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2010 Mazda3 makes racing debut at SPEED World Challenge finale

2010 Mazda3 makes racing debut at SPEED World Challenge finale

The 2010 Mazda3 made its motorsports debut this past weekend on its home track, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at the final race of the 2009 SPEED World Challenge season. The car was developed and built by Tri-Point Motorsports, which has been running Mazdas in the series since 2001. The team has raced a trio of Mazda6s for the past few season, even capturing the Touring Car title in 2007 with Jeff Altenburg behind the wheel.

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2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3 – First Test Drive

2010 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3   First Test Drive

There’s one thing missing in love-it-or-hate-it cars like the Mazdaspeed 3: apathy. Whether you adore its tire-shredding, blistering acceleration or loathe its torque steer and turbo lag, you’ll never get out of this hatchback feeling nothing. Redesigned for 2010, the Mazdaspeed 3 remains the muscle car of the hot-hatch world, and just like the last Speed, it remains the ultimate polarizer of the Mazda family.

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Tokyo 2009: Mazda previews next-gen SKY clean engines, transmission and Kiyora concept

Tokyo 2009: Mazda previews next gen SKY clean engines, transmission and Kiyora concept

Mazda has just dropped off a bunch of info about their next-generation clean engines that will be officially unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in October, and we have two words for you: Direct and Diesel. Along with its next-gen ‘Mazda SKY Drive’ high-efficiency automatic transmissions, visitors to the at 41st Tokyo Motor Show will get to see the ‘Mazda SKY-G’ direct injection gas engine and the ‘Mazda SKY-D’ clean diesel engine. The house of Zoom-Zoom is hoping to use these advanced technologies to boost their corporate average fuel economy by a whopping 30% between 2008 and 2015.

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