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Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi said the Japanese automaker is not considering other partners amid news that Ford plans to sell most of its 11 percent stake in Mazda. Full story...

Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the launch of its SKYACTIV next-generation technologies -- including engines, transmissions, vehicle bodies and chassis -- that will begin appearing in Mazda products from 2011. Full story...

Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the launch of its SKYACTIV next-generation technologies -- including engines, transmissions, vehicle bodies and chassis -- that will begin appearing in Mazda products from 2011. Full story...

It turns out Mazda isn't simply shooting for the sky. Full story...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. expects to overtake Ford Motor Co. as the largest shareholder in Mazda Motor Corp., according to the bank's chairman. Full story...

Ford is reportedly considering selling most of its 11% stake in Mazda Motor, itself already whittled down over the years from about one-third. Full story...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will become the largest shareholder in Mazda Motor, the bank's chairman said. Ford, Mazda's largest current shareholder, owns about 11 percent of the automaker and held a 33 percent stake until November 2008. Full story...

2010 Mazda3 - Four Seasons Wrap-up

Despite a few annoyances, it had us grinning, too.

The old Mazda 3 was already one of our favorite small cars. Twice an AUTOMOBILE MAGAZINE All-Star, the previous 3 was a cut above its contemporaries. When Mazda's highest-volume car went in for a redesign for the 2010 model year, it emerged with a more powerful engine (in the "s" models, at least), an additional gear for its manual and automatic transmissions, a plethora of new luxury features, and new styling led off by a front end that West Coast editor Jason Cammisa described as "an anime gremlin wearing an I've-been-naughty grin."

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The Nikkei business daily reported today that Ford Motor Co. plans to sell a majority of its stake in Mazda Motor Corp. to Sumitomo group firms and other companies with close business ties with Mazda. Full story...

The redesigned Thailand-built Ford Ranger and Mazda BT-50 pickup twins, revealed at the Australian international motor show in Sydney, have moved farther apart in exterior and interior styling than the outgoing models and will eventually also be built in Argentina and South Africa - both also large light truck markets. Full story...

The redesigned Thailand-built Ford Ranger and Mazda BT-50 pickup twins, revealed today at the Australian international motor show in Sydney, have moved farther apart in exterior and interior styling than the outgoing models and will eventually also be built in Argentina and South Africa - both also large light truck markets. Full story...

Mazda says it has gone from "non-existent" to the eighth largest automaker in Mexico in five years. Full story...

New vehicle sales in Thailand soared by 52% to a new record high of 555,515 units in the first nine months of 2010, according to Mazda Sales (Thailand). Full story...

ASSOCIATE EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: I had strong feelings for the Mazda 2 when I went on the first drive event up in Montreal a few months ago, and my night driving one around the mean streets of metro Detroit only helped solidify those otherwise... Full story...

Back in the day, waaaaay back in the day, in my far-off native New Zealand, the likes of Land Rover, and the then relatively rare Holden, Ford Falcon and Chrysler Valiant 'utes' (Antipodean-speak for the car-derived 'utility' or pickup truck variant originally developed by Ford Australia in the 1930s) were challenged in 1969 by an upstart newcomer - the Mazda B1500. If you'd told the 12-year-old me then that, 41 years hence, the B's successor potentially could soon be the world's top-selling single model, knocking big-brother Ford's F-series off its perch, I'd have just laughed. But it sure looks possible now. Full story...

That's 'Cruze' with a 'Z', by the way. Replacing the Cobalt, which replaced the Cavalier, this new compact sedan from Chevrolet will soon launch as a 2011 model. Among many other things, the American automaker hopes the Cruze's top-notch powertrain, safety, warranty and value equation will be the automotive equivalent of a hand-grenade tossed into its competitive set-- which includes the Mazda 3, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. Full story...

Connor de Phillippi took and uncontested first victory of the season in the season finale of the Star Mazda series, winning by 4.5 seconds over second place finisher Anders Krohn and new champion Conor Daly. Full story...

When you think of a base compact sedan, you're probably imagining a car with a base price of around $16,000. That's about what a Civic, a Corolla or a Mazda3 cost in their birthday suits, and at that price, none of them includes air conditioning. Full story...

The way Mazda UK manages its dealer network is a blueprint for the rest of Europe, according to the automaker's Europe sales chief Martin Benders. Full story...

Three of Mazda's top models will strut their zoom-zoom on the Paris catwalk with total makeovers - their overall theme one of reduced fuel consumption and lowered emissions. Full story...