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There are so many good compact crossovers out there. Honda CR-V? An excellent choice. Hyundai Tucson? Another great option. Toyota RAV4? It's a best-seller for a reason. Mazda doesn't get as much love in this category, but the Japanese automaker still has two excellent options, the CX-5 and the CX-50.

Mazda hasn’t jumped into electrification like most other mainstream manufacturers. It has developed a bespoke EV in the form of the MX-30, but that has proved unsuccessful, and it’s now been discontinued in the U.S., where its peak sales performance was selling 324 units across the entirety of 2022. But…

When Mazda killed the 6 in Japan at the beginning of the year, it ruled out a next-generation sedan on the new rear-wheel-drive platform. Why? The company said its large SUVs with inline-six engines would act as their replacements (which they're not). The statement followed a similar announcement made in…

Tom Matano was a little shocked when he first visited Mazda’s design studio in Hiroshima. He joined the company in 1983 to head up the California design studio at the newly formed Mazda Research of America (MRA). At the time, his colleagues in Japan were working on the second-generation FC…

This is what the next-generation MX-5 could look like

Remember the stunning Mazda Iconic SP concept that debuted at last year’s Japan Mobility Show? It’s a swoopy two-door sports car that was designed to showcase Mazda’s new direction for sports cars, all while paying homage to the legendary FD RX-7. It’s also considered a sort of futuristic preview for…

Mazda stunned with the Iconic SP concept at last year's Japan Mobility Show. Not merely a preview for the next Miata, the Iconic SP shows a new direction forward for Mazda sports cars, while paying homage to the era-defining FD RX-7. In a recent Mazda-published story, the car's designer, Masashi…

With automakers changing course and backtracking on their plans to go all electric in the next decade, it isn’t surprising to hear that even carmakers that have only ever built EVs are also shifting their strategy. China's Xpeng is one such automaker, and its newly announced Kunpeng Super Electric System…

Financial news always tends to be dull. But every now and then, a car company sneaks in a nugget. Such is the case with Mazda’s latest document on how it fared in the most recent quarter. In an amalgam of boring numbers, there’s news about a gasoline engine we haven’t…

Scottish Legends ace Stewart Black is in pole position to top the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings as the 2024 club racing season draws to a close.

Although America is the undisputed trucklandia, there are still a few forbidden fruits. The indestructible Toyota Hilux springs to mind, along with the Isuzu D-Max (and its Mazda BT-50 twin), Nissan Navara, Volkswagen Amarok, and Mitsubishi Triton. Lest we forget the Rampage name was resurrected last year, but not by…