HIROSHIMA, Japan — Mazda Motor Corporation announced a special edition version of the Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) compact car to commemorate reaching two million units of total global production. The Mazda Demio ‘13-SKYACTIV Smart Stylish’ comes with stylish body colors and seats and goes on sale at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini [...]

HIROSHIMA, Japan —Mazda Motor Corporation will display the Biante GRANZ, a specially designed version of the mid-sized tall ‘high-roof’ Mazda Biante minivan, at the 42nd Tokyo Motor show. The 2011 Tokyo show will open to public from December 3, 2011 at the Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center).
The Mazda Biante GRANZ exhibits strength and [...]

HIROSHIMA, Japan —Mazda Motor Corporation launched the special edition Mazda Premacy ‘20S Prestige Style’ at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealers throughout Japan. The Premacy is a seven-seat minivan that is sold outside Japan as the Mazda5.
The special edition 20S Prestige Style is based on the 20S model grade, which features Mazda’s unique [...]

Stuttgart/Lyon – Bodybuilders are discovering the virtues of local emission-free driving: refrigerator van specialist Kerstner is presenting the first refrigerator van variant of the Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL at the Solutrans trade show in Lyon/France from 29 November to 3 December.
Their business is in the city: compact refrigerator vans based on the Mercedes-Benz Vito supply specialist [...]

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – BMW of North America announced prices for the all-new 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedans. The 2012 328i Sedan will be priced from $35,795 while the 2012 335i Sedan will be priced from $43,295. Both prices include $895 destination and handling. These represent a $320 and $370 base price increase over the [...]

The Audi R8 GT is “Sports Car of the Year 2011” in the category “Production Supercars.” 2011 marks the 10th time that a jury from the Auto Bild SportsCars trade journal has awarded the prize, which was presented this evening at the Essen Motor Show.
Stephan Reil, Head of Development at quattro GmbH, accepted the award, [...]

All-New Mazda BT-50 and the Mazda3 SP20 SKYACTIV have come out on top in no less than three categories at the 2011 Drive Car of the Year awards.Leading the way was the All-New BT-50 which, in its first full month on sale, was awarded the title of Best Utility.
In a hard fought win over the [...]

Toyota City, Japan —Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will display a production prototype of the “86″ compact rear-wheel-drive sports car, scheduled for launch in the spring of 2012, at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011. The show, to be held at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward, Tokyo, will be open to the public from [...]

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the all-new CR-V would go on sale at dealerships across Japan on December 2. Introduced in 1995, the CR-V pioneered a completely new SUV market with its original combination of car-like ride comfort and exceptional utility. The CR-V is available in 160 countries, with over 500,000 [...]

The overall packages of occupant, child and pedestrian protection and the safety assistance systems installed in the up! and the new generation Beetle have been evaluated by the European consumer protection organisation, Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme), and the results are first-rate: five stars for both new Volkswagen cars.
In addition, the up! received [...]