Filed under: Recalls , Mazda 2010 Mazda3 – Click above for high-res image gallery According to Reuters , Mazda is preparing to announce a recall that could affect any Mazda3 built between January 2008 and July 2010. The recall has been issued because of an electronic glitch keeps the windshield wipers from working properly. So far no accidents have been reported that relate to this defect.
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Nearly 500,000 Mazda3s recalled over windshield wiper defect
Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Plants/Manufacturing , Hatchback , Mazda 2010 Mazda3 – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s taken seven years and ten months, but Mazda has hit an important milestone in the production of its highly regarded Mazda3 compact car. On April 26, 2011, at its Hofu Plant in Yamaguchi, Japan, the three-millionth 3 rolled down the assembly line. For those keeping track of such things, this makes the Mazda3 the fastest-selling nameplate in the automaker’s current lineup. Over 1.1 million units have been sold in North America to date
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Mazda celebrates 3 millionth Mazda3
Filed under: Car Buying , Sedan , Safety , Videos , Acura , Ford , Hyundai , Mazda , Volkswagen 2011 Consumer Reports best cars for teens – Click above for high-res image gallery of the picks Letting a 16-year-old loose on the world behind the wheel of a couple of tons of metal is a terrifying thought. Statistically, teens are more likely to die in a car accident than by any other means, and, most of the time, those accidents are avoidable. To make picking a car for your teen easier, Consumer Reports has come up with a list of relatively new, relatively cheap options to keep your kids safe while they bomb around with five of their friends make the commute between school, work and home. As you may imagine, CR recommends a family sedan that packs in as many modern safety features as you can afford, including stability control, ABS, traction control and side curtain air bags.
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Consumer Reports picks best used cars for teens [w/video]
First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 i-Stop Mazda’s fuel-sipping system makes sense, but not yet in America… Is the internal combustion engine dead? The number of firms around the globe sinking capital into advancing electric drive technologies, battery chemistry, and other alternative propulsion systems might suggest the internal combustion engine has finally reached its swansong, but Mazda begs to differ.
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First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 i-Stop
First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 i-Stop Mazda’s fuel-sipping system makes sense, but not yet in America… Is the internal combustion engine dead? The number of firms around the globe sinking capital into advancing electric drive technologies, battery chemistry, and other alternative propulsion systems might suggest the internal combustion engine has finally reached its swansong, but Mazda begs to differ. Although the Japanese automaker has tinkered with a number of advanced propulsion systems over the past decade, it feels there’s plenty of life left in conventional, fuel-burning engines, albeit not without a little help from new technologies.
Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Earnings/Financials If you’re in the market for a new car, today just might be your day. According to both Time and TrueCar.com, a perfect storm of factors have collided to make this the best day all year for consumers to get the greatest deal possible on a new hunk of sheetmetal.
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Report: Today is the best day all year to buy a new car