China Okays Break-up of Changan Ford Mazda Venture
The Chinese government has approved the dissolution of the three-way Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. joint venture, according to China’s 21st Century Business Herald, which does not identify its source.
In May, Chongqing Changan Automobile, Ford and Mazda asked Beijing to allow them to break up their venture, in which Changan owns 50%. Ford and Mazda [...]
Mazda prepares turbocharged successor for RX-7
If rumors are to be trusted then Mazda may be unveiling a successor for the RX-7 sports car in 2013. Inside sources have told Autocar that the car will be called the RX-9 and will retain the rotary Renesis technology employed by its predecessors and the RX-8.
With the next RX-7, Mazda will focus on improving fuel consumption and torque required to keep pace with rivals like the VW Scirocco. A Mazda source said: “We’re testing the rotary in conjunction with technologies including an electric turbocharger.”
The next generation RX-7 will be powered by Mazda’s all new Renesis 16X power plant which debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Show inside of the Taiki concept car. The Renesis(2) rotary engine is a 1.6 Liter twin rotor motor that will develop a maximum output of 350 HP and 215 lb-ft of torque.
The RX-9’s design language will be inspired by the Nagare design language, which is inspired by nature — in particular, wind and flowing water.
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Mazda to boost Chinese production capacity
Mazda currently has two JV’s in China, previously they were in partnership with Haima, but Haima were eventually taken over by FAW and then Mazda set up another JV with Chang’an.
Mazda Motor Corp., 11 percent owned by Ford Motor Co., plans to increase production capacity in China to meet growing demand in the world’s biggest car market.
“We need to expand current capacity when we look into next year and the year after,” Chief Financial Officer Kiyoshi Ozaki said in an interview yesterday in Tokyo. Ozaki declined to say …
Next Mazda MX-5 Miata Will Be Smaller, Lighter, Equipped with Sky-G Engine
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Ford wants more of China
From Freep.com
Ford Motor Co. is talking to its partners in China about changing the structure of the three-way Changan Ford Mazda venture in the world’s hottest car market, Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s new president for Asia Pacific and Africa, told the Free Press Monday.
He also said that Ford, a latecomer to the Chinese market, aims to significantly boost its 2% market share there. “Clearly we believe that we should have a stronger presence than 2% of the market,” he said. “We need to grow our business in Asia.”Hinrichs, 42, is a …
LA 2009: Custom “Mazdaspeed2″ tops the fun-per-pound charts in LA
Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Motorsports, Budget, Performance, Hatchback, Mazda
As cool as some of those custom Ford Fiestas are at the LA Auto Show, these even tidier Mazda2 customs really jumped out at us. Okay, maybe not all of the concepts so much as the “Mazdaspeed2″ you see above. The Active2 Surf and Active2 Snow barely registered when we saw this green and grey fun machine. Dubbed the 2Evil Special and not really an official Mazdaspeed2 at all, this concept blends weekend track car with urban commuter in just the right proportions.
The other two concepts aren’t quite as eye-catching as the 2Evil, but are fun nonetheless. The Active2 Surf has a slightly restyled exterior, 17-inch wheels, an H&R coil over suspension and was painted a bright green with MINI-like white wheels and mirror caps. We really dug the carbon fiber surfboard in the Thule roof rack, too. The Active2 Snow gets similar bodywork tweaks, along with the 17-inch wheels and the H&R setup with another Thule roof rack sporting matching snowboards.. Both cars also wear Active2 graphics. These two cars look like they are going to be easily duplicated by accessing the Mazda Accessories catalog.
Meanwhile, the 2Evil sits even lower thanks to its H&R coil-over setup, and is visually lowered even more courtesy of the aggressive body kit with its curb-scraping front lip and deep side skirts. The 2Evil also includes a new diffuser and spoiler in the back, limo-black windows, Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B tribute graphics, 17-inch wheels wrapped in Yokahama Advan tires, and a Magna performance exhaust system. The green highlights really bring the whole thing together to make it look like a spec series racer. Now if Mazda could just shoehorn in the Mazdaspeed3 turbo mill, they’d really be onto something. We can just imagine Grand-Am adding a CC (commuter car) class for fun little runabouts like this Mazda2, the MINI Cooper, Fiesta, Fiat 500, Honda Fit and the like.
Gallery: LA 2009: Custom Mazda2 Concepts
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