda3 Review & Road Test

You’d be smiling too if you were a 3

Model Tested:

2009 Mazda 3 Maxx; 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; five-speed automatic; sedan – $27,050*

Options:

None Fitted

Build quality; ride & handling; smooth drivetrain
Road noise; strange looks
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Okay, okay, let’s start with the obvious – the Mazda3 has a big smile. It’s kind of a goofy grin, too, [...]

2012 Mazda RX-7 first pics

CarAdvice has today received a couple of renderings of what is believed to be the 2012 Mazda RX-7.

Confirming a report we published earlier this year the new model is expected to be powered by the new 16X rotary engine, a revolution of the existing Renesis 13B, as featured in the current RX-8.
In its naturally-aspirated guise [...]

Mazda to launch efficient engines for 2011

Mazda has announced today that it has developed a new range of engines that will exceed the strict new CAFE regulations looming on the horizon.

The engines, both four-cylinder and rotary, will hit the market by 2011 and will be the Japanese brand’s first major step towards it goal of achieving a 30 per cent improvement [...]

Mazda sales firm in soft market

Mazda Australia has increased its market share by an impressive 0.59 per cent YTD selling just over 6000 new vehicles in July.

According to VFACTS figures released yesterday, Mazda remains the country’s number one full-line vehicle importer with 44,627 new vehicles sold so far this year. That equates to an 8.4 per cent share in the [...]

Mazda3 MPS – First Steer

2009 Mazda3 MPS – First Steer
When you can make your hero car perform better, look more appealing, add extra equipment and potentially sell better but lower the price, even if only by a few hundred dollars, then you are probably on a winner, especially if it’s the Mazda3 MPS.

By David Twomey
We are talking about a [...]

Mazda3 Review & Road Test

2009 Mazda 3 SP25 Review & Road Test

Cheerful, sporty and a sales assassin

Model Tested:

2009 Mazda3 SP25; 2.5-litre, DOHC, four-cylinder; six-speed manual; Hatch – $30,690

Options:

Luxury Pack – leather trim, Bose 10-speaker audio and sliding centre armrest $2400; Floor mats $123

Sporty nature, good performance, excellent safety
Steering lightness, bland dash, cluttered steering wheel

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By David [...]

June vehicle sales show upward trend

The latest new vehicle sales data shows encouraging results with clear signs the market has been boosted by strong, additional demand from business sales, largely the result of tax incentive programs instituted by the Federal Government.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) today released its industry sales summary for June 2009.

Although year-on-year sales are down [...]

Mazda Australia records best month ever

Despite the on-going financial doom and gloom Mazda Australia have bucked the trend recording its best sales month ever this June retailing a bumper 8406 units.

The impressive result shattered the company’s previous best of 7565 set back in March of 2008.

UK Mazda3 gets stop-start technology

The all-new Mazda3 range now incorporates innovative ‘i-stop’ (stop-start) fuel saving technology on 2.0 Sport models in Britain.

The system automatically switches off the engine upon engaging neutral or whenever the car is stationary for more than a few seconds and restarts the engine when the driver simply depresses the clutch.

2012 Ford Ranger T6 advanced prototype spied

They say he lives and breathes frames-per-second and hates all people named Nik and the word ‘on’. He is our spy photographer and he has snapped a gauntlet of cars this week, the first of which is Ford’s 2012 T6 Ranger.

Although we have already seen the white vehicle pictured below, the close up of the [...]

Former Mazda designer for Renault

Former Mazda and Ford designer Laurens van den Acker will succeed Patrick le Quement as head of design at French carmaker Renault.

Mr Van den Acker, 43, seen above explaining his Kazamai Concept, quit as head of design at Mazda earlier this month and will join Renault on May 15 before assuming Mr le Quement’s [...]

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