Mazda MAZDA3 News
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Mazda3 Passes Honda Civic In Sales To Date
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2010 MazdaSpeed3: Puts the Zoom in Zoom-Zoom
An Affordable Pocket Rocket That Can Carry Too
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Mazda Muses on Bringing Zoom-Zoom to Clean Diesels
Mazda's always had cool technology. They're the only carmaker that's steadily developed the compact, high-output Wankel rotary engine, for instance. And they're known for powerful, high-revving piston engines and slick-shifting gearboxes. Then there's the green side of the brand, which already...
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Mazda Moves To Install Brake Override Systems After Toyota Issues
Sometimes It Takes A Major Event To Cause Change
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Preview: Mazda to Show 2011 Mazda5 Minivan at Geneva Motor Show
We've always been fond of the 2010 Mazda Mazda5 small minivan, which gets rave reviews for its sporty character and good roadholding. Because it's smaller than more conventional full-size minivans like the Dodge Caravan, Honda Odyssey, and Toyota Sienna, it has always sold in smaller numbers. But...
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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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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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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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2010 Mazda3: Small Car, Wide Smile, Big Fun
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
John Voelcker