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Japan's Mazda Motor has scrapped plans for a new factory in the United States due to deteriorating sales and the troubles at its partner Ford Motor, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read more ...

Mazda Motor Corp. has scrapped plans to build its second factory in the U.S. because of a sharp downturn in industry sales and the troubles at its partner Ford Motor Co., the Nikkei newspaper reported in its Wednesday edition. Read more ...

Japan's Mazda Motor has scrapped plans for a new factory in the United States due to deteriorating sales and the troubles at its partner Ford Motor, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read more ...

The Star Mazda Championship is heading to the Mazda Raceway this week-end for the final event of an incredibly close season. Read more ...

Mazda Motor Corp. has scrapped plans to build its second factory in the U.S. because of a sharp downturn in industry sales and the troubles at its partner Ford Motor Co., the Nikkei newspaper reported in its Wednesday edition. Read more ...

Renault's mean Megane, brand-new Alfa 149, Mazda 3 revealed, Fiesta diesel driven, spy-shot special Read more ...

Britain-based ECO Racing will debut a biodiesel-powered LMP1 prototype in this weekend’s American Le Mans Series season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Read more ...

Mazda Motor Europe has updated its Thai-built BT-50 light truck line (shared with Ford which sells the line as the Ranger in most markets outside North America). Read more ...

India's Tata Motors is not in talks to buy Ford's stake in Japan's Mazda Motor Co., a company spokesman said yesterday. "There have been reports in the media that Tata Motors is among potential buyers for shares in Mazda Motors. Read more ...

Ford is considering selling part of its 33.4% stake in Mazda Motor Corporation, Japanese media have reported. Read more ...

Mazda has overcome falling sales in its two biggest markets to achieve record sales in Europe during September. The Japanese brand increased sales by five percent to 35,500 units last month, despite falling sales in the UK and Germany. Read more ...

Mazda Motors Europe posted three sales records last month: highest September volume (up 5% to 33,500 units; highest first fiscal half volume of 180,500 vehicles (up 17%); and highest nine-month-calendar year sales - of 279,600 units, up 18%. Read more ...

For the past few years now, Mazda has been giving us boldly styled prototypes, but these liquid lines have been slow to make it into production. For 2009, Mazda is finally launching a model graced with a cleaner version of this liquid styling and a rare elegance. Read more ...

For the past few years now, Mazda has been giving us boldly styled prototypes, but these liquid lines have been slow to make it into production. For 2009, Mazda is finally launching a model graced with a cleaner version of this liquid styling and a rare elegance. Read more ...

Ford Motor Co. may sell part of its stake in Mazda Motor Corp. to help weather plunging U.S. auto sales and the global credit crunch, Japanese media reported. Ford is close to selling most of its 33. Read more ...

Ford Motor Co. may sell part of its stake in Mazda Motor Corp. to help weather plunging U.S. auto sales and the global credit crunch, Japanese media reported. Ford is close to selling most of its 33. Read more ...

A number of compact relatively inexpensive rockets have come to market lately, such as the Dodge SRT4 and the Mazdaspeed3. Chevrolet has launched the latest salvo in this thin-wallet performance war with the 2008 Cobalt SS. It's a front-wheel-drive coupe that for 2008 is fitted with a turbocharger rather than last year's supercharger. Read more ...

This won't shock anyone, but the Mazda Tribute is just a re-badged version of the Ford Escape. It's got the same engines, same transmissions and same capabilities, and the only major difference is in regard to suspension tuning. The Tribute gets a stiffer ride than the Ford. Zoom-zoom, and all that. When it launched in 2001 alongside the Escape, it was bigger than a CRV or a Rav4, as well as somewhat more rugged looking as well. Read more ...

A number of compact relatively inexpensive rockets have come to market lately, such as the Dodge SRT4 and the Mazdaspeed3. Chevrolet has launched the latest salvo in this thin-wallet performance war with the 2008 Cobalt SS. It's a front-wheel-drive coupe that for 2008 is fitted with a turbocharger rather than last year's supercharger. Read more ...

Mazda on Thursday said it plans to roll out the redesigned Mazda 3 sedan at the Los Angeles auto show in November. Read more ...