Posts Tagged ‘mazda’

Mazda Design Chief Franz Von Holzhausen Talks on Design, Style

December 19th, 2009
AutoblogGreen writers recently got the chance to hear the Chief of Mazda’s US design team, Franz von Holzhausen, give an insight into the style and design culture at Mazda. Though the name sounds like a European stylist, Holzhausen was born in Simsbury, Connecticut and is now based in California.He reveals that specific models and concepts at Mazda are taken from nature with designs that are more likely flowing and organic than the blocky shapes seen in most production cars today. But in his designs, Mazda’s persistent “Zoom, Zoom” philosophy, as always, will continue to play a big role in the designs of future automobiles. More RWD and AWD models will be coming in the lineup, and there will also be a departure from its current range, plus greater highlights on inte read more

Beware: Buying Truck Accessories Online

July 23rd, 2009
We love our trucks. According to the Automotive News Data Center there were 8,269,351 trucks and SUVs sold in 2007. And according to Kicking Tires, “pickup trucks are the lifeblood of the auto industry, contributing an estimated $5,000 to $15,000 to automakers’ coffers for each one sold”. A truck is not simply a mode of commuting, at least for us Americans, but it is a reflection of our personality as well. So we spend even mo » Read more: Beware: Buying Truck Accessories Online read more