Mazda RX-8 News

Click above for high-res image gallery Until now, Mazda's most notable alternative fuel programs have been the hydrogen-powered Wankel rotaries currently being used in an RX-8 test fleet.

November 20, 2009: Mazda Motor Corporation announced today that its unique idling stop system, i-stop, has won the 2009 Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan Technology of the Year award.

Jeremy Cato Published on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 4:37PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

The Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan thinks so, and has picked Mazda's i-stop as its Technology of the Year for 2009.

The long-anticipated 2011 MAZDA2 will make its North American debut at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show next month.

Automotive News The young pair waiting for the light to change outside the corner Starbucks made an attractive sight.

"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.