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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota , UK 2010 Prius - click above for high-res image gallery Last year, the first time WhatGreenCar gave out its Green Car of the Year award for UK vehicles, the Ford Focus EcoNetic won the title . That car managed to get a 33 on a WGC's hundred-point scale (lower is better) for, well, greenness. This year's winner for the U.S. market Car of the Year was the 1.8 liter, 4-cylinder...
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Blonde sagacity (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Do you save your wife or son from drowning? "...A man had to make the terrible choice of rescuing his wife or teenage son when their car plunged into a river at the weekend. Stacey Horton saved his wife, Vanessa, and their 13-year-old son Silva drowned in the Whanganui River. Mid-Central police communications manager Kim Perks said today it was a very tough call for Mr Horton. "I would certainly...
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CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Mazda has announced that it will take part in a joint project to test electric vehicles in Japan, by providing three Mazda2 / Demio superminis to be converted into EVs and will also assist in determining the vehicle specifications and evaluating the car's performance. Among the companies participating in the project, which will be lead by the...
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
IT’S easy enough to appreciate why Mazda’s CX-7 sports crossover was a big hit in the States and an almighty flop this side of the pond.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
JJ Abrams's shiny, sexy revamp of the sci-fi classic is out on DVD this week. But if you don't want to fritter away 127 minutes of your time on it, try this condensed screenplay instead Star Trek By Paul MacInnes, with apologies to Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and, of course, Gene Roddenberry SCENE 1 EXT: Night. Or day. It's hard to tell in the depths of SPACE. The good ship USS Enterprise is BOMBING...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Tokyo - First revealed as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year the 2012 model of the Mazda MX-5 is likely to be a superlight car with the driver virtually sitting on the rear axle and streamlined roll bars to the rear. Much of the weight o...
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Cars review info (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
For 2010, the cx-7 gets a midlife makeover featuring mazda's new leering corporate visage, interior upgrades, structural strengthening and improved sound insulation, all in the name of refinement. Mazda cx-7 is a car with few options, and a choice of engines isn't one of them. All models are fitted with the same 2. 3-litre engine found in mazda's mps performance versions of its mazda 3 and mazda 6...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Filed under: Mazda 2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata - Click above for high-res image gallery When the original fuel crisis hit the States in the 1970s, automakers scrambled to make smaller, more efficient transportation. The result was a lot of ill-packaged front-wheel drive suck better left in the deepest recesses of our collective consciousness. Since the mid '80s though, vehicles (and people) began growing...
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
United Auto Worker members at Ford’s Kansas City, Missouri crossover and truck factory are considering a strike following changes to the plant’s work processes. The Kansas City plant produces the Ford F-150, Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute. According to UAW Local 249’s Web site, union members are unhappy with new workload requirements set [...]
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MyFordDreams2 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Over at AutoBlog, there's a piece about Ford CEO Alan Mually saying the new Global Ranger and Ka won't be among the One Ford global models coming to US shores. Ok, I get the Ka, it's really not a practical vehicle for the US market, but the Ranger? With the last global Ranger and Mazda BT-50 (pictured) we had already missed out on so much, but with the new version it seems all the more painful. And...
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Great Classic Cars (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The hugely popular Mazda MX-5, which celebrates 20 years in production in 2009, has been recognised as a bonafide classic by a leading classic car hire company. Great Escape Classic Car Hire ( http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk/ ) operates the largest specialist fleet of classic cars for one-off self drive hire in the UK and has added a 1997 limited edition Mark 1 Mazda MX-5 Dakar 1.8i to its fleet....
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Highlights & video for sports fans (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
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Great Classic Cars (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
It happens twice every 12 months, roughly around the time of birthdays and Christmas. And each time the same question - what do you buy the person of a certain age (ok, it's usually men, we admit it) who appears to have everything and wants nothing? It's a challenge that gift companies and high street stores have been grappling with for decades, without much success. The list of ideas that they've...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports , SEMA Show , Coupe , Performance , Mazda BMI Racing Mazda RX-8 four-rotor - Click above for high-res image gallery We came across this RX-8 at SEMA and it immediately rang a bell. Time Attack, four-rotor, Mazda RX-8? It's the BMI Racing car we saw on Streetfire a while back. It's said to be the only four-rotor RX-8 in the world and it looks and sounds incredible....
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traimi | 21/09/2009
Set to go on sale in 2011 is this two-seat Roadster, the second of Mini’s new models. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show , the Mini Roadster is the sister car to the Mini Coupe . It will attempt to encroach on the market share of the Mazda MX-5 and Audi TT Roadster. The car will be manufactured in the UK at Mini’s Oxford plant .
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traimi | 18/09/2009
These are new photos of Mazda’s MX-5 Superlight Concept presently showcased at the Frankfurt Motor Show . To reduce the overall weight of the car, it has no windscreen hence, it is believed to improve performance and fuel efficiency. Powering the Superlight concept is a 1.8-liter unit which is the same engine of the production version.
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traimi | 16/09/2009
Mini Cooper revealed a new version of latest model at the Frankfurt Auto Show , the Mini Roadster, a sister car of the Coupe Concept . The new Roadster will be produced in the UK Mini’s plant and will enter in direct competition with the Mazda MX 5 and the Audi TT Roadster.
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