It's hard to believe it's been two decades since Mazda first showed the world how to build a classic British sports car right. The roadster known as the Miata and MX-5 at different times and places around the world is 20 years old and to celebrate, Mazda has invited 200 examples and their owners from across Europe to a party in France next month at the 24 Hours of LeMans. Over the course of two decades and three generations, Mazda has sold over 850,000 MX-5s and it remains one of the most entertaining roadsters available. While it's never been the

The car industry's design shakeup isn't over yet, folks. Today has already seen a new head of design at Volvo and at Ford of the Americas, but now the former Ford-family brand, Mazda, has also decided to change things up. Replacing Laurens van den Acker, Ikuo Maeda takes the helm of Mazda's design department starting April 10. Van den Acker was responsible for three of Mazda's most daring concepts: the Nagare, Ryuga

The Mazda stand at next month’s New York auto show will be bustling with three different debuts. An updated 2010 version of the company’s award winning CX-9 crossover will make its world debut, while the 2010 CX-7 has its American introduction. Completing the trio is the 2010 Mazdaspeed 3, which enjoys its North American rollout following its global reveal in Geneva. We will have to wait until the show for complete change details for the new CX-9, but from the released photo we can pick-up the mild exterior revisions. The front fascia sports a new five-point grille that has already been employed on the RX-8, MX-5 and Mazda 3. Joining the grille are new headlights, fog lamps and side mirror housings. Mazda says the interior styling is also updated with an expanded options list. Expect chassis improvements to include increased rigidity and recalibrated suspension settings for sharper handling.