The Mazda MX-5 is possibly the world’s favourite sports car. Revered for its purity and finesse since 1989, is the new one as good as its grandfather?
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Colin Chapman is famous for a number of things. There’s the Lotus marque, and the spinoff Formula One team that won seven drivers’ championships and six constructors’ championships. On the downside, though he may have been an engineering genius, he was not the best businessman. Remember the tie-up with John Z. DeLorean that cost the […]
The Mazda6 is one damn fine looking automobile. That is a fact It has always been a good-looking car, but just lately it had started to look a bit dated – not on the outside, mind you, but on the inside, where its interior didn’t quite stand up to the new generation of Mazda’s like […]
The recent explosion in popularity of the baby SUV has seen a number of manufacturers caught short and now lacking what has quickly become an important part of the range. But not Mazda. The Japanese manufacturer has been on a blinding roll recently, with remarkably good product pouring from its factories; the Mazda6, Mazda3 and […]
PHOTO: Mazda New Zealand’s Maria Tsao accepts the NZCOTY trophy The Mazda3 was named as the New Zealand Car of the Year at an event hosted by the AA and the NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre today. The compact car beat the nine other finalists to take the ultimate award which included […]
The Top Ten finalists for the overall AA/NZ Motoring Writers’ Guild New Zealand New Zealand Car of the Year have been announced. They are, in no particular order: Subaru BRZ, Ford Kuga, Lexus IS, Holden Volt, Hyundai Santa Fe, Volkswagen Golf, Subaru Forester, Holden Commodore VF, Mazda6 and Volvo V40. The finalists will now be voted on by members of the NZ Motoring Writers’ […]
The Mazda6 grew up in several ways with the transition into its newest incarnation. Literally, in terms of its size, as the 6 now could almost technically belong in the large car segment, but it has also grown up massively in terms of refinement, quality and sheer gorgeous road presence. But is that enough? We […]
The Mazda6 has grown up – both dimensionally and dynamically – so is it still as good a steer as it has always been? We have always been fans of the 6’s abilities here at OVERSTEER, so we leapt at the chance to head to Tauranga to check out the new one. What is it? Well, if […]
OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Mazda RX-8 Spirit R The last gasp from the now-iconic Mazda RX-8 may well, in reality, be the last rasp from the truly legendary rotary engine, despite Mazda’s highest hopes and best efforts. We take a look at the final special edition of the RX-8 to see if it still spins our […]
To say that buyers don’t want large vehicles anymore, and then point to the declining large car segment as proof, is actually somewhat spurious. While the proof would actually seem to be fairly black and white – large cars are selling in far fewer numbers every year – it’s actually more a matter of packaging. […]
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