Mazda’s new CEO introduced the CX-9 and its raft of changes to a U.S. audience at the New York Auto Show today. The swoopy lines picked up from the Nagare are said to be “the embodiment of emotion.” And that’s right, if you get can worked up for the new 20-inch wheels, bigger side mirrors [...]
Following hot on the heels of reports that Volkswagen designer Derek Jenkins had defected to Mazda to head up its North American design office comes news that the Japanese automaker has replaced its global design chief, Laurens van der Acker, with Ikuo Maeda.
Van der Acker joins Volvo’s Steve Mattin in leaving the design division of [...]
Derek Jenkins has spent his entire professional design career within the walls of the VolkswagenGroup, first working on the Concept 1 (which became the New Beetle) under J Mays. After having also worked on the Audi A2, the Microbus concept, the GX3 (seen above), as well as the Passat Gold Coast and Eos Highway 1 [...]
2010 Mazda CX-7 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Not long ago, the premium German manufacturers said they were going to push diesels instead of hopping on the hybrid train, but we see where that’s gone: Porsche has hybrids, BMW is pushing its coming hybrids, and Mercedes is oozing its hybrid desires everywhere. Of course, [...]
2009 Mazda6 s Grand Touring - Click above for high-res image gallery
With a tagline like “Zoom Zoom”, Mazda has given itself the mandate that every one of its vehicles must be fun to drive. While that standard is more easily met with dedicated sports cars like the RX-8 and MX-5, infusing the essence of Mazda’s [...]
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
When we were told that the Mazda Kiyora concept unveiled at last year’s Paris Motor Show would influence Mazda’s coming city car, it looks like we overestimated the [...]
Click above for a high-res gallery of 20 years of the Mazda Miata/MX-5
Low weight and greater efficiency might not be the sexiest of selling points for a sports car unless you’re a devotee of Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s “add lightness” philosophy. Thankfully for those less-is-more enthusiasts, however, Mazda has steadily adhered to that formula with [...]
In addition to U.S. premieres for its new Mazdaspeed3 and reworked CX-7, Mazda will have a global debut in the form of a “heavily revised” CX-9 at next month’s New York Auto Show.
For 2010, the three-row crossover will receive a riff on the controversial “smiley face” front graphic that has already been shown for 2010 [...]