Preliminary details and a side profile image of the Mazda CX-8 have been released ahead of its Japanese market entry before the end of this year. This follows an interior reveal in April. The CX-8 sits, as the names suggests, somewhere in between the CX-5 and the CX-9. Mazda is […]
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Mazda Miata (MX-5) gets snowmobile engine conversion (video)
When a vehicle is the most popular sports car in history, with several million spread throughout the world, you can bet all kinds of nutty experiments will take place. The Mazda MX-5 (or Miata as it’s known in the USA) has been mutilated for everything from 1UZ V8 swaps, LS3 […]
2017 Mazda CX-5 gets IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick+’ safety award
The recently-introduced new Mazda CX-5 has picked up an important accolade in the US, in the form of a top safety award by the IIHS. Australia’s ANCAP program is yet to crash test the new model, but the previous model was awarded the full five stars. However, it seems the […]
Top 10 medium cars coming to Australia by 2020
The inexorable march of the SUV appears to be coming at the expense of conventional cars, swallowing up their sales numbers and splintering into ever more fragmented pieces. Large sedans are on the way out, which means medium cars have to sharpen their act or become tractor food. Luckily for […]
Mazda rotary celebrates its 50th anniversary (mega gallery)
The Mazda rotary sports car is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, since the first introduction of the 1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S. To help mark the occasion, Mazda has brought together a collection of classic rotary-powered models for a special presentation and epic photo gallery. The collection includes all […]
Top 10 sports SUVs that could come to Australia in 2018
With the mid-size SUV segment now the most popular SUV class in Australia, carmakers are presently deliberating whether to pull the trigger with sporty versions. While trendy and fashionable to most people, SUVs are, for some people, a necessary evil and not a joy machine. The majority of the best […]
2017 Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport review (video)
With the arrival of the 2017 Mazda CX-5, rivals can’t seem to catch a break from the pummelling they already received from its predecessor. Even towards the end of its life, the outgoing CX-5 enjoyed market dominance for the last four years as Australia’s most popular SUV. The magic formula […]
Mazda confirms new rotary coming for 50th anniversary?
Mazda has rotary fans spinning out like chooks on a rotisserie, with some very cryptic literature in its quarterly Zoom Zoom magazine. There is a section in the magazine dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Mazda rotary engine, marking half a century since the debut of the Wankel-engined Cosmo. […]