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2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring
If we haven’t convinced you yet, here's another Miata love letter. more
2010 Mazda3 s Sport 5-Door - Four Seasons Update - October 2009
In our first couple months with the 3, we've lavished praise on the smallest Mazda for its class-leading composure and refinement. more
2010 Mazda6i Touring Plus
The Mazda 6 is one of the car world's great unsung heroes. more
2010 Mazda CX7 i SV
The CX-7 offers quite a bit of comfort and utility, not-to-mention style, for just $25,000. more
2010 Mazda3 s Sport 5-Door - Four Seasons Update - September 2009
As our Four Seasons Mazda 3 continues to accumulate miles, it's also picking up a wealth of positive praise for its engaging pe more
First Drive: 2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3
Mazda's Hot Hatch Returns: Loud, Proud, and Unbowed. more
2010 Mazda 3 - Four Seasons Introduction
Cheering for the little guy. more
2010 Mazda3 s Sport 5-Door - Four Seasons Update - August 2009
Our Mazda3 has been in the long-term fleet for just one month, but we've quickly rediscovered our love for the compact hatchback. more
2010 Mazda 3 5-Door Grand Touring
Like its predecessor, the new 3 clearly ranks at the top of the small-car category, especially when fun is factored in. more
Review: 2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata
Twenty years into our romance with the little Mazda, few automotive pleasures remain greater than dancing with a Miata - on the back roads, the high road, or just stuck in traffic. more
2010 Mazda 3
Numbers don't lie. And any numerologist will tell you that buyers are going to love the new Mazda 3 as much as they loved the last one. more
2009 Mazda RX-8 R3
Here is a sports car that is not only affordable, it's unique: it shares neither its platform nor its unconventional powertrain with anything else. more
2010 Mazda3 Sedan
We drive the 2010 Mazda3 just before Mazda officially unveils the car at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. more
2008 Mazda 5 Touring
It's no sports car, but the Mazda5 has enough 'zoom-zoom' mixed with practicality to keep us entertained. more
2009 Mazda RX-8 R3
The RX-8 is an inviting car-small, sporty, fun to drive. more
2008 Mazda RX-8 R3
The RX-8 is an inviting car-small, sporty, fun to drive. It's not overly endowed with power (238 hp with a manual transmission), but with only about 3000 pounds to motivate, that's plenty. It's somewhat lacking in low-end grunt (only 159 lb-ft of torque), but more
2008 Mazda RX-8 R3
The RX-8 is an inviting car-small, sporty, fun to drive. more
2009 Mazda RX-8
If you're looking for an inexpensive sports car, but need room for child seats or extra passengers, the RX-8 is worth a look. more
2009 Mazda 6
Mazda does some soul searching. The second-generation gets more power, room, and style. more
2007 Mazda CX-9 - Four Seasons Wrap-up
A late arriver smooth-talks its way into the center of the party. more
2007 Mazda3 Diesel
I recently rented a Mazda 3 5-door hatchback while on vacation in Spain. I arrived at the rental company's parking garage late at night, started the car, and retrieved from my briefcase the Mapquest directions I had printed before I left Ann Arbor. more
2007 Mazda MX-5 Retractable Hard Top
The e-mail popped into my inbox one morning, buried among the intraoffice notes and the poorly worded Nigerian ads for male enhancement. There wasn't much to it--no real introduction and no greeting, just a simple question. Is there anywhere in the United Stat more
2006 Mazda 5 Four Seasons Test
Japan sends us our first European-style people mover, and it moves us. more
2007 Mazdaspeed 3
The Mazdaspeed 3 is the hottest sport compact to roll this year. Check the facts: 263 hp, a fortified chassis, and a racy cabin for a base price of $22,835. Radar guns see a demure econobox. The reality is that affordability, practicality, and stealthy velocit more
DRIVEN PREVIEW: 2007 Mazda CX-9
The CX-9 shares the same gaggle of parts as the Ford Edge, but it's been engineered as a seven-passenger vehicle, so the Mazda's wheelbase has been stretched 2.0 inches and the vehicle is 13.9 inches longer overall. more