Mazda2 gets friendly update in Thailand, new fascia to go global?
2010 Mazda2 (Thailand-spec) - Click above for high-res image gallery
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Spy Shots: If this is it, the Mazda1 looks nothing like Kiyora concept
UPDATE: This is not a prototype for the Mazda1, it is a Chinese-market Haima subcompact based on the Mazda2. Thanks to everyone who sent in the correction
Mazda technology to help cut down the use of plastic in cars
Click above for a high-res image of the new Mazda2
Mazda Kiyora city car concept, MX-5 facelift head to Paris
Click above for hi-res gallery of the Mazda Kiyora concept
Prices and models of the new Ford Fiesta are announced
Ford has everything ready to start selling the new Fiesta in Europe next Fall. Prices start at €11,700 for gasoline variants, and €13,700 for diesels (prices shown are for the French market). If you want 5 doors instead of 3, you have to add €500 to the sticker price. Six different trims(Ambiente, Trend, ECOnetic, Ghia, Titanium and Sport, or Zetec S in the UK) and si
Mazda2 three-door and diesel now waiting for European buyers
The new Mazda2 has been a sport success for Mazda, selling almost 40,000 copies as of April since hitting the showrooms last October. A three-door version (above) was announced back in January and is now available to European customers. A 1.4 litre diesel engine is now also an option across the Mazda2 range and is cleaner and more efficient than the MZR gas engines. According to Mazda's own numbers (read
Mazda2 MPS and 280 hp Mazda6 MPS on their way
Click either image for a high-res rendering of each model from AutoExpress.
New York 2008: World Car of the Year Awards
The fireworks are cold, the confetti cartridges are spent, and the 2008 World Car of the Year Awards have come to an end. Based on standards of merit, value, safety, environmental responsibility, significance, and emotional appeal, the three finalists were the Volvo Ford M
Geneva 2008: Mazda2 loses a couple of doors, gets even cooler
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mazda2 three-door.
Melbourne 2008: Mazda2 Extreme dresses for the dirt
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Mazda2 sedan to debut at Guangzhou Motor Show
We first got our first official look at the new Mazda2 mini-car last March at the Geneva Motor Show. This week at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China, Mazda is taking the wraps off of a sedan version of the new car. The sedan version will be built at the Changan Ford Mazda plant in Nanjing, but it's unknown if it will be available anywhere outside of China. While Ford's upcoming small car is based on the same platfor
Mazda UK campaigning for Mazdaspeed2
Grassroots campaigns aimed at automakers rarely succeed, and even when local dealers get involved those efforts tend to stagnate or get lost in the filter between the showroom floor and the automaker's HQ. But when an entire country's marketing and PR efforts get behind a project there might be a faint hope of success. Mazda UK is launching a lobbying blitz to get its Japanese parent to bring the goods to Britain's masses in the form of the Mazdaspeed2 (well, it'd be called the Mazda2 MPS in the
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