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 UPDATED its rotary-powered RX-8 for the Japanese market, loading up the four-door coupe with a range of goodies and gadgets designed to make life in the cockpit just a little bit easier.

Rain-sensing windscreen wipers are one such addition, while auto-on headlamps are another. Keyless entry and a keyless ignition are also standard [...]

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Love phones? Love cars? Think computers are kinda neat? Wish you could just roll them all together so you can enjoy them all at the same time? Jon Oxer certainly does, and to prove it he integrated his RX-8 with a computer and his iPhone.

Presto, the holy trinity of tech geekiness.

An Alix-1 computer lives in [...]

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After our going to lengths to dispute the likelihood of any RX-7 coming to us any time in the next decade, Inside Line reckons it’s had an inside source at Mazda’s Hiroshima HQ confirm that a new Mazda RX-7 is indeed on the way, though no dates were given.

According to IL’s source, Mazda’s efforts to [...]

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Update: Mazda2 Circuit Trial image added.

The Mazda stand at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon is set to feature a series of track-ready ‘Circuit Trial’ concepts, with modified examples of the Mazda6, Mazda2, and RX-8 on display.

A good display is nothing if it isn’t paired with an appropriate theme, and Mazda’s ‘Driving-oriented environmental technologies for endless [...]

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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 Australia has announced that the newly updated BT-50 utility is now on sale, with a number of revisions making the rugged workhorse more powerful, more versatile and more… attractive(?) for 2009.

The range has been bolstered by the addition of two new 2WD models and five new 4WD models, bringing the total number of BT-50 [...]

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One rumour floating around at the moment is that the eventual Mazda RX-9 sports car may pack an H-Bomb under its bonnet.

According to these rumours, Mazda intends to use the technology behind the RX-8 Hydrogen RE to make the RX-9 into the flagship for an eventual range of dual-fuel Hydrogen-petrol powered cars (not forgetting 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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Mazda has announced this week that it will be extending the US-market warranty on the Renesis rotary engine—currently found in the RX-8—to eight years/100,000miles (whichever comes first, as usual).  Is this a symbol of Mazda’s faith in the engine, or are they loading up on good karma?  With the perception that rotary engines simply don’t [...]

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Mazda Australia has released the first details of their revitalized RX-8 sports car range, due to arrive on our shores early in the second half of 2008.

The new RX-8 employs a myriad of mechanical upgrades, all designed to enhance the reputation and iconic status of the world’s only rotary-powered, four-door sports car.

“The Mazda RX-8 is [...]

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If you can work your way through the Japanese-language and “Engrish” menus, Mazda’s website dedicated to their RX-8 endurance racer forms a great gallery of beautifully shot and wonderfully vibrant photos from the RX-8’s victory at the recent 2008 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race. Luckily though, the interviews with the winning steerers are [...]

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