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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Mazda North American Operations’ president and CEO, Jim O’Sullivan, confirmed today during a meeting of the company’s top dealers that the MAZDA2 (known as the Demio in Japan) subcompact (B-class) car will be sold in the US beginning in late 2010. Currently, the MAZDA2 offers a range of engines from 1.3 Tags: Brief.

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MAY 26, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation delivered the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda’s latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system. Tags: Brief.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Ford and its partners are building a new engine plant in China to support future products and growth plans. Ford’s joint venture, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd (CFMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with the Chongqing Municipal Government to build a new engine plant in Chongqing. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Mazda CX-7 equipped with a MZR-CD 2.2-liter liter clean diesel engine (European specifications). Mazda Motor Corporation will exhibit freshened CX-7 SUVs with European specifications at the 63 rd Frankfurt Motor Show, which will be held from 15-27 September. Mazda’s MZR-CD 2.2L Tags: Diesel Emissions.

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JUNE 25, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation has beg un sales of the freshened Mazda Biante range for the Japanese market. direct-injection engine, the top-selling front-wheel drive (FWD) 20S model grade now offers fuel economy of 13.6 direct-injection engine, the top-selling front-wheel drive (FWD) 20S model grade now offers fuel economy of 13.6

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APRIL 5, 2010

The New York International Auto Show saw Mazda showcase a series of new engine and transmission concepts that improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Known as the SKY Concept engines and transmissions, they will be rolled out from 2011.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. The Wave Disc Engine. Source: MSU.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Mazda Motor Corporation will unveil the all-new Mazda5 (known as the Mazda Premacy in Japan) during the press days of the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, 2-3 March 2010. direct injection gasoline engine and i-stop (European specifications). gasoline engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Chris Dyson and Guy Smith won the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge in the #16 Castrol Mazda Lola coupe, setting a new race record. The all-new Mazda AER (Advanced Engine Research) engine is based on the MZR-R. Tags: Brief. Dyson set the car’s fastest lap four laps from the end.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

With biobutanol, you have a cleaner burning, more powerful, better fuel mileage product that we will race here and at Mazda Raceway, and evaluate as one of the possible fuels for the series in 2010. John Doonan, Manager Motorsports Team Development for Mazda. The Mazda AER (Advanced Engine Research) MZR-R is a 2.0

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Anyone with an eye for exciting new vehicles need look no further than Japan, where the Mazda Motor Corporation has now begun selling a new version of its Mazda Atenza (known internationally as the Mazda6). The vehicle is available in both saloon and sport wagon body types and includes a 2.0litre engine which has been updated [.].

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MARCH 16, 2010

This additional weight will be required until 19 May 2010 at which time competitors may remove Dyson Racing will run its Mazda-powered Lola B09/86 LMP2 coupe on the fuel for the full 2010 season. BP has partnered with Mazda to develop a viable bio race fuel for the Mazda-powered entry in the 2010 season. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The 2011 Threewheeler features a “Screaming Eagle” 1800 cc engine from Harley Davidson and a Mazda 5-speed gearbox. Tags: Brief. The Morgan Motor Company is “relaunching” a modern version of the vehicle upon which the company was founded: the Morgan Threewheeler.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

At the event, Mazda, which has just announced that it has achieved its best ever sales month in the UK in September, will showcase the world premier of its next generation engine line-up and automatic transmissions. Specifically, fuel economy and torque are boosted by approximately 15 per cent compared to Mazda’s current 2.0

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Not to be outdone by its Japanese rivals, Mazda will lead the way in a new project aimed at testing a low carbon transport system that uses clean energy. Mazda has adopted a policy aimed at improving its internal combustion engines and then combine them with electric devices.

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MAY 12, 2010

Itochu Corporation, Mazda, Family Mart, EnerDel and 11 other partners have launched a 3-year project in Tsukuba City, Japan—the “Green Crossover Project”—designed to showcase a real-world integration of the smart grid, stationary lithium-ion grid storage, electric vehicles, rapid recharging and renewable energy technologies.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

So intent is vehicle manufacturer Mazda on keeping pace with the green car race that it intends to raise $1.1billion through a share offering with $670million to be used for research and development of more efficient and safer vehicles.

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MAY 24, 2009

Japanese automakers plan to increase exports of small cars with engine displacements of 1-1.5 Mazda Motor Corp. Mazda expects to sell 40,000 to 50,000 units annually there. The car has an engine displacement of up to 1.5 plans to start selling the Fit, which has an engine displacement of up to 1.5 Honda Motor Co.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Ford and its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automotive Ltd. CFMA) are building a new assembly plant in Chongqing, and just signed an agreement to build a new engine plant also in Chongqing. Tags: Brief. Sixty-six is an auspicious number in China, and we think it bodes well for our future success.

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JUNE 20, 2009

Times change fairly quickly in the automotive industry - it wasn’t too long ago that Mazda announced that it had no interest in hybrid cars. Now it has officially declared that it will ramp up the engineering and design of hybrid models in an effort to bring several to market before 2020.

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JULY 1, 2009

Mazda has taken this idea and developed an interesting variation by ineffect ‘pausing’ the engine rather than stopping it, the carmaker claims this further improves fuel consumption. This system can then restart the engine in only 0.35 Tags: mazda Mazda3 start-stop. Seen on the new Mazda3 2.0

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AUGUST 18, 2009

The 403 hp (300 kW) prototype Karma Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) attained a speed of 100 mph (161 km/h), but used no gasoline as it made its way around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Tags: Brief. Behind the wheel was Fisker Automotive co-founder and COO Bernhard Koehler.

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MAY 12, 2009

Mazda took another step forward towards establishing a hydrogen economy in Norway today as it delivered the first of its Norwegian-specification RX-8 Hydrogen RE model. Liv Signe Navarsete, who drove the Mazda rotary-engine sports coupe from Oslo to the Drammen station on zero-emission hydrogen.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

This time it is the turn of the Mazda Motor Corporation, which will exhibit freshened versions of the CX-7 at the event including a version powered by the company’s MZR-CD 2.2 litre diesel engine mated to a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system. Another day passes and more news reaches us here at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

litre petrol engine with 148bhp in a small hatch should make for a decently swift driving experience. However, the Mazda is curiously devoid of interest, even though this –stop model now comes with a six-speed manual where previously this engine has only been available with an automatic gearbox. Mazda reckons the 2.0

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

To date, the MFC’s primary focus has been to analyze fuels typically used in internal combustion engine applications, but the work done in characterizing the fundamentals of fuel-component combustion is equally applicable to the simulation of turbine engines used in both power generation and aircraft propulsion.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Ford Figo is designed and engineered to compete in India’s small car segment, which accounts for more than 70% of the new vehicle market. Separately, Ford announced that its joint venture with Changan in China—Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA)—is building a new, manufacturing facility in Chongqing, scheduled for completion in 2012.

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MARCH 25, 2010

million to complete engineering integration with VVC’s 30 US suppliers. The company’s vehicle design team is led by Tom Matano, who is best known as the “father of the Mazda Miata”. Tags: Brief. The first loan application was for $79.9 The second was for $241.2

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

American car maker Ford is continuing to make inroads into China by building a second engine plant in the country. Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Chongqing Municipal Government Ford China Ford engines Ford Motor China.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

The initial phase of the Model Fuels Consortium was launched four years ago by Reaction Design to enable the design of cleaner-burning, more-efficient engines and fuels. We view our membership as a valuable resource in our ongoing efforts to develop highly efficient and innovative engine designs. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 18, 2009

VVC’s Director of Design is Tom Matano, who led the design of the Mazda Miata. Tags: Brief. VVC says that it will produce a high-quality, “environmentally friendly” and fuel-efficient car for the US market. VVC will assemble the cars at the former Guide Corp. plant in Ouachita Parish, which has been closed for years.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Our aim is actually to reinforce our European record in emissions reduction by introducing new engines, new technologies and new applications. New technologies, like Start&Stop, introduced on the Fiat 500, is now standard on all Punto Evo Euro 5 engines. liter TDi engine helped it to an average of 163 g/km. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

In the last few weeks, not only has Chrysler made announcements, so has Mazda, Hyundai, and Nissan. Senior sources say that trials are currently underway in Japan, with a prototype that uses a rotary engine to charge the battery pack. The tests are sufficiently advanced that Mazda has a working prototype in a Mazda 5 MPV bodyshell.

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APRIL 1, 2010

liter SKY-D engine. At the New York International Auto Show, Mazda highlighted its new SKY Concept next-generation engines and transmission, slated for global roll-out starting in 2011. Fuel economy will improve 15% on the SKY-G (gasoline-based) and 20% on the SKY-D (diesel-based) engines, with a simultaneous increase in torque.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Mazda Motor Corporation has begun sales of the facelifted Mazda Atenza (known overseas as the Mazda6) for the Japanese market. liter engine Atenza models, available in both the Sedan and Sport Wagon body types, have been updated with Mazda’s direct injection MZR 2.0L DISI gasoline engine. Tags: Brief.

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APRIL 17, 2010

The BP-supported team that races a Mazda-powered Lola prototype made history last fall when it became the first race car ever to race (unclassified) using isobutanol. It’s high tech, high drama racing with the latest technology in cars, engines, fuels, and tires competing in the frantic class battles of the American Le Mans Series.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

Those lucky enough to be at the Mazda Raceway last weekend got to witness one of the most hotly anticipated debuts in motoring as the Fisker Karma plug-in extended range electric vehicle made its public driving debut. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Fisker Fisker Karma Fisker Karma debut Mazda Raceway.

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