Mazda RX-8 News

"So, you want to take a picture of my ugly face do ya," were the first words I heard from Leon Buchanan.

Mazda North American Operations today reported October 2009 sales of 15,068, a decrease of 8.4 percent versus October of 2008.

Mazda adds some zip; 2010 Mazdaspeed3 The second-generation Mazdaspeed3 ups the visual ante without being gaudy.

Bypassing the bling, Mazda has turned to its motorsports efforts for this week's SEMA show in Las Vegas.

This 2004 Mazda RX-8, owned by MaskedRenesis, has an estimated 315 horsepower. Check out some of the pictures and ratings of this Tuner Car below, as well as other info about this ride.

With all the pomp and circumstance that surrounds any big economic news, Fisker Automotive of Irvine, CA announced an agreement yesterday to purchase GM's former Wilmington, DE plant where it plans to produce low-end and mid-range hybrids by 2012.

BLYTHEVILLE, October 28, 2009: On Oct. 24 - 25, the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour held an event after the Tire Rack Solo National Championships for the first time since 1993.

What you see pictured here is a conceptual vision for a 2+2 sports coupe with reverse opening rear doors designed to replace the current Mazda RX-8. The so-called Mazda RX-Z was conceived by Romanian design student, Adrian Ciprian who took a different -but not necessarily better- styling approach ditching most typical new-generation Mazda design ...

The next-generation rotary engine from Mazda Motor Corp. isn't ready. The engine, unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo show under the code name 16X, was planned as the powerplant for the next-generation RX-8 sports car to be launched in 2012 or so.

With the RX-8 being the only car on the market with a rotary engine, fans have been worried that Mazda may dump its fuel hungry rotary and concentrate on traditional engines like its new SKY range.

The Mazda RX-Z concept by designer Andrus Ciprian is very much a simple and straight design, much like his earlier Dacia MC concept .

An end-of-year buying frenzy is on the cards as companies prepare to pass on the scheduled reduction in import duties.

Race tracks and rain generally don't mix, but that was no reason to pass up a recent opportunity to test some Mazda products at a Vancouver-area road course.

The old Mazda 323 of the late '80s was adored by many for its simple utility, great fuel mileage and bombproof reliability - in fact one of my colleagues expressed her ever-lasting love for them, having owned five in her lifetime.

Wea ve seen an iPod Touch control a Mazda RX-8 , but the modded r/c combo of Mazda and iPod Touch gets upped by the full fledged driving app, the iDrive.

Something distinctively strange is going on. Kia have within a calendar year, managed to produce two cars that a) don't make me want to vomit profusely all over the place and b) actually might like to have .

The Chevrolet Volt may be the most famous car in the world, but, since it doesn't actually exist yet, we still know very little about it.

October 12, 2009: Australia's top-selling import vehicle brand, Mazda, has brought forward the 2010 import duty cut, saving new car buyers up to $2000. From 1 January 2010, the Federal Government will reduce duty on imported passenger cars.

MAZDA are reaping the rewards of banking on style to sell cars. They have just taken a record 2.9 per cent share of the September market and their 2 supermini had its best month ever with 4,710 sales.

Today Mazda came out with an official release announcing that it has commenced production of the Mazda2 supermini -known as Demio in Japan- at its new plant in Thailand.