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Study: Trust In Dealer Service Departments Remains Surprisingly Strong

The Truth About Cars

Depending on your experience, you may have mixed feelings about your dealers service department, but a recent study from J.D. Power showed that owner satisfaction with dealer service departments remains strong in 2025. Buick and Mazda rounded out the five best with a tied score of 876. Mini scored 888 and Honda earned an 881.

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Mazda first to recycle end-of-life vehicle bumpers into new vehicle bumpers

Green Car Congress

Mazda Motor Corporation has become the world’s first automaker—according to Mazda’s data as of 22 August—successfully to recycle scrapped bumpers from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) into raw material for new vehicle bumpers.

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Mazda to Bring Subcompact MAZDA2 to US in 2010

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Mazda North American Operations’ president and CEO, Jim O’Sullivan, confirmed today during a meeting of the company’s top dealers that the MAZDA2 (known as the Demio in Japan) subcompact (B-class) car will be sold in the US beginning in late 2010.

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Mazda introduces facelifted Demio with 1.3L SKYACTIV engine in Japan; hybrid-like fuel consumption at a lower price

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Mazda began taking pre-orders for the facelifted Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealers throughout Japan; the sales launch is scheduled for 30 June. ” —Takashi Yamanouchi , Mazda president. Demio SKYACTIV-13. Click to enlarge.

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Pre-orders start for Mazda Axela in Japan; gasoline and hybrid models first, followed by diesel

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Mazda Motor Corporation will begin taking pre-orders for the new Mazda Axela sports compact (known outside of Japan as Mazda3) on 10 October 10, 2013 at its dealers throughout Japan. This will make Mazda the first domestic automaker to offer gasoline, diesel and hybrid versions of a single model in Japan. Axela Hybrid.

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CEO of Mazda, which makes one bad EV, says EVs don’t sell (except Teslas)

Electrek

The CEO of Mazda, a company that makes one very mediocre electric car , is still trying to make electrification sound like some strange one-off consumer fad. In an interview with Fortune , Masahiro Moro basically says that if an EV isn’t a Tesla, it’s sitting unsold on a dealer lot somewhere in America.

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Mazda Develops New Automated Recycling Technology for End-of-Life Vehicle Bumpers

Green Car Congress

Mazda Motor Corporation has developed a world-first recycling technology which enhances the process it uses to recycle used bumpers from vehicles whose useful life has ended into raw plastic resin for use in new vehicle bumpers. Automated bumper recycling process. Click to enlarge.

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