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Feb 10 12

Mazda CX-5 – Try it for size

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Mazda’s All-New CX-5 will deliver a compelling mix of style and space when it joins the newly-classified medium SUV segment later this month.

The Mazda CX-5 will be the first new entrant into the newly-classified medium SUV segment and with SUV buyers typically requiring ample space for a wide variety of uses, Mazda has designed the CX-5 to fit perfectly with busy lifestyles.

An overall length of 4,540mm and an overall width of 1,840mm ensures that the CX-5 offers the right combination of passenger comfort and luggage space.

Rear seat passengers will experience an increase in leg room of 72mm over the popular CX-7 while head room and cargo room volume have also increased.

The footprint of the All-New CX-5 is larger than first impressions might suggest with its overall dimensions of 8.4m2 being bigger than Australia’s four best-selling compact SUVs of 2011.

These dimensions also play a big part in the CX-5s powerful and well-proportioned stance as well as complementing the new KODO design language.

With the CX-5 being built on an entirely new platform designed to incorporate Mazda’s new SKYACTIV Technology, smarter interior packaging and sharp exterior design is complemented by improved fuel efficiency and enhanced driving dynamics…Read More!

This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia website – www.mazda.com.au

Feb 6 12

Mazda posts record sales and market share

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Mazda Australia has smashed its previous January best with 8,479 sales last month, providing it with an 11.0 per cent market share, according to official VFACTS figures released today.
This is an increase of 1,279 new vehicles or 17.8 per cent on last January and in addition to its record market share also makes it Mazda’s fourth best month ever.
There were several star performers across the range with Mazda3, Australia’s best-selling car in 2011, picking up where it left off with 4,045 sales to again top the sales charts.
This is now the third time in the past year that the Mazda3 has found more than 4,000 buyers in a single month.
In the light segment, Mazda2 kept its lead position with 1,624 January sales and its third strongest month ever. This is a 19% increase over the same month last year.
Mazda6 started the new year in style. Recently upgraded with leather upholstery and parking sensors across the range, Mazda6 record 663 sales, its strongest month in over a year.
Also vying for the limelight was CX-7 which secured its best ever result with 1,167 sales to claim second place in the hotly contested Medium SUV segment.
And with the All-New CX-5 about to hit Australian shores, Mazda is optimistic about achieving further SUV sales success.
Mazda Australia managing director, Doug Dickson said, “We are both delighted and humbled by customer acceptance of our whole range during January. While we are quietly confident of a strong year, particularly with the imminent launch of our all-new CX-5, our primary focus will remain on looking after our customers.”

This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia website – www.mazda.com.au

Jan 30 12

Mazda‘s tenacious two back to tackle Tassie.

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The Mazda Motorsport team has confirmed that they will be returning for Targa Wrest Point, the second round of the Australian Tarmac Championship.

After successful testing sessions, the rally will see both the Mazda3 MPS and the Mazda RX-8 SP competing over two gruelling days and 14 closed road stages around Hobart.

Victorian-based siblings, Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Smyth will be piloting Mazda’s turbo rotary RX-8 SP. In three previous championships, the siblings have been successful drivers of the Mazda3 MPS, but now step up to the more powerful RX-8 SP for the first time, a move which demonstrates Mazda’s faith in Reeves.

The dynamic brother and sister duo have competed together for Mazda in seven rallies and in their Mazda3 MPS have secured five first places.

Reeves, who tested the RX-8 SP around Wakefield Park last month, was most enthusiastic about its performance, saying, “I am really excited to be driving the RX-8 SP at Targa Wrest Point. Although I have loved driving the Mazda3 MPS in previous rallies, it’s great to be able to step up to another challenge and get behind the wheel of the RX-8, a car which has the potential to take it to the main challengers in the Modern category…Read more!

This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia – www.mazda.com.au

Jan 23 12

Mazda CX-5 sets the benchmark for fuel economy and torque

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Mazda Australia today confirmed that CX-5 models powered by the new 2.2 litre SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engine will deliver class-leading combined cycle fuel economy of just 5.7 litres per 100km.
As the first Mazda to feature the full range of the company’s new SKYACTIV Technology, the CX-5 not only delivers fuel efficiency like never before but also incredible driving dynamics.
In addition to delivering class-leading fuel-efficiency, the new 2.2 litre SKYACTIV-D engine also provides drivers with a class-leading 420Nm of torque and 129kW of power.
These figures put the new CX-5 in a league of its own when compared to the best-selling SUV’s in Australia, with CX-5 beating all-comers on both fuel efficiency and torque.
With diesel-powered CX-5s mated to All-Wheel Drive and the new SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission Mazda is delighted to offer a diesel automatic combination in Australia for the first time.
This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia website – www.mazda.com.au
Jan 8 12

Mazda soars to record sales

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- A record 88,333 retails for the year
- Australia’s leading full-line import brand for the seventh consecutive year
- 4th overall for the seventh consecutive year
- Record sales for Mazda2, making it Australia’s best-selling light car
- Record sales for Mazda3, making it Australia’s best-selling small car and number one overall
- Record sales for CX-7
With 7,348 retails for December, Mazda finished 2011 on a high securing a new record of 88,333 new vehicle sales and best ever market share of 8.8 per cent. Mazda’s increase of 3,556 or 4.2 per cent over last year’s record result is set against an overall market decline of 2.6 per cent according to VFACTS figures released today.
The enduring popularity of Mazda3 was again proven with 3,325 buyers choosing to take one home in December. A record annual sales total of 41,429 Mazda3s helped secure its position as Australia’s best-selling small car and the country’s number one seller overall.
This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia website  - www.mazda.com.au
Dec 7 11

Mazda reaches new November summit

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Mazda has moved closer to a new annual sales record with 8,031 new vehicles finding homes last month due to a best-ever November performance.
This result eclipses Mazda’s previous November best, set in 2009, by a huge 1,437 new vehicles and provided the company with a 9.1 per cent market share.
Mazda’s potential to set another new sales record is underlined by the fact that its year-to-date sales performance is 3,197 new vehicles ahead of the same period last year. As a result, Mazda’s year-to-date market share is now 8.7 percent, a 0.5 per cent increase on last year.
Illustrating the wide appeal of the Mazda range, the company has so far recorded year-to-date increases across Mazda2, Mazda3, and BT-50.
With 1,449 November sales and a 13.6 per cent segment share year-to-date, the Mazda2 now sits over 1,500 sales ahead of its nearest rival and looks set to end the year as Australia’s favourite light car.
The evergreen Mazda3 continued to kick goals in November with 3,480 sales, a huge increase of 500 over the same month last year. So far this year, the Mazda3 has secured a record 17.7 per cent market share and in addition to now being certain to be 2011’s best-selling small car, also looks certain to be one of the two best-selling cars overall…Read more!

This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia – www.mazda.com.au
Dec 6 11

Mazda Demio (Mazda 2) 13-SKYACTIV named 2011-2012 Car Technology of the Year by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame

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Mazda Motor Corporation’s facelifted Demio compact car (known overseas as the Mazda2) with the SKYACTIV-G 1.3 gasoline engine, together with its development team, has received the 2011-2012 Car Technology of the Year award from the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (JAHFA). The Mazda Demio 13-SKYACTIV was launched in Japan in June 2011. The result was announced today by JAHFA, a registered nonprofit organization based in Tokyo.

Mazda Demio 13-SKYACTIV (Mazda 2)

The winner of the Car Technology of the Year award is selected by the Automotive Hall of Fame committee, which comprises eleven university professors and researchers. The Mazda Demio 13-SKYACTIV was recognized for the following points:
1. Advanced combustion characteristics that were developed through comprehensive analysis of the internal combustion engine
2. Improved driving performance and improved value-for-money
3. Best balance of pleasing driving and environmental concern
The breakthrough SKYACTIV-G 1.3 engine in the facelifted Mazda Demio achieves a record high* compression ratio (for a regular gasoline mass production automobile engine) of 14.0:1 and exhibits high efficiency, especially under high load at low rpm. In order to avoid knocking – an unavoidable issue with conventional high-compression engines – the SKYACTIV-G 1.3 features a number of new technologies, such as piston cavities that are specially designed to support ideal combustion, and multi-hole injectors that enable precise fuel injection control.
With the combination of the SKYACTIV-G 13 engine, Mazda’s unique i-stop idling stop system and a continuously variable transmission (CVT), the facelifted Mazda Demio delivers outstanding fuel economy of 30.0km/L (10-15 mode test cycle) or 25.0km/L (Japan’s JC08 test cycle).
This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia – www.mazda.com.au
Nov 28 11

Mazda Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Establish Production Facility in Russia

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Mazda Motor Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the intent to establish a joint venture production facility with OJSC Sollers.

The proposed production facility is to be established in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District and supply several Mazda nameplates for the Russian market.

Sollers is one of Russia’s leading automotive companies, engaged in the production, distribution and servicing of vehicles.

Russia is Mazda’s second largest market in Europe and sales are rapidly increasing. Mazda sold approximately 28,000 units during the period from January through September 2011, a year-on-year increase of approximately 77 percent.

In line with its mid-term plan objectives, Mazda is expanding its business in emerging markets.

This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia – www.mazda.com.au

Nov 28 11

Mazda ‘i-ELOOP’ World’s First Capacitor-Based Regenerative Braking System

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World’s First Capacitor-Based Regenerative Braking System

Mazda Motor Corporation has developed the world’s first passenger vehicle regenerative braking system that uses a capacitor. The groundbreaking system, which Mazda calls ‘i-ELOOP’, will begin to appear in Mazda’s vehicles in 2012. In real-world driving conditions with frequent acceleration and braking, ‘i-ELOOP’ improves fuel economy by approximately 10 percent.

Mazda’s regenerative braking system is unique because it uses a capacitor, which is an electrical component that temporarily stores large volumes of electricity. Compared to batteries, capacitors can be charged and discharged rapidly and are resistant to deterioration through prolonged use.

Regenerative braking systems are growing in popularity as a fuel saving technology. They use an electric motor or alternator to generate electricity as the vehicle decelerates, thereby recovering a portion of the vehicle’s kinetic energy. Regenerative braking systems in hybrid vehicles generally use a large electric motor and dedicated battery.

Mazda examined automobile accelerating and decelerating mechanisms and developed a highly efficient regenerative braking system that rapidly recovers a large amount of electricity every time the vehicle decelerates. Unlike hybrids, Mazda’s system avoids the need for a dedicated electric motor and battery.
‘i-ELOOP’ features a new 12-25V variable voltage alternator, a low-resistance electric double layer capacitor and a DC/DC converter. ‘i-ELOOP’ starts to recover kinetic energy the moment the driver lifts off the accelerator pedal and the vehicle begins to decelerate. The variable voltage alternator generates electricity at up to 25V for maximum efficiency before sending it to the Electric Double Layer Capacitor (EDLC) for storage.

Mazda is working to maximize the efficiency of internal combustion engine vehicles with its groundbreaking SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY. By combining this with i-stop, i-ELOOP and other electric devices that enhance fuel economy by eliminating unnecessary fuel consumption, Mazda is striving to deliver vehicles with excellent environmental performance as well as a Zoom-Zoom ride to all its customers.

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This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia – www.mazda.com.au

Nov 17 11

Mazda Takeri to bow at 2011 Tokyo Motor Show

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Mazda’s next-generation midsize sedan concept to debut alongside new Mazda CX-5 SUV with full array of SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY

HIROSHIMA, Japan – Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the global premiere of the Mazda TAKERI next-generation midsize sedan concept car at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. Mazda will also hold the Japan debut of the new CX-5 crossover SUV equipped with the full array of Mazda’s breakthrough SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY*1 as well as other new technologies and production models.
The 2011 Tokyo Motor Show will run from December 3 through 11, 2011, at the Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center). The press days will be November 30 and December 1. Mazda will hold its press conference at 8:30 a.m. (JST) on November 30.
Mazda’s theme for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show is “Environmental Technology, Pushing the Boundaries of the Emotion of Motion.” Mazda has previously announced its plan to thoroughly enhance environmental and dynamic performance under the Sustainable Zoom-Zoom long-term vision for technology development. The results of this plan began to appear on the market earlier in 2011. The Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) launched in Japan in June, and the Mazda Axela (Mazda3) began its rollout to global markets in September.*2
The Mazda TAKERI exploits Mazda’s new design language, ‘KODO – Soul of Motion,’ to bring a new level of strength and allure to sedan styling. The TAKERI features the full array of SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY, including the efficient and powerful new SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engine, to deliver vigorous performance and a comfortable ride desired in a sedan. The combination of SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY and electric devices — such as Mazda’s idling stop system, i-stop, and a new regenerative braking system — enable the Mazda TAKERI to achieve excellent fuel economy.
*1 SKYACTIV-G gasoline engine, SKYACTIV-D diesel engine, SKYACTIV-DRIVE automatic transmission,
SKYACTIV-MT manual transmission, SKYACTIV-BODY and SKYACTIV-CHASSIS.
*2 The Demio is available with SKYACTIV-G, the Axela is available with SKYACTIV-G and SKYACTIV-DRIVE.

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This information was taken from the Official Mazda Australia – www.mazda.com.au