WITH THE FAST approaching Frankfurt Motor Show now less than two months away, speculation about which manufacturers will be showing which models is about to kick into overdrive.

Joining the list of possible appearances comes news that Mazda is preparing to show a new RX-8 in September. A new RX-8 would mark the popular sports car’s [...]

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Mazda has introduced one of its Hydrogen powered RX-8’s to Norway’s public roads, making this the first time a hydrogen powered RX-8 has seen duty outside Japan. Mazda is working in conjunction with Norway’s national Hydrogen Project, HyNor, to develop a clean national transport system and further develop the car. The project will officially get underway in [...]

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Mazda continues to cement its position as Australia’s number one import-only brand, having retailed 5830 new vehicles in August and claiming a record 7.5 percent market share for the month. With 21 successive months of market share growth, Mazda sits in third position outright for passenger car sales with a 10 percent share of the [...]

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Mazda has announced the pricing and specifications for their updated RX-8 range – the car that Mazda like to refer to as, “the world’s most successful rotary-powered sports car”.

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Unbelievably, it has been 40 years since Mazda introduced their first rotary engined vehicle. Launched in 1967, the Mazda Cosmo Sport (110S overseas) was the first to feature the high revving and highly strung little Wankel. The original rotaries made great power but had a prodigious thirst for oil and petrol. Mazda however, stayed the [...]

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