Mazda's motivation behind the new 2010 CX-7 is simple: widen the client base. Here's the deal. The CX-7 compact crossover was launched in 2006 as a 2007 model. Since then, over 8,000 units have been sold across the country. But Mazda is raising the bar - by lowering it. The automaker is aiming for the bottom-end, to be precise. You see, the all-wheel-drive CX-7 with 244-hp turbo engine occupies the middle of the range in the compact crossover segment, leaving the low-end to the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CRV, which respectively account for 15 and 10% of the market.
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Ford and Chinese joint venture partners Changan and Mazda will on Friday reveal plans for a third car manufacturing plant, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Snuggly set behind the wheel, you drive the car as if it was a roller-coaster wagon, gobbling corner after corner without even feeling the outside forces that so desperately try to send the machine into a tailspin. Sure, the takeoff wasn't very electrifying, but once up to speed, you can shred the perfect line almost every time out.
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ChangAn Ford Mazda, the joint venture between Chongqing ChangAn Automobile, Ford and its affiliate Mazda, sold 144,601 Ford brand cars in China in the first eight months of 2009, up 30% year on year.
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Mazda has decided to sell its entry-level 2 in the US and Canada from late next year, the Ford affiliate announced on Friday.
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Given the current auto industry state of play, a slimmed down, eye-on-the-budget, Frankfurt motor show was expected, and so it proved. But, while visitor numbers were estimated off 25% to 750,000, several well-known Japanese brands (not including Mazda, which has long been popular in Germany) stayed away, BMW kept its tent folded and the lavish on-stand hospitality of some previous years was noticeably absent, the show was still the usual sprawl.
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Petrolhead and sports car enthusiast Ikuo Maeda wants to inject a fourth element into Mazda's design philosophy.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,- Mazda North American Operations' president and CEO, Jim O'Sullivan, confirmed today during a meeting of the company's top dealers that the MAZDA2 subcompact, or B-Car classification, car will be sold in the U.S. beginning in late 2010. It was previously announced that the car also will be sold in Canada, beginning at about the same time.
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Mazda will unveil a new 5 minivan at next year's Geneva show and is also working on a smaller crossover-type SUV based on the current 3, Jeffrey Guyton, president and CEO of Mazda Motors Europe said in Frankfurt.
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Lightweight concept demonstrates how saving kilos is a major concern for Mazda
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The European new car market will fall to around 13m units in 2010 from a predicted 15m this year, predicted Jeffrey Guyton, president and CEO of Mazda Motors Europe, speaking to just-auto at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Mazda sales by its Chinese joint ventures reached a record 14,418 vehicles last month, up 42% year on year.
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After a tenth of a second standing in front of the new Mazda 3, you'll notice that it looks very happy about something. Unlike that creepy person on the subway, the 3 actually has a valid reason to smile: the original car was a smash-hit, and Mazda's just updated the new one to do it all over again.
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Mazda will resume weekend operations at its main plant in Hiroshima for the first time since last September in response to higher demand in Japan due to tax incentives on small cars.
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As a front-wheel drive only vehicle, the Mazda5 is considered a minivan rather than a crossover utility vehicle, or CUV. Vans meet different expectations in our lives than CUVs and not only does the Mazda5 meet van expectations, it sets the bar in many areas of van driving.
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Mazda's North American unit will made advanced payments to dealers, saying it believed the payments would more than cover the credits earned during the federal government's 'cash for clunkers' (CARS) programme which is ending today (24 August).
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IRVINE, Calif., - Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) announced today that it will issue advanced $20 Million to its dealers that the company believes will more than cover the credits earned during the federal government's Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program.
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