MZDAF News and Press, Mazda Motor Corp. From 11/13/18

On November 12, Toyota ( TM ) issued a press release that it will show its all-new Corolla on November 15: here. This is important because the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car of all time. According to Wikipedia, more than 40 million Corollas had been sold by mid-2013: here. That...

Good automotive product management means, among other things, ordering product development in the direction of the kinds of cars that people want to buy. It seems obvious, but sometimes politics and bad judgment get in the way. Right now, consumers around the world are flocking to SUVs and...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Nov 9, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation announced today that the all-new Mazda3 will make its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show, open to the public November 30 through December 9.(1) The all-new Mazda3 adopts a more mature interpretation of Kodo desi...

Vehicle electrification (( EV )) is all the rage right now -- not because consumer are willing to pay for it and live with it, but because of government mandates, subsidies and other incentives. By EV adoption going from 1% the automobile market to 10% in a decade, this will collectively save ...

The automotive industry is beset by a few major challenges that have, on the whole, compressed valuation multiples in recent months. Almost all automakers are trading well below where they were six or 12 months ago: Ford ( F ), General Motors ( GM ), FCA ( FCAU ), Tesla ( TSLA ) and others. ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 19, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation published the Mazda Sustainability Report 2018(1) in Japanese and Annual Report 2018(2) in English and Japanese on the company's website. The English version of the Sustainability Report will be published in November. H...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 19, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices' World Index(1) and Asia Pacific Index(2) for the second year running. Dow Jones Sustainability Indices assess sustainability by examining a company's environmen...

Available first in the updated Mazda CX-5, for which pre-orders start today HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 11, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has developed G-Vectoring Control Plus, the second new-generation vehicle dynamics control technology in the SKYACTIV-Vehicle Dynamics series....

Becomes the first model in Japan available with SKYACTIV-G 2.5T engine; special edition model features a premium-feeling interior HIROSHIMA, Japan, Oct 11, 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has begun accepting pre-orders for the updated Mazda CX-5 at dealerships throughout Japa...

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...