Mazda News
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The dirty little secrets of Top 10 lists are in the methodology, as Forbes found out with its weirdly inaccurate "10 Dirtiest Cars" list. (It's the end of the year, so it's time for a lot of Top 10s.) But we see no such problems in the EPA Green Vehicle Guide, which rates vehicles not only on tailpipe emissions but also their carbon-dioxide emissions. CO2 ~ fuel usage Fuel consumption is almost directly proportional to CO2 emissions, so it's not surprising that the best cars for the climate--ranked by their carbon dioxide output--turn out to be the highest-mileage models sold in the U.S. The...
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Mazda Miata To Get 50 MPG With New SKY-G Engine?
Mazda Is Trying To Live Up To Their 30% Increase In Fuel Efficiency Plan
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Hyundai: No More V6s For Midsize Cars or Compact Crossovers
One of the standouts among the global carmakers at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show was Hyundai. The Korean company has seen its market share rise from 3 to 4 percent during a dismal downturn, even without any new volume models to spur excitement. Now, with its Los Angeles launch of the 2010 Tucson...
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2011 Mazda2 Greets L.A. Auto Show Press and Visitors
The Global Mazda2 Finally Comes to the U.S.
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Will the 2011 Mazda2 Spawn a MazdaSpeed2 Hot Hatchback?
Sometimes the most interesting cars at auto shows are the ones the manufacturers don't talk about. As expected, Mazda unveiled its new 2011 Mazda2 subcompact at the Los Angeles Auto Show yesterday. The company also showed a couple of concept versions, including one called "Mazda 2Evil" that we...
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2009 Los Angeles Auto Show: Preview
Only a handful of U.S. auto shows count as important. Detroit, in January, is one; historically, New York in April has been another. But the up-and-comer is the Los Angeles Auto Show, which now occurs in late November or early December and focuses on green cars of all stripes: hybrids, electric...
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Mazda Hasn’t Been On the Forefront Of the EV Industry, But They Are Catching Up
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2011 Mazda2 Subcompact To Launch At Los Angeles Auto Show
We previewed the upcoming 2011 Mazda2 subcompact a couple of months ago, but now we have more details, along with photos of its updated styling. The five-door hatchback will be officially unveiled in early December, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2011 Mazda Mazda2 will go on sale in the U.S. and...
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Toyota Prius To Add Coupe In 2011 To Target 2011 Honda CR-Z
Building on the success of the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid, which is close to sold out due to worldwide demand, Toyota is planning to add additional body styles to the Prius line. Now, the first details of those cars have emerged, and one new model will apparently be a two-door coupe that targets the...
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GreenCarReports: 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Coverage
It's a sad thing when an auto show loses its exhibitors, and this was a tough year for Tokyo. Foreign automakers shunned the show--unless you count England's Lotus--so the biannual event had pretty much only Japanese products on display. Despite the downsizing, green cars abounded, ranging from new...
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Best Fuel Efficiency in the U.S.: 2010 Toyota Prius, at 50 MPG
Well, now it's official. The 2010 Toyota Prius offers the best gas mileage of any new car sold in the U.S. for the upcoming 2010 model year, with a blended EPA rating of 50 miles per gallon. The 2010 Prius had actually been rated at 50 mpg back in March, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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Preview: 2011 Mazda2
Mazda will launch its global subcompact, the Mazda2 five-door hatchback, in the US market roughly a year from now. Its first appearance in North America will be at December's 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. Price is likely to be around $16,000. It is based on the same platform as the eagerly awaited...
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Once in awhile, High Gear Media editors get lucky. Last Thursday, our own Bengt Halvorson managed to snag a drive in the 2010 Mazda MazdaSpeed3 before any other reporter. Which means those sites that just posted their reviews yesterday (they know who they are ...) were just a tad behind the curve. Not that we're crowing or anything. That would be rude. Mileage: Not so great, but oh, the driving! All of us tend to love the Mazda3, which is practical, sporty, and just a total blast to drive. So the hot-rod MazdaSpeed version promised to be exceptional--and, says Bengt, it is. Mostly. His...
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Hybrid Mazotas To Hit the Market Soon? Which Two Japanese Companies Are Partnering Up
Another Manufacturer Is Trying Get It Together For a Hybrid Debut
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Mazda To Get (More) Hybrid, Electric Technology From Ford?
Mazda is known for its "Zoom-Zoom" tagline, meaning sporty cars that set the bar for enjoyable handling at real-world prices. But the company has repeatedly expressed its lack of interest in electric cars, and its one hybrid is so half-hearted few know it exists. Now, Mazda may have reversed...
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2010 Pontiac Vibe: The Last Pontiac Is The Greenest
As the world's battered automakers gear up for the 2010 model year, we say goodbye to a few outgoing models. Among them are the last Pontiacs, a brand General Motors will dispense with after 2010. The sole car offered to the public for the new model year will be the 2010 Pontiac Vibe, a five-door...
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2009 Mazda Miata (MX-5) Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary Around the World
Here Is To Another 20 Years Of Sports Car Fun
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Mazda's Hydrogen Rotary Hybrid Van, A Different Approach to Green
Unlike all the other Asian automakers, Mazda's green strategy focuses on hydrogen fuel for its rotary engine--and now they've made it a hybrid
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Our colleagues take the latest Mazda3 for a spin and come back smiling, just like the car
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Idle-Stop: The Low-Cost 'Micro-Hybrids' We Can't Buy
Our traffic just isn't congested enough to bring us the simple idle-stop systems that are sweeping through Europe
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2009 Mazda Miata Gets Facelift; Will You Dig It?
Is a makeover enough to get you to buy one?
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Mazda Decides Not to Join the EV Race
If this year's Detroit Auto Show taught me any one lesson, it was that every automaker is developing a line-up of electric vehicles, from plug-in hybrids to battery-electric vehicles. Every display boasted at least one new or improved electric vehicle, from the modest and somewhat dull BYD set to...
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Audi Planning Eco-Friendly Car Lineup
Audi E2 While BMW's Mini E is garnering all sorts of attention Audi is quietly planning a full line of alternative fuel vehicles ranging from a tiny city car to a speedy sportback. There are five potential vehicles in the works, currently referred to with ambiguous monikers E1 through E5...
Robert Scardino