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Mazda Taiki for Sydney Motor Show

Good grief, Mazda is still churning out the concepts… (stop mucking around Mazda, get back to work on the RX7 for goodness sake).

No, only kidding… fair dinkum, the futuristic Taiki concept car will be worth an eyeball when it lobs at the Sydney Motor Show running from October 9 to the 19th, 2008.

The Taiki is [...]

Mazda Design Chief Franz von Holzhausen Jumps Ship To Tesla

Franz von Holzhausen may not be a name most of you will instantly recognise, but if you’ve been paying attention to Mazda’s recent (and striking) concept cars like the Furai, Taiki and Nagare then you’ll no doubt be familiar with the designer’s work. He’s been responsible for the styling of every concept [...]

Not The RX Car Your Dad Drove

As we’ve covered in the past, news of the mythical RX-9 has always been thin on the ground. Enthusiast renderings on the other hand have always flown thick and fast. And why not? With the GT-R now gracing roads around the world and both the STI and Evolution X long gone from the [...]

Mazda Finally Coming to the Game?

With just about all of the top Japanese auto makers either now selling or openly preparing next generation performance cars, the big question is whether Mazda will grace us with a new RX-7 before the global satellite-dictated nanny-state kicks in and the pleasure of guiding our cars with our own hands and feet is taken [...]

Mazda Designers Finally Hauled up for Drug Use

Alright, that heading’s a straight out lie.

But when the Chinese customs authorities pulled aside the Mazda Taiki—bound for the Chinese auto show—concept for the sniffer dogs and gloved hands (perhaps even sniffer dogs with gloved hands) to inspect for drugs, you can probably forgive them for thinking that if ever there was a car undoubtedly [...]

Mazda’s Hakaze concept coming to the 2008 Melbourne Motor Show

Mazda have confirmed that they are bringing their futuristic Hakaze Concept car to the 2008 Melbourne Motor Show, where it will make its Australian debut. The Hakaze is another concept from Mazda’s stunning ‘Nagare’ series (Nagare means “flow” and “the embodiment of movement” ) and the second in the series to make an Australian appearance. [...]

Mazda2 three-door hatch to be unveiled in Geneva

The new Mazda2 is proving to be a sales success for Mazda and why wouldn’t it. Sporting attractive and distinctive styling, a five-star Euro-NCAP safety rating and a plethora of Car of the Year awards across the globe it would be hard to go past if you were in the market for this type of [...]

Mazda Furai Concept leaked images

Just two weeks shy of its Detroit Motor Show unveiling, images of Mazda’s Furai (means “sound of the wind”) have been leaked onto the net. Not your average concept, the Furai is a fully functioning ethanol fuelled racer. Powered by a triple-rotor 20B rotary engine, the Furai has the benefit of close to 336kW/450hp when [...]

Mazda to unveil revised RX-8 and Furai concept

Mazda are moving all of their “good stuff” over to North America in time for the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), to be held in Detroit from January 13. Mazda fans will be keen to see the heavily revised RX-8 in the flesh for the first time, along with radical new Furai “environmental [...]

Mazda Taiki Rotary powered concept to appear at Tokyo Motor Show

Mazda’s concept cars of late have been interesting to say the least. The Mazda Taiki Concept is no exception and is the fourth in a consecutive series of concept vehicles based around the original ‘Nagare’ design.

Nagare is Japanese for flow, and Taiki means atmosphere, put the two together and you have a futuristic front engined, [...]