Mazda 3
Mid-sized wagon warfare
Launch of the all-new Hyundai i40 Tourer, the addition of cheaper, fuel-frugal Volvo V60 variants, and a hefty $3370 pricecut to Mazda 6 Touring signals mid-sized wagon warfare.
Wheels takes on Mazda’s Siberian ice race
We beat Poms in Mazda MX-5 race. Forget the rest
Electric shocks as Wheels Car of the Year finalists announced
There are more shocks than you’d get from licking a police Taser in the list of this year’s finalists for the prestigious Wheels Car of the Year award.
Nissan creates GT-R SUV
Nissan has taken the GT-R’s 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6, six-speed transaxle and all-wheel-drive chassis, and stuffed the complete powertrain into its Euro-only Juke compact SUV.
2009 VW Golf 103TDI Comfortline review
Four blokes pile into a Mk Vl Golf for a weekend getaway. Good thing the diesel derivative is punchy, swift and, errr, macho.
Car prices going down
Smart shoppers know that the best deals on new cars emerge before and after January 1. In less than a month’s time, anything built in 2011 will be immediately deemed, like, so last year. Literally.
Trued grit – Mazda 3 MPS
The second-gen of Mazda’s wild-child hot hatch is as wickedly potent as the first, but chassis changes have reined in the manic torque steer, and helped deliver handling that’s no longer a handful.
LAUNCHED: Mazda 3 MPS
Second-gen hot hatch tames the torque, but still walks the walk.
2009 Melbourne show – Mazda
2009 Melbourne show – Mazda
Revealed! Mazda 3 sedan
Mazda has just ripped the covers off this – the new Mazda 3 sedan.
Mazda to launch ‘halo sports car’ by 2016
Zoom Zoom fans rejoice, Mazda is planning a new ‘halo’ performance car to be introduced after 2016.
This week’s motoring highlights
With the end of the week fast approaching, we thought it time to recap the biggest motoring stories of the past seven days.
Spied: New model of Australia’s best-selling car
What you’re looking at could be the latest version of Australia’s best-selling car – the Mazda 3.
Mazda 3 geared-up for sales showdown
Mazda has launched its face-lifted 3 hatch and sedan range, with lower prices, extra equipment and a new fuel-saver variant added.
Melbourne Motor Show wrap-up
The 2011 Australian International Motor Show is in full swing, so here’s our wrap of the best fresh metal that graced the halls.
Mazda 3 reaches for the Skyactive
Mazda has unveiled its facelifted 3 sedan and hatch range, which debuts an all-new direct-injected four-cylinder powertrain
2009 Melbourne Motorshow Hits and Misses
Our Young Designer of the Year, Johannes Collopy, rates this year’s only Oz show, its stoppers, and its floppers.
Centre punch
Mazda 3’s chief designer explains to John Carey why the essence of the new car, both inside and out, is firmly focused dead centre.
Gone with the flow – Laurens van den Acker
The world’s hottest car designer has jumped ship from Mazda to Renault, taking his flowing, nature-inspired vision with him. Robbo asks Laurens van den Acker why.
Tiers of joy – Mazda 3 SP25 v Golf 118TSI
Moving down one level from GTI and MPS still brings miles of driving smiles.
Now with maw – Mazda 3 SP25
The gaping grille is the first indication that Mazda’s tighter, punchier new SP25 has an even healthier appetite for performance.
April VFACTS
Then results are in, and the figures aren’t good, but there is a ray of light for some marques and models.
Mazda’s designs on the future
Its first Australian design forum gave an up-close-and-personal look at Mazda’s next-gen cars via head designer, Laurens van den Acker.
New design chief at Mazda…
Laurens van den Acker, the man who brought a smile to Mazda’s latest generation, is rumoured to be returning to Europe as new design head Ikuo Maeda takes to the drawing board.
