MZDAF News and Press, Mazda Motor Corp. From 10/01/18

It’s elementary, Dr Watson: Economics 101 dictates that if you increase the price, demand falls. The latest such lesson in Q3 2018 comes from the Swedish car market, which fell 35% from the previous year. The reason? Massive new annual car registration taxes for most regular gasolin...

TOKYO, Sept 27, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation's production and sales results for August 2018 are summarized below. 1. Domestic Production Mazda's total domestic production volume in August 2018 decreased 7.1% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and commerc...

One of the most important factors in valuing the future of the U.S. car market, and its impact to all major automakers, including Ford ( F ), General Motors ( GM ) and FCA ( FCAU ), is to assess the financial impact of the California-led emissions regulations. These laws have been adopted by s...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 30, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - We at Mazda Motor Corporation wish to express our sympathy and concern for all those affected by the heavy rains in western Japan in July 2018 and offer our sincere condolences to those who lost family and friends. Since the disaster, Mazda ha...

The U.S. car market has been running at a rate of approximately 17 million light vehicle annual sales for the last few years. How would you like to see that number suddenly fall by 50%, to 8.5 million annual vehicles sold? This is the story of how another country tried a similar approach, an...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 8, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation announced today it will begin a joint research project with Saudi Aramco and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) aimed at making internal combustion engines more efficient and r...

The following slide deck was published by Mazda Motor Corp. ADR in conjunction with their 2019 Q1 earnings Read more ...

Better late than never. The day after the November 8, 2016, U.S. Presidential election, I published an article on Seeking Alpha in which I laid out a scenario where the Federal Government would challenge California’s (and the other so-called ZEV states) centrally planned economies whe...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, July 12, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation wishes to convey its heartfelt sympathy and concern for all people affected by the recent record rains. We would like to express our sincere condolences to those affected, and we pray for a prompt recovery in all affect...

For good reason, almost two decades ago, the Toyota (NYSE: TM ) Prius became almost synonymous with “hybrid” - and largely for good reason. Toyota got the powertrain technology down right: It was smooth, reliably fuel efficient, and just plain reliable. Witness the Prius taxica...