From the November 2006 issue of Car and Driver. It's been a contender for our cover ever since we spotted a prototype circling the Nürburgring in August 2005. It was all black, sucking air into a huge ...

The Mazdaspeed story traces its origin back to the late 1960s, when a racing team run by the Mazda Auto Tokyo dealership caught the attention of Mazda corporate. The team's growing reputation on the ...

The 2012 MazdaSpeed 3, often referred to simply as the Speed 3, was a high-performance hatchback that was Mazda's answer to the growing demand for affordable yet thrilling compact cars. Derived from ...

The smallest car that Mazda sells in the U.S. is the front-wheel-drive 3. Launched in 2004 and available as a sedan or a five-door hatchback, the Mazda 3 is built on the second-generation European ...

Mazda has always been an enthusiast-oriented automaker. But for a handful of years, there was a nameplate that denoted a more hardcore offering: Mazdaspeed. The in-house racing and tuning team turned ...

The 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed Mazda3 is the best handling front-wheel-drive car we've tested. Its engine puts out good power and makes a satisfying growl, all while delivering decent gas mileage. The car ...

Hot hatches are one of the most beloved automotive categories among car enthusiasts all over the world. Some models, like the Volkswagen Golf GTI, have gained the status of household name, becoming ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...

The entire decade of the 1990s is now at least 25 years in the past, giving U.S. enthusiasts unprecedented access to JDM machinery from performance cars to quintessentially Japanese kei cars. This ...