{"id":2456,"date":"2011-12-16T11:32:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2024-07-25T07:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:20:02","slug":"the-future-of-mazda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/the-future-of-mazda\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bye Bye Ford. Mazda has confirmed that the Mazda independently designed Cx5 chassis and engine technology will be the new platform for the next generation of the Mazda 3 and the upcoming Mazda 6 replacements.  <\/p>\n<p>So what does this mean for Mazda?  This shows that the haters in the automotive press, which in 2009 said that Mazda doesn\u2019t have the engineering capabilities to develop a new platform, once again have no idea what they are talking about.  Take the quote from Aaron Bragman, Auto Analyst for IHS Global Insight, posted in a TruthAboutCars article in December 2009, \u201cThe reality is Mazda is too small to do it on their own&#8230;Ford may have other options. They\u2019ve got a European organization that is very good at developing small cars.\u201d In other words, Mazda might want to start looking around for another partner. <\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today and Mazda has launched a whole new platform that incorporates stronger, lighter, ultra-high tensile steel in its construction, brand new SKYACTIV technology that employs a range of green technologies to increase fuel efficiency, and a clearly defined goal of where they want to be in the next 10-15 years in the automotive landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/TheFuturePicture1-e1324056483755.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With news of the soon to be released Cx5,  the concept car Mazda 6 replacement the Takeri being shown, and the drawings of the Mx5 popping up the future looks really good for Mazda.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/TheFuturePicture2-e1324056535328.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n(Picture Above Courtesy of Top Speed)<\/p>\n<p>I am really looking forward to the news that Mazda is looking to offer a 2 door Mazda 6 in the future.  It has been too long since the Mx6 left the Market back in 1997 and the only 2 door North America has seen since is the Mx5.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/TheFuturePicture3-e1324056571649.jpg\" alt=\"Takeri Mazda 6\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This just goes to show that Mazda is not a company to be underestimated. <\/p>\n<p>-Derrick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bye Bye Ford. Mazda has confirmed that the Mazda independently designed Cx5 chassis and engine technology will be the new platform for the next generation of the Mazda 3 and the upcoming Mazda 6 replacements. So what does this mean for Mazda? This shows that the haters in the automotive press, which in 2009 said &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/the-future-of-mazda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Future&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,72,74,9,40,29,8,32,131,1],"tags":[37,450,10,41,452,62,31,186,453],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cx-5","category-mazda-cx5-skyactiv","category-mazda-news","category-mazda3","category-mazda6","category-miata-mx-5","category-new-products","category-news","category-research-and-development","category-uncategorized","tag-cool-stuff","tag-cx5","tag-mazda-3","tag-mazda-6","tag-mazda-news","tag-mazda-performance","tag-mx-5","tag-mx5","tag-skyactiv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16442,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions\/16442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}