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Wondering if this is Mazda‘s replacement for the B-Series here in N. America..?
Mazda has announced it will launch the all-new Mazda BT-50 at the upcoming international motor show in Sydney. Mazda calls it an ‘active lifestyle vehicle’ and it’s the new approach Mazda is taking on the conventional ute design.
Read the full article, via Car Advice.
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Alan McPhee is the weekly automotive columnist for the Nanaimo Daily News, and a contributor to Driving.ca. This week he reviews the Mazda B Series pickup trucks. Originally posted June 30th, 2010:
Mazda‘s B-series pickups must feel a bit like Rodney Dangerfield. They just don’t get the respect — or attention — lavished on the company’s Zoom-Zoom sports and passenger cars.
The B-Series may not have the sex appeal of the Miata or Mazda6, but it meets the needs of a large segment of the buying public. In fact, six of the top ten selling vehicles in Canada are trucks.
It seems that many people need a vehicle capable of “multi-tasking” for the whole family . . . able to do the heavy lifting on workdays and still provide a recreational escape on the weekends.
And for those who don’t need the extra size offered by large and mid-size pickups, the B-Series is one of the few remaining compact pickups on the market.
PHOTO: A7design1, via flickr.com under a Creative Commons license
And trucks aren’t what they used to be. Many of today’s trucks feature space, comfort and performance approaching the luxury car level and the comfort gap between a compact pickup and compact sedan has been pretty well closed.
In addition, compact pickups are generally more affordable to buy and cheaper to insure. The Mazda B-Series pickup is a case in point.
The 4×2 Regular Cab B2300 equipped with the basic 143-horsepower, 2.3-litre DOHC four-cylinder engine and five-speed manual transmission is priced at just $15,795.
Read the full review, via Canada.com.
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