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Mazda ice racing in Siberia
Features

Wheels takes on Mazda's Siberian ice race

We beat Poms in Mazda MX-5 race. Forget the rest

#10: Toyota Landcruiser - 8125 Sold
News

Top 10: Australia's Best Selling 4x4s

Who takes top spot as Australia's best selling dual-range 4x4 of 2013?

Mazda 3 sedan, 2013, australia
Features

Revealed! Mazda 3 sedan

Mazda has just ripped the covers off this – the new Mazda 3 sedan.

Mazda, sportscar, halo, new, RX-8, hybrid, rotary, Australia, America, Mazda 3
News

Mazda to launch 'halo sports car' by 2016

Zoom Zoom fans rejoice, Mazda is planning a new 'halo' performance car to be introduced after 2016.

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Motorsport

This week's motoring highlights

With the end of the week fast approaching, we thought it time to recap the biggest motoring stories of the past seven days.

Mazda’s next-generation 3 has finally materialised,
Features

All-new Mazda 3 zooms into view

Mazda’s next-generation 3 has finally materialised, boasting a longer, lower, and wider body, a complete interior overhaul, and the company’s latest SkyActiv chassis and drivetrain technologies.

New Mazda3 breaks cover
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New Mazda3 breaks cover

As part of a co-ordinated global reveal, taking place simultaneously in Melbourne, London, Istanbul, New York and St Petersburg, Mazda has unveiled its next generation Mazda3 hatch, due to go on sale locally (with its sedan sibling) in the first quarter of next year.

Why the Wheels garage is glorious. Sometimes.
Features

Why the Wheels garage is glorious. Sometimes.

Some days the Wheels garage truly is a wondrous place, full of the kind of metal that would raise the heart rate of even the most spoiled sheik.

Spied,  Mazda 3
Features

Spied: New model of Australia's best-selling car

What you’re looking at could be the latest version of Australia’s best-selling car – the Mazda 3.

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COTY

Electric shocks as Wheels Car of the Year finalists announced

There are more shocks than you'd get from licking a police Taser in the list of this year’s finalists for the prestigious Wheels Car of the Year award.

Wheels Car of the Year 2012, finalists, magazine, Honda Civic Hatch, Mercedes ML-Class, Holden Volt, Audi Q3, BMW 3 Series, Opel Astra, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai i30, VW Up, Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86
COTY

Wheels Car of the Year 2012: Finalists

There are more shocks than you'd get from licking a police Taser in the list of this year's finalists for the prestigious Wheels Car of the Year award.

Car prices going down
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Car prices going down

Smart shoppers know that the best deals on new cars emerge before and after January 1. In less than a month’s time, anything built in 2011 will be immediately deemed, like, so last year. Literally.

Nissan creates GT-R SUV
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Nissan creates GT-R SUV

Nissan has taken the GT-R’s 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6, six-speed transaxle and all-wheel-drive chassis, and stuffed the complete powertrain into its Euro-only Juke compact SUV.

Hyundai i40 Tourer
News

Mid-sized wagon warfare

Launch of the all-new Hyundai i40 Tourer, the addition of cheaper, fuel-frugal Volvo V60 variants, and a hefty $3370 pricecut to Mazda 6 Touring signals mid-sized wagon warfare.

Mazda 3 geared-up for sales showdown
Events

Mazda 3 geared-up for sales showdown

Mazda has launched its face-lifted 3 hatch and sedan range, with lower prices, extra equipment and a new fuel-saver variant added.

Melbourne Motor Show wrap-up
Events

Melbourne Motor Show wrap-up

The 2011 Australian International Motor Show is in full swing, so here’s our wrap of the best fresh metal that graced the halls.

Mazda 3 reaches for the Skyactive
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Mazda 3 reaches for the Skyactive

Mazda has unveiled its facelifted 3 sedan and hatch range, which debuts an all-new direct-injected four-cylinder powertrain

2009 Melbourne Motorshow Hits and Misses
Events

2009 Melbourne Motorshow Hits and Misses

Our Young Designer of the Year, Johannes Collopy, rates this year's only Oz show, its stoppers, and its floppers.

Centre punch
Features

Centre punch

Mazda 3's chief designer explains to John Carey why the essence of the new car, both inside and out, is firmly focused dead centre.

Base three - Mazda 3 Neo
Features

Base three - Mazda 3 Neo

Mazda looks poised for another home run with an evolutionary new 3 that smooths rough edges with an extra layer of refinement.

Gone with the flow - Laurens van den Acker
News

Gone with the flow - Laurens van den Acker

The world's hottest car designer has jumped ship from Mazda to Renault, taking his flowing, nature-inspired vision with him. Robbo asks Laurens van den Acker why.

April VFACTS
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April VFACTS

Then results are in, and the figures aren't good, but there is a ray of light for some marques and models.

Mazda's designs on the future
Features

Mazda's designs on the future

Its first Australian design forum gave an up-close-and-personal look at Mazda's next-gen cars via head designer, Laurens van den Acker.

New design chief at Mazda
News

New design chief at Mazda...

Laurens van den Acker, the man who brought a smile to Mazda's latest generation, is rumoured to be returning to Europe as new design head Ikuo Maeda takes to the drawing board.