Road Strikers

The 2011 Takeri concept was essentially a fairly standard four-door family sedan, but one which looked incredibly good. Mazda’s designers came up with something that looks sleek, stylish and also practical for the real world. Underneath the Mazda Takeri’s taught bodywork is a economical SKYACTIV drivetrain, and also Mazda’s first regenerative braking system. This technology converts kinetic energy to electricity during deceleration, stores it in capacitors and then uses it to power the car’s electrical equipment – reducing load on the engine and in-turn saving fuel. The Mazda Takeri is powered by the company’s latest SKYACTIV-D diesel engine which includes start-stop technology. There’s no word yet on power output or performance figures, but Mazda’s engineers were tasked with keeping the Takeri’s weight to a minimum in order to improve the car’s dynamics and keep fuel consumption to a minimum. Have more information about this car than please comment us or email us at roadstrikersIN@g...

The Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turimo is Mazda’s virtual race car for the driving game Gran Turimo 6. The LM55 concept pays homage to the rotary-engined 787 B race car which Mazda used to win the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1991. But as well as taking a cue from the past, much of the LM55 Vision Gran Turismo concept’s styling is inspired by Mazda’s Kodo design language used on their current range of cars, including the all-new Mazda MX-5. The Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo features a lightweight construction, with carbon fibre components, including a monocoque chassis clad in an eye-catching “atmospheric-white” paint. The drivetrain, which Mazda hasn’t gone into detail about yet, is said to offer “power, efficiency and durability”. The Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo racer can be obtained in GT6 by one of two ways. After the latest update has been installed, the car can be won by completing a lap (regardless of the lap time) in the new Seasonal E...

Overview: The Mazda 3 proves that economical, fuel-efficient cars need not be dull to look at or to drive—and these are just a couple of the many reasons we named it to our 10Best list for 2015. Available as a sedan or a four-door hatchback, a 155-hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder is standard; a 184-hp 2.5-liter is optional. A six-speed manual is standard while a six-speed automatic is optional. As with most Mazdas, driving dynamics are peppy and engaging, although road noise can intrude.