Mazda Posts Profit Gains Amid U.S. Sales Success
Oct 28, 2006
Mazda posted a $40 million third-quarter profit in North America, providing a much needed boost to its ailing parent company, Ford, reports The Detroit News. Sales of the MX-5 are up 134 percent, and Mazda is counting on a slew of new products, including a new version of the popular roadster and two crossover vehicles ... Continue reading
Mazda's Zoom-Zoom Live Event Rolls Into San Francisco
Oct 20, 2006
Mazda Tour Puts Consumers in the Driver's Seat as Prospective Buyers Race to the Alameda Point for Zoom-Zoom Live Driving Event SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19 -- Mazda North American Operations is once again taking its Zoom-Zoom Live Tour across the country. Residents of the San Francisco-area will be able to experience first- ... Continue reading
Mazda Delivers RX-8 Hydrogen RE to Yamaguchi Government
Oct 11, 2006
<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Mazda Delivers RX-8 Hydrogen RE to Yamaguchi Government RX-8 Hiroshima, Japan, Oct. 11, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that it has delivered one dual-fueled RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle, which runs either on gasoline or hydrogen, to the Yama ... Continue reading
Oct 8, 2006
As a long time Mazda RX-7 convertible owner (1990) I have a soft spot in my heart and in my head for almost any new model from the Hiroshima based Mother Company. Over the years I have driven some great new cars from Mazdaâ¦the RX-Great (8), Mazda 3, MPV, MX-5 (Miata) and the Mazda6 Sport Wagon...so when on a trek ... Continue reading
Mazda Demio Production in Japan Hits One Million Units
Oct 4, 2006
<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Mazda Demio Production in Japan Hits One Million Units Hiroshima, Japan, Oct. 04, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that total domestic production of the Mazda Demio (known as the Mazda2 in overseas markets) reached one million units at the e ... Continue reading
Mazda Announces September 2006 Sales
Oct 3, 2006
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 3 -- Mazda North American Operations today released the following sales figures for September 2006: Mazda North American Operations - September 2006 Month-To-Date Year-To-Date September September % September September % 2006 2005 Change 2006 2005 Change Mazda3 6,725 8,435 (20.3)% 74,681 75,570 (1.2 ... Continue reading
Mazda Launches Distribution Operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Oct 2, 2006
HIROSHIMA - October 2, 2006: Mazda Motor Europe, Mazda Motor Corporation's European affiliate, announced that it commenced operation today of two new national sales companies (NSCs) in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, with official transfer of distribution from Mazda's long-standing distributor, Auto Palace Prah ... Continue reading
Mazda Announces Organizational and Personnel Changes
Sep 29, 2006
<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Mazda Announces Organizational and Personnel Changes Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 29, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes, effective October 1, 2006. Hiroshima Plant Goal: Looking forward to future grow ... Continue reading
2007 Mazda RX-8: The Rotary Revolution Rolls On
Sep 26, 2006
â Rotary-Powered RX-8 Remains the Only Rotary-Powered Mass Production Vehicle in the World â IRVINE, CA - September 26, 2006: High-powered, lightweight and perfectly balanced for nimble handling and supreme control, the Mazda RX-8 is unlike any other sports car in the world. From the industryâs only rota ... Continue reading
Saini Closes MX-5 Cup Season At Road Atlanta With First-Ever Win
Sep 24, 2006
For Immediate Release Saini Closes MX-5 Cup Season At Road Atlanta With First-Ever Win ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Sept. 24, 2006) - Jason Saini, of Fort Worth, Texas, held on to capture his first-career SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook win in the season's final race at Road America. A ... Continue reading
Japanese Automakers Investing $1.7 Billion in New U.S. Plants
Sep 20, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC â September 20, 2006: Members of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) are spending an estimated $1.7 billion in the construction of four new U.S. auto and auto parts manufacturing plants, which are expected to employ an additional 4,680 American workers when all four new facilities ... Continue reading
Sep 16, 2006
<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Mazda Hofu Plant Produces 25 Millionth Transmission; Production Capacity of Front-wheel Drive Automatic Transmissions to Be Increased in October 2006 Hiroshima, Japan, Sept. 14, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that cumulative production of ... Continue reading
Mazda CX-7 Wins Edmunds' Inside Line All-Wheel Drive SUV Comparison Test
Sep 14, 2006
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Sept. 14, 2006--Inside Line, Edmunds.com's high-speed online car magazine, today announced that the 2007 Mazda CX-7 won the latest comparison test of all-wheel-drive (AWD) SUVs, which is described in full at Small All-Wheel-Drive SUVs: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId ... Continue reading
No Mazda Vehicles on Car-Carrying Vessel Cougar Ace Will Be Sold as New
Sep 12, 2006
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 11 -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced that the Mazda vehicles aboard the car-carrying vessel, Cougar Ace, which ran into trouble on July 23, 2006, off the Alaskan coast, resulting in her listing some 60-plus degrees, will not be sold as new vehicles. "While we do not, at thi ... Continue reading
2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD Review
Sep 8, 2006
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD I have seen the future, and it can be described in one word: crossover. A crossover, in an automotive sense, is a vehicle that combines properties of two or more pre-existing vehicular types to make something new. The now-standard crossover, call i ... Continue reading
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