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As you know, midsize sedans are losing quite a bit of appeal these days, yet Asian and European automakers have no plan to abandon them like their American counterparts. For a while, we feared that Mazda would drop its entry. With just 1,402 units sold in Canada last year—down 39 …

Driving one of the newer Mazda cars and SUVs is to be pointlessly deafened by its Blind Spot Monitoring system. What gives? In terms of automotive technology, we can say that Mazda is going at it alone. The modest Japanese car manufacturer hasn’t resisted the turbocharging trend, does not really …

The critically acclaimed, but slow-selling Mazda6 midsize sedan gets a few new items for 2017, enhancing its dynamic driving characteristics and the refinement level of its cockpit. First of all, Mazda is adding its new G-Vectoring Control system to the Mazda6. It’s a technology developed to increase the stability and …

As soon as we heard about Mazda’s plan to launch a diesel-powered Mazda6, we were ecstatic: the midsize sedan is already dominating its segment, so a hyper-frugal version would cement its position at the top of the food chain. The original release was planned for 2013. We are now in …

If you own a 2014 Mazda6 built between October 25, 2012 and May 9, 2013, your car came out of the factory with a peculiar feature: you can put too much fuel in it! A manufacturing defect was found in the filling tube. The capacity of the fuel tank is …

Mazda has announced plans to delay the release of its SKYACTIV-D clean diesel in North America. The automaker simply says that more research and development is required but it appears that Mazda may have tried to cut the costs of the required emissions-cleansing system. Without a NOx after-treatment system, the …

Twelve “Best New” category winners were announced today by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, better known as AJAC. The twelve “Best New” categories cover the full new-model spectrum, including “Best New Small Car,” “Best New Luxury Car,” and “Best New SUV/CUV.” Most mainstream categories are further divided by price, …

When Mazda enters its SkyActiv turbodiesel-powered Mazda6 sedan in this weekend's Rolex 24 hour endurance race in Daytona this weekend, it won't be running on traditional diesel fuel. Instead, the Mazda6 race car will be slurping a unique organic mixture that has been distilled from meat packing residue provided by …

Looking to buy a brand new car? The fall season is typically one that is rife with incentives from automakers looking to clear out as much inventory as they can to make space for the arrival of next year's models. A recent study by Unhaggle has revealed that this is …

Production of All-New Mazda6 Begins at Hofu Plant -- Ceremony Held at Hofu Plant No. 2 to Mark Start of Production -- Mazda Motor Corporation held a ceremony to commemorate the start of production of the new Mazda6 (known as Atenza in Japan), fully redesigned for the first time in …