Make no mistake, the affordable sports car of the future will either go the way of the dodo bird or burn a hole in your wallet. Mazda wants to fix that with one of the most controversial powertrain combinations that’s being previewed in its Mazda Iconic SP concept. What’s running it? A rotary electric hybrid. Yeah, kind of wild but we’re digging it. The concept was first unveiled virtually last year as the “Vision Study Model.” In the metal, it’s the Iconic SP. Once you delve under its streamlin

The Mazda MX-5 is the quintessential answer to the question of the ultimate fun and affordable sports car for any budding petrolhead. Currently, the fourth generation ND has been on sale since 2015 but Mazda recently announced that it stopped taking orders for the sports car. In a statement on Mazda Japan’s website, orders for the Mazda Roadster which is what the MX-5 is called in the Land of the Rising Sun have been put on hold. Translated from Japanese, the statement read “Sales will end as so

It would seem even the most iconic, pure driver's cars are not immune to the inevitable shift to electrification. Mazda has announced that its venerable sports car, the MX-5 Miata, will feature some form of electrification, for the model that will succeed the current ND generation. According to a Japanese publication, Mazda's R&D and Cost Innovation boss, Ichiro Hirose has remarked that the convertible MX-5 is in the "scope of electrification in 2030," which is consistent with Mazda's Sustainabl

Pending any last-minute U-turns, the current sales and service tax (SST) exemption/discount in Malaysia under the PENJANA scheme ends on 30-June 2021. That's only a little more than a month away. Under this scheme, fully-imported (CBU) cars enjoy 50% SST discount, while locally-assembled (CKD) models enjoy 100% SST exemption. Get User's Mobile Form Which means that car prices are expected to go up again come 1-July 2021. This article is about Mazda, but we'll also be writing about other brands a

Toyota and Mazda are two very different car companies. Toyota is a corporate giant, the world’s largest car maker that makes everything from commercial vans, to sedans for Japanese salaryman to large SUVs and minivans for American families. Mazda on the other hand, sells just one tenth of Toyota’s volume, and only wants to build cars for people who love cars. At the same time, Toyota is undergoing a rapid change in character. Its President Akio Toyoda is the only car company boss who actively pa

In line with Mazda’s centenary celebrations, Bermaz Motors has also opened the books for the new 2020 Mazda MX-5 RF facelift, alongside the Mazda CX-9 and Mazda2. CBU from Japan, the new MX-5 RF now comes with new gadgets and safety systems with an asking price of RM 266,154. On the outside, the MX-5 RF received minimal changes with only an updated Mazda badging and fonts design to show. Tech lovers would be happy to know that the MX-5 RF’s Mazda Connect Infotainment display has been updated wit