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Mazda Southern Africa Staff Rally to Give Back
Although, it has only been two months since official Mazda Southern Africa operations commenced on October 1st 2014, in line with the upcoming festive season, MSA staff embarked on an initiative to collect funds and donations on their personal capacity. The intention was to make a donation to a well deserving charity around the Midrand neighbourhood where Mazda Southern Africa office is based.
It took only a few weeks for MSA staff to collect donations and raise a humble but impressive amount that management matched. Contributions collected ranged from children’s toys, groceries, toiletries, baby supplies and clothes to dog and cat food, blankets and pillows.
Two organisations were selected amongst so many equally deserving institutions; the Thembisa Child Welfare and the SPCA Centurion. A handful of staff members then took time out and went to the institutions for the handovers and got to spend time with the children and the animals alike. The children and pets from these homes displayed the courage and challenger spirit that defies convention which resonated with Mazda staff.
The Thembisa Child Welfare is home to 87 neglected and abandoned children, ages from 0 to 23 years. The SPCA Centurion provides boarding to 63 kennels and an extensive list of services relating to critical animal care. Needs for both welfares include the very basic everyday items that so many take for granted.
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Mazda2 Wins! The soon to be launched in South Africa, all-new Mazda2 is racking up global awards by snagging a coveted 2014 Golden Steering Wheel in Germany, this just after recently winning Car Of The Year and the Good Design Gold Award in Japan.
Following the Mazda CX-5, Mazda6 and Mazda3 the soon to be launched in South Africa, all-new Mazda2 is the fourth in Mazda’s line-up of new-generation products which feature the full range of SKYACTIV technology and KODO-Soul of Motion design.
Essentially this little looker has won one of Germany’s most prestigious automotive awards, in the small cars category.
Established in 1976, the Golden Steering Wheel is an automotive award organized by German Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag and automotive magazine Auto Bild. The best new car in each category is determined through a combination of reader voting and evaluations by a panel of judges consisting of automotive journalists and others. The all-new Mazda2 was the only Japanese vehicle to take an award in any category this year.
Production version of Mazda’s new Nissan Juke rival will be revealed next month.
Mazda has revealed the first official sketch of its new Mazda CX-3, a small SUV which will be unveiled at next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show.
The New Mazda CX-3 is likely to go on sale in the UK in late 2015, and will be priced to compete with the hugely successful Nissan Juke.
Under the skin, the New Mazda CX-3 uses the platform from the new Mazda 2 hatchback. And it’s likely to be powered by the same engines: a 1.5-litre petrol and 1.5-litre diesel, both of which feature Mazda’s Skyactiv efficiency technologies.
As for the looks, the sketch shows the New Mazda CX-3 uses the same styling themes as other Mazda models, but according to the company “evolved to produce a sharper form and an enhanced sense of speed”.
The Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the press on November 18, with the New Mazda CX-3 scheduled to be unveiled at 10:30am local time on the 19 November. The show will be open to the general public from November 21-23.
In the 1980s, very few mainstream motor manufacturers where making roadsters anymore. Their heyday in 1950s and 1960s Britain seemed well and truly over. Until Mazda came into the picture that is.
The thinking was to create a sporting roadster, the Mazda MX-5 roadster for modern times that was reliable and fun to drive. To defy conventional thinking and to make a car that featured back-to-basics driving pleasure at its best.
The original Mazda MX-5 Roadster tipped the scales at just 955 kilograms proving to be a truly lightweight sports car. It boasted a front-engine, rear wheel-drive layout that featured exceptional driving dynamics.
This was the roadster of 1950s and 1960s reborn for a modern time. In fact, the Mazda MX-5 Roadster was so much fun to drive and such a pleasure to own that it became the best selling roadster of all time.
