Although its naturally aspirated engine has been criticised, the Mazda CX-30 combines a plush interior and snappy exterior to give you a fantastic driving experience
From comfort to luxury, Mazda’s driver-centric engineering has allowed this vehicle to embrace ‘jinba-ittai’
Mazda managing director Craig Roberts discusses the brand’s position in South Africa and its decision to go more upmarket
The flagship Mazda CX-60 Diesel’s power changes the model’s character for the better
Removing the gear stick has left the tiny roadster flat-footed, though stylistically it still has pizzazz
Mazda brought down only three of these late last year, all of which were thrust into media rotation
Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee
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/ 16 November 2011
More firms face a tough choice over whether or not to move production in Japan overseas to escape the impact of the relentless rise of the yen.
Mazda Motor plans to leave its joint venture with Ford Motor and stop building cars in the United States, media reports have said.
For those folks who reckon a car is just something to get you from A to B, Steve Smith has some recommendations.
A spider that likes the smell of petrol so much it chooses to build its webs in car petrol tanks was behind the recall of thousands of Mazda 6 cars.
Mazda of Japan said on Tuesday it fell into the red in the last financial year as sales tumbled.
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/ 16 October 2008
The top 14 car-makers in the European market still had to cut emissions by 17% to reach the EU’s 2012 target of 130 grams a kilometre.
The new Mazda 6 is part of the company’s strategy to reinvent itself, writes Sukasha Singh.
It’s not clear whether the Mazda CX-7 knows exactly what it’s supposed to be.
Sukasha Singh defends the 2008 South African Car of the Year competition-winning Mazda2 1,5-litre, and says that unlike the case with its competitors, with the Mazda2 you’re getting more in terms of features, a notable one being the Smart Start keyless entry.
A Cape Town memorial to two anti-apartheid struggle heroes has been stolen, apparently for its scrap value, even though it was only a stone’s throw away from a police station. The memorial was to students Coline Williams and Robbie Waterwitch, who died in 1989 when a bomb they were handling exploded.
"For me, the most difficult part of judging at the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists’ Car of the Year competition is not losing sight of the fact that I’m judging the cars not so much against each other as against their direct competitors in the market place." Gavin Foster rounds up the Car of the Year finalists.
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Fraud convict Schabir Shaik is alleged to have spent in excess of R800Â 000 on Jacob Zuma’s children — footing an education bill of close to R500Â 000. Not only is he alleged to have paid the education fees of the African National Congress president’s children, but he and his companies allegedly forked out more than R200Â 000.
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/ 13 December 2007
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy’s former dormitory matron briefly appeared on Thursday in the Sebokeng Magistrate’s Court. Tiny Makgabo (27) faces charges of indecent assault, common assault, soliciting a minor to perform indecent acts and verbal abuse.
The JSE was up sharply by midday on Tuesday, adopting the strength in overseas markets that were driven higher by a powerful performance on Wall Street overnight. By 12.03pm on the JSE, the all-share index had collected 1,01%. Financials advanced 2,02% and banks collected 2,86%, while industrials added 1,06%.
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/ 7 September 2007
The Mazda3 MPS looks frightfully civilised, but can let its hair down with a vengeance when the mood takes it. And there lies the rub. I suspect most people who buy a hooligan car would like it to have the odd body piercing, a tattoo here and there. The Mazda looks to my plebeian eye a little too highbrow and not enough Hillbrow, writes Gavin Foster.
A woman was extracted from her car with the Jaws of Life after an accident involving five cars, a truck and a fuel tanker on the N3 highway in Bedfordview on Tuesday afternoon. The road was closed in both directions after the accident, leading to major traffic disruptions in the area.