In a statement last week, Mazda North American Operations announced that it had discovered a 'safety defect' impacting some of its 2019 and 2020 Mazda3 vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has received a Part 573 defect notification about the matter, according to Mazda, which says that the problem involves the 'inadvertent activation' of its emergency braking system.
The Mazda Miata is the best selling two-seat sports car of all time, according to the Guinness World Record book. The Miata has been on sale in various versions over the last 30 years, and as the older Maita versions age, many of them need restoration. Mazda North America has now announced over 1,100 new and legacy parts for restoring Miata cars.
Mazda is talking up the 2020 CX-9 SUV that will go on sale in the fall of 2019. Along with the features of the car, Mazda has also announced the starting price for the CX-9. The SUV will start at $33,790 and has one big update for the 2020 model year.
Mazda has a new SUV that it is showing off at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show called the MX-30. The vehicle has four doors, but two of the doors are smaller and appear to open after the front doors are open like the smaller doors on a modern extended cab truck.
What comes between Mazda's CX-3 and CX-5 SUVs? If you said "CX-4" then you lose, because confusingly it's actually the Mazda CX-30 that slots in-between the two existing models and could well be the automaker's most popular crossover to-date.
Yesterday Mazda pulled the wraps off a very special MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition at the Chicago Auto Show. The car was to be a very limited edition run with only 3,000 units offered globally. Only 500 examples were coming to the States, and all 500 of the cars were snapped up, and reservations closed in four hours.
Mazda has pulled the covers off the new 2019 Mazda3, and we already know that the cars will have new tech to woo buyers. Mazda says that its KODO design is applied to the sedan hood, cabin, and trunk and is meant to evoke elegance and sleekness. The horizontal flow of the car accentuates the wide, and low stance with a calmness says Mazda.
As we ascend above the cloud layer onboard the Canadian North flight - the tagline of which is “seriously northern” - bound for home from Inuvik, Northwest Territory, the native Inuvialuit boy next to me looks out of the window. “Wow, it looks just like the ocean!” he says. Not only is this his first plane ride, but it’s also his first trip ever out of the Arctic Circle. It takes a minute to really appreciate what the boy said. Few people on Earth would make that observation; from a boy who lives near a frozen sea, it's clear evidence that environment and experience help shape our perspective.
Mazda has offered up some images of a couple of the cars it will have on hand next month at the Tokyo Auto Salon. One of the rides is a new MX-5 that is fitted with carbon fiber hardtop called the Roadster Drop-Head Coupe. With the MX-5 being a car that many people buy for handling and driving enjoyment rather than open-air motoring, hard tops are popular.
The LA Auto Show 2018 wasn't lacking in alluring supercars, concepts, and EVs, but some of the cars stood head and shoulders above the rest. Whether for their electric ambition, for putting a fresh spin on a classic, or just for being drop-dead delicious, these best-of-show models each have something to recommend them. Read on for our top five most noteworthy cars of the LA Auto Show 2018.
The 2020 Mazda3 is a gamble, and while it may look seductive with its newest iteration of Mazda's Kodo design language, the big risk is under the hood. Mazda has focused on its strengths - style, driving engagement, and being just plain different from Ford, Kia, Hyundai, and others - but it's what the Mazda3 isn't that may decide its fate.
The new 2019 Mazda3 is here, and Mazda's curvaceous compact car now promises more upscale design, refined driving, and comfort inside. Revealed this week at the LA Auto Show 2018, the new Mazda3 may not come in an EV or full hybrid form, but the automaker insists that its new Skyactiv-X engine technology will have far better implications for transportation.