While overall sales were down 5.2 percent compared to April 2012, Mazda Canada saw a growing proportion of its April sales being motivated by the company’s SKYACTIV Technology. The Canadian arm of Mazda U.S. said SKYACTIV Technology-equipped vehicles accounted for 59 percent of total vehicles sold in April. Sales of the all-new SKYACTIV Mazda6 shot
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In only its fourth race, the diesel-powered all-new Mazda6, scored a win in the Rolex Grand-Am GX race at Road Atlanta. The racecar is powered by a production-based SKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel engine. Joel Miller and Andrew Carbonell drove the #00 Visit Florida Racing Mazda6 to the win, with team-mates Sylvain Tremblay and Tom Long finishing
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The finalists for the first annual Canadian Green Car Award were revealed today; they represent a select group of five. The winner, to be selected among this group, will be announced Friday, April 12 at the Green Living Show, in the Direct Energy Centre at Toronto’s Exhibition Place. The finalists were selected by members of
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Mazda Canada revealed its sales results for March 2013 and these show strong demand for the company’s SKYACTIV Technology-equipped products. Mazda sales last month were led by the compact Mazda3, which enjoyed its best March since 2010 and second best March ever with 4,848 sold. Almost 50 percent of all Mazda3′s sold in March were
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Mazda Canada announced sales for February 2013 Friday totaling 4,833 units, which represents an increase of 2 percent compared to February 2012. The all-new 2014 Mazda6 had its first full month on sale and increased sales by 219 percent over February 2012. The refreshed 2013 CX-9 also experienced record February sales, jumping 176 percent over
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It looks like Mazda may have hit the sweet-spot in Canada with its SKYACTIV lineup. SKYACTIV Technology maintained its prominence in Mazda sales in Canada, with 56 percent of the 5,220 Mazda vehicles sold in November being equipped by said technology. The Mazda3 with SKYACTIV Technology also dominated the sales figures, representing over 70 percent
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Mazda North American Operations announced today it will show its mid-sized diesel TAKERI concept at the New York Auto Show on April 4. The company says it will be the first Mazda concept to make use of a 2.2-liter SKYACTIV clean diesel, and will include other fuel-saving technologies. Among these are a couple that are
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You have to give Mazda credit. When NSU gave up on Felix Wankel’s smooth but thirsty and problematic rotary engine in the mid-1970s, Toyo Kogyo, having launched it in the futuristic 1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport 110, continued development, leading to the hallowed line of RX-7 sports cars and more recently the four-door RX-8. However, despite
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What do you call the propulsion system of a Mazda 6 having a Toyota Prius hybrid drivetrain shoe-horned in? Mazda Hybrid Synergy Drive? No word on that question has been given, but spy photos of a possible 2013 hybrid under development using a blend of Mazda/Prius hardware have been circulating the Web. It is believed
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In case you haven’t heard, the little British “Zoom Zoom” kid with the big ears wants you to know that the 2011 Mazda 2 has joined the mushrooming subcompact class of cars. Mazda says the new 2 is Zoom Zoom “concentrated,” but more accurately it’s really a single Zoom. Not that the sprightly little hatchback
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