IT’S THE WORLD’S most popular roadster and one of Japan’s most successful exports. It also repopularised the drop-top sports car segment and spawned dozens of hairdresser jokes in the process. It’s the Mazda MX-5, and it turns 20-years old this year.

To celebrate, Mazda will be holding a birthday bash at the 24 Hours of Le [...]

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Audi will celebrate its centennial on July 16, and, to mark the occasion, the German automaker will be unwrapping a new Audi model in front of an audience of 2500 invited guests.

It’ll be something special, that much is certain. But what is it? Will it be the new RS5? The topless R8 Targa? The much-rumoured [...]

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Back in the late 1990s, Nissan found itself in quite a predicament. It was suffering from declining sales, burdened by a bloated product catalogue and all but crippled by the Asian economic crisis.

Sound familiar? It should, give or take some details, Nissan was in a similar bind to that faced by America’s major automakers today.

Thankfully [...]

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Mazda’s classic MX-5 roadster will be celebrating its 20th birthday this week and boy, has it aged well. While other cars have grown bigger, fatter, and in a lot of cases, slower over the years, Mazda has resolutely stuck by the MX-5’s original formula of a lightweight chassis, revvy engine and sublime suspension tuning.

Since its [...]

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