MAZDA RX-7

This is a 1993 mazda rx-7 I's had some stuff done to it but it's still cool.

Modified Cars Mazda RX8 2005 Silver Picture

Modified Cars Mazda RX8 2005

2010 Mazda CX7 in Toronto

2010 Mazda CX7 facelift that comes with a re-designed exterior and interior has been unveiled by Mazda in Toronto.

With a new DOHC 16-valve 2.5 liter MZR four-cylinder engine coupled with a Front-Wheel Drive system through a 5-speed automatic transmission, 2010 Mazda CX7 outputs 161 hp at 6000rpm and 161 lb-ft of torque at 3500rpm.

Mazda CX7 (2010) also offers the choice of 244 hp at 5,000 rpm and 258 lb-ft of torque at 2,500 rpm with the MZR 2.3L DISI Turbo (direct injection DOHC 16-valve four-cylinder) engine.

2010 Mazda CX7 comes with a larger five-point grille design at the front, while the rear end has also been refreshed.

2010 Mazda CX7 interior features a Blind Spot Monitoring System, a 3.5 inch super-twisted nematic (STN) monochrome, blackout meters, 4.1 inch thin-film transistor (TFT) color Multi Information Display (MID).

2010 Mazda RX-8

2010 Mazda RX-8 will debut in the 2009

Mazda MX-5 Superlight Concept

If you like your roadsters with a few more wind-in-the-hair thrills, then the Mazda MX-5 Superlight could be just the car for you!

Built to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Mazda’s iconic roadster, the Superlight was unveiled at last month’s Frankfurt motor show. However we’ve taken it off the show stand and driven the back-to-basics prototype in its natural environment − the open road.

And if it looked outlandish on the turntable, in the real world it’s even more of a head turner. Aside from the carbon fibre panels around the cockpit and a 30mm reduction in ride height, the exterior is almost identical to the standard MX-5. However, the lack of windscreen and the large roll hoops visually lengthen, widen and lower the Superlight, making this the most masculine-looking MX-5 ever.

Inside all that remains from the production line is the basic dashboard architecture, which is retrimmed in tan leather. Bare metal doors and floor ensure that there’s nothing besides a neatly integrated iPod to distract you from driving. Even the heater has been removed.

By placing the MX-5 on a crash diet, Mazda’s crack team of designers and engineers have reduced the MX-5 Superlight’s weight to just 995kg. So despite using the lower power 125bhp 1.8-litre engine from the production MX-5 ¬− the featherweight concept can still accelerate from 0 to 62mph in just 8.9 seconds. But on the road it’s the visceral onslaught that reveals so much more than raw performance figures.

Slip into the racing carbon fibre seat, pull the four-point harnesses tight around your shoulders, thumb the starter button, pull up the clutch and, with no windscreen to protect you from the elements, it’s pure driving pleasure turned up to 11, even at modest speeds.

Acceleration is keen rather than crushing but is accompanied by a sporty rasp from the twin exhaust pipes. The snappy five-speed gearbox is a delight to use, too.

But the real difference can be felt during cornering where the reduced weight and uprated suspension bring the light, accurate steering to life. There’s virtually no body roll and grip levels are impressively high. In fact, almost too high as the engine doesn’t have enough torque to slide the rear while exiting tight corners.

A full-face helmet would be essential for longer journeys although the firm ride is surprisingly comfortable and fuel economy is a very impressive 45mpg thanks to the low weight and small engine.

Mazda MX-5 Miata

we came upon my ride for the night: a Mazda MX-5 Miata. Loaded with just about every feature available, our yellow test car costs $29,310, weighs 2511 pounds (per Mazda), and is rated by the EPA at a combined 24 mpg. That would be about a third the X6 M’s price, less than half its weight, and nearly twice its efficiency. As I flicked back the manual top, started up the feisty four-cylinder engine, and snicked the six-speed transmission into first gear, I couldn’t help but cast a glance at the X6 and wonder how dated it seemed.

I’m not trying to pick on BMW. The X6 M is just one of several vehicles hitting the market that probably seemed like good ideas in product planning meetings a few years ago but are now hopelessly out of touch. The sudden falling out of fashion so many new vehicles have experienced only heightens the irony in the fact that, twenty years after its introduction, the Miata is the perfect car for our new automotive era.

The art of the fine roadster, as we all know, lies eking out as much fun as possible from humble components, so it’s only natural that it appeals most in lean times. The concept coalesced in England during that country’s hungry postwar years. Mazda, for its part, launched the Miata during the recessionary late 1980s/early 1990s, and hewed perfectly to classic roadster strengths. It was light, fast, efficient, and cheap ($13,800). But then, a funny thing -- or rather several funny things -- happened. The Soviet Union fell, the Internet made millionaires out of college students, gas prices stayed incredibly low, and everyone, it seems, bought (or financed) a house and a large SUV. None of this dampened the Miata’s success –- it became the best-selling sports car of all time and won nearly every accolade in the industry, including our very first Automobile of the Year award. But for most of its two decades on the market, the Miata has been a quirky exception, the anti-SUV for folks who apparently didn’t notice that they could get more horsepower in a family sedan.

It’s only now, as we slowly dig out of a financial mess and look ahead at drastically tightening fuel economy standards, that the Miata once more seems like not only a great car, but a great idea as well, one that deserves to be copied. Ironic then, that it’s now nearly alone in the market. The Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky are dead, as are the Toyota MR2 Spyder and the Honda S2000. The new performance vehicles we do see, fun though they may be, are becoming ever larger, heavier, and more expensive.

Mazda Drops Preview of New SKY Clean Engine Series

t is no secret that Mazda refuses to separate driving excitement with environmentally friendliness. The engineers and designers are adamant that a car can be fun to drive, and still be clean and efficient. It is from this thinking that Mazda has been able to create the SKY clean engine concepts.

The first of these new engines is the SKY-G, which features an advanced direct injection system to provide better fuel economy and reduce tailpipe emissions. The second engine, and one that has the attention of many people, is the SKY-D. The SKY-D is listed as a clean diesel burning engine, which means more miles per gallon and more torque where it counts.

Both of these new engines will surely be attached to the recently introduced SKY-Drive automatic transmission. All three powertrain components will be present at the upcoming Tokyo Motor show.