List of articles tagged: Mazda

Petrol prices up by a mind-boggling Rs 7.50 from today, engineering students in Punjab develop a driverless golf car while Ferrari claims the fastest unofficial lap around the Laguna Seca.

Mazda is selling the last of its rotary engines as we know them in the RX-8 in the form of the RX-8 Spirit R. The last of the Wankels was limited to just 1000 units, but thanks to popular demand, the Japanese manufacturer has doubled the production run by another 1000 units. 

Mahindra likely to set up plant in Uttarakhand, Mazda RX-8 end run production doubles, and Lamborghini trademarks 'Huracan' name.

Nissan plans to be the biggest exporter from India, Mercedes confirms the Porsche 911 rival, cars to get cleaner than rail transport by 2020, Prince Charles' 14 year old Aston to go under the hammer at Bonhams while Volkswagen is looking for reasons behind falling sales.

Mazda has introduced a new compact crossover SUV, the CX-5. The CX-5 is the first Mazda as well as the first compact SUV with Mazda’s new advanced safety technology called ‘Smart City Brake Support’ (SCBS), which helps a driver to avoid or minimise the impact of a frontal collision when driving at low speeds – under 32kmph - in the city or in slow moving traffic.

Mazda will unveil its Takeri concept car for the first time in Europe at next month’s Geneva International Motor Show.  Mazda Takeri is a next-generation mid-sized saloon featuring Mazda’s new and unique i-ELOOP regenerative braking technology.  It will be joined on-stage by the all-new Mazda CX-5 compact crossover SUV – equipped with the full range of Mazda’s breakthrough SKYACTIV technology – the MX-5 Special Edition Spring 2012 (on sale as the ‘Venture Edition’ in the UK), and an array of new technologies, plus a production model line-up.

Mazda has confirmed that it will showcase the global premiere of the Mazda Takeri concept car, a next-generation mid-sized saloon, at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. 

The giant American auto makers like GM and Daimler, and Japanese manufacturers like Honda, and Nissan didn’t participate in this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The main highlights of this event were the Europe-based manufacturers with many of them going green.