Source: www.rallysportmag.com.au

For the first time in six years Mazda Australia will enter a two-car team in next month’s Targa Tasmania, with the 2007 event marking the endurance rally debut of the country’s quickest hot-hatch, the Mazda3 MPS.

Acclaimed rally driver, Rick Bates, will spearhead the Mazda Targa Team in the front-wheel-drive Mazda3 MPS and, in a first for Mazda Motorsport, rising female rally star, Melinda Both, will pilot the four-wheel-drive luxury Mazda6 MPS that won its class at last year’s rally.

Celebrating more than three decades in the automotive industry, Roger Beasley is the “King of the Road”

Austin, Texas — Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced the 35 th anniversary of Roger Beasley Mazda. This milestone makes Austin home to the longest-standing and largest Mazda dealership in the Lone Star State.

As music legends Willie Nelson, Clifford Antone and Stevie Ray Vaughn were starting the live music scene in Austin, Texas-native and University of Texas graduate Roger Beasley began what has become a long and legendary career in the automotive industry. At the same time, Japanese automaker Mazda was beginning to capture attention in the United States. Intrigued by the company’s exciting car line, he opened Roger Beasley Mazda in March of 1972.

HIROSHIMA, Japan--Mazda Motor Corporation has announced its staff recruitment plan for fiscal year (FY) 2008. In accordance with its plans for future growth, Mazda will offer 280 engineering, 60 administrative/clerical, 520 manufacturing and 30 medical/other positions to prospective employees in Japan.

The following are Mazda Motor Corporation's changes of positions and responsibilities of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers. These changes are effective June 26, after the 141st General Shareholders Meeting and the subsequent Meeting of the Board of Directors.

Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following personnel changes, effective April 1, 2007.

- Eric Johnston Appointed Vice President Sales and Field Operations -

IRVINE, Calif. - Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced that its senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, Brian Colianni, will return to Ford Motor Company, effective April 1, after three years with MNAO. Eric Johnston, formerly MNAO’s Vice President of Customer Service and Parts Operations, has been named Vice President of Sales and Field Operations, reporting to Jim O’Sullivan, President and CEO of MNAO.

HIROSHIMA, Japan--Based on its long-term strategy and looking ten years ahead, Mazda Motor Corporation has announced its new, four-year mid-term plan, the Mazda Advancement Plan (MAP), for fiscal years 2007 through 2010. Manufacturing innovation and accelerated structural reforms will be key focus points during this period. Other key areas include continuing to improve Mazda's brand value and increasing business efficiencies together with maintaining a consistent and steady growth rate to position Mazda for a successful future.

- Mazda's technology development plan aims to harmonize driving pleasure with environmental and safety features -

HIROSHIMA, Japan--Recognizing the challenges of CO2 mitigation will require a concerted and coordinated effort between governments, the auto industry, the energy industry, suppliers and consumers. Mazda Motor Corporation has announced its long-term vision for technology development, "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom", as part of its brand value improvement initiatives. The plan also articulates Mazda's role in the automotive industry's response to global climate and transportation issues, outlining Mazda's efforts toward realizing a sustainable environment for the future.

TOKYO (March 21, 2007) - Mazda Motor Corp plans to increase by fiscal 2008 domestic production by about 15 pct from the fiscal 2006 level and introduce a hydrogen-electric hybrid vehicle by that year, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.
Mazda will give details of plans to increase production capacity and focus resources on green vehicles in its medium-term business plan to start in the year to March 2008, which will be announced tomorrow.

-- Automaker commits over $100,000 to grassroots support --

March 16, 2007 (Sebring, FL). Mazda North American Operations used the annual sportscar racing extravaganza known as Sebring to announce the signing of multi-year contracts with the leading kart racing organizations in the U.S.A. These commitments further expand Mazda’s leadership in grassroots road-racing, and represent the largest ever commitment to karting from an automaker.