Soon at Putnam Mazda - 65 California Drive in Burlingame, CA, one Japanese auto maker will revolutionize how we power our vehicles. SkyActiv Technology, a new kind of engine being unveiled this month, will become standard on all Mazda vehicles starting in 2013.

"The 2012 MAZDA3 will have the Skyactiv-G 2.0-litre gasoline engine with the Skyactiv-Drive six-speed automatic transmission (or) the Skyactiv-MT six-speed manual transmission mounted onto a current vehicle platform in order to make Mazda's latest technologies available to customers as quickly as possible," according to Mazda PR rep Sandra Lemaitre.¹

Mazda has found that most of…

The new MAZDA2 hatchback has been available to foreign markets for a long time.  It recently made it to North America.  Now, Mazda has plans to expand the popularity of the MAZDA2 even more.

Starting in October the MAZDA2 will also be constructed in Vietnam. According to sources "the Japanese car maker eyes the country's promising growth potential and as its domestic production base is pressured by the strong yen,".¹

The model will be produced at an assembly plant recently built and owned by Mazda's distributor (Vina Mazda Automobile Manufacturing Co.) in Quang Nam province, located in…