Tag: Mazda

SUVs won the battle, but hatchbacks can still do it all

It was at once an unsatisfying and actually a very satisfying verdict for a group test. When I put the revised Volkswagen Golf against a pair of rivals in the Toyota Corolla and Peugeot 308 last August, the overarching conclusion was that all three were thoroughly recommendable. There were a bunch of alternatives that I didn’t… Continue reading SUVs won the battle, but hatchbacks can still do it all

3000 miles in Cupra’s 328bhp super wagon

Time’s up with this understated hot wagon. Will we miss it? You bet Back in the gloomy days of Covid lockdowns, when most of our exposure to car company executives came courtesy of Skype or Zoom, we would occasionally be invited to fire up our laptops and join then Seat CEO Wayne Griffiths on a… Continue reading 3000 miles in Cupra’s 328bhp super wagon

@Toyota: Aiming to Build Battery Ecosystem, Toyota and Mazda Start Tests of Energy Storage System Using Electrified Vehicle Batteries

Aug. 21, 2025 Toyota Motor CorporationMazda Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) have started field tests of Toyota’s Sweep Energy Storage System* at Mazda’s Hiroshima Plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. For the tests, the power system at Mazda’s headquarters campus―the only power generation system operated by an automaker in Japan―and… Continue reading @Toyota: Aiming to Build Battery Ecosystem, Toyota and Mazda Start Tests of Energy Storage System Using Electrified Vehicle Batteries

@Toyota: Aiming to Build Battery Ecosystem, Toyota and Mazda Start Tests of Energy Storage System Using Electrified Vehicle Batteries

Aug. 21, 2025 Toyota Motor CorporationMazda Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) have started field tests of Toyota’s Sweep Energy Storage System* at Mazda’s Hiroshima Plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. For the tests, the power system at Mazda’s headquarters campus―the only power generation system operated by an automaker in Japan―and… Continue reading @Toyota: Aiming to Build Battery Ecosystem, Toyota and Mazda Start Tests of Energy Storage System Using Electrified Vehicle Batteries

July 2025 new car pre-registration figures

SMMT released figures for July pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in July 2025 that were defined as pre-registrations. The Supply of New Cars Order 2000 requires motor manufacturers to publish the number of pre-registered cars supplied and the gross income received… Continue reading July 2025 new car pre-registration figures

German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009801

The jump of the Japanese stock index Nikkei by 3.5 percent and 15 percent of Mazda and Toyota on Wednesday shows who the stock exchanges for the big winners of the “deal” between Japan and the USA. It is not America and not Ford or GM either, it is Japan and his auto industry. Now… Continue reading German FAZ: Is Toyota depends on the German manufacturers? 009801

Trinova Leans Into a Three-Wheel, Tilting Motorcycle

Life, says Markus Scholten, is not a car commercial: All weirdly empty streets and fantasy mountain adventures, drivers and passengers having a ball, often backed by a nostalgic boomer soundtrack. For Scholten, real life is what any Los Angeleno knows all too well: hours stuck in soul-crushing traffic, Monday through Friday, with only podcasts to… Continue reading Trinova Leans Into a Three-Wheel, Tilting Motorcycle

@Toyota: Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Change

PLANO, Texas (July 29, 2025) – Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced that Janette Hostettler, group vice president, TMNA, and vice president, Manufacturing, Toyota Kentucky, will retire effective September 15, 2025. Hostettler is responsible for the overall management of vehicle manufacturing and organization at Toyota’s largest manufacturing facility globally. Hostettler began her career with… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Change

Mercury Insurance Unveils the Most Affordable New Sedans, Subcompact Crossovers to Insure This Year

Three Hyundai Motor Group Products and Two Nissan Products Top This Year’s List LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Specific sedan and subcompact crossover models are once again some of the most affordable vehicles to purchase and own, according to Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY), a leading auto insurer in California. Announced today, Mercury has compiled… Continue reading Mercury Insurance Unveils the Most Affordable New Sedans, Subcompact Crossovers to Insure This Year