Perhaps Mazda was given a chance to play with Mercedes-Benz’s nomenclature machine, but the Japanese firm has adjusted the name of its Sky technologies to SkyActiv. These represent the updated components that will appear in Mazda’s next generation of cars, and represent six particular advances, from engines to bodyshells. The engines formerly known as Sky-D (diesel) and Sky-G [...]
“We will never give up,” says Mitsuo Hitomi, general manager of Mazda’s powertrain division, referring to the automaker’s long-running investment into the rotary engine. This vote of confidence in Felix Wankel’s replacement for displacement will surely come as welcome news to rotor-heads the world over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t problems in World of Wankel. [...]
We’re big fans of the 2011 Mazda2, but of all the good things this little hatch has going for it, fuel economy isn’t really one of them. Manual transmission models offer 29/35 miles per gallon city/highway, and while that isn’t terrible by any means, it’s sub-par when you consider the new standard for B- and C-segment [...]
Now that the global Ford Ranger has received its debut, Mazda has taken the time to show off its take on the mid-sized pickup at the Australian International Motor Show. The Japanese automaker calls its version theBT-50, and it wears plenty of the company’s Nagare design language. Along with the swept nose and headlights, Mazda has thrown [...]
The Australian International Motor Show will be welcoming a new Mazda along with that mysterious Subaru. The next generation of the Mazda BT-50 pickup is scheduled to premiere on October 15 as an “active lifestyle vehicle.” We’re not sure how the “modern and refined styling” will radically alter the Aussie’s take on the BT-50 or trucks in [...]
