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Mazda design chief Franz von Holzhausen speaks on design

Franz von Holzhausen is a very Teutonic name but the man who holds it was born and raised on Simsbury, CT, so he about as American as my two sons who were born in Hartford. For the past 2 years, Franz has been chief US design for Mazda working out of their Irvine, CA design center, one of three design centers Mazda has, the others being in Europe and in Japan. Young, informal and tall, Franz looks like a southern California surfer until he starts to speak the language of design. I recently went to hear him speak. The Mazda corporate theme for ... Read more →

Changan Ford Mazda plant in Nanjing will make the all-new Mazda2 Sebastian Blanco

The all-new Mazda2 (see story on the car's debut here) will be made for the Chinese market at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. plant in Nanjing, China, Ford announced today. The Nanjing-produced ...

Mazda goes green with "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" Sebastian Blanco

The "Zoom-Zoom" campaign unifies Mazda's brand identity, and today Mazda announced how the company's environmental efforts will be unified under the new "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" idea. The ...

Mazda design chief Franz von Holzhausen speaks on design 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Franz von Holzhausen is a very Teutonic name but the man who holds it was born and raised on Simsbury, CT, so he about as American as my two sons who were born in Hartford. For the past 2 years, Franz has been chief US design for Mazda working out of their Irvine, CA design center, one of three ...

Changan Ford Mazda plant in Nanjing will make the all-new Mazda2 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The all-new Mazda2 (see story on the car's debut here) will be made for the Chinese market at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. plant in Nanjing, China, Ford announced today. The Nanjing-produced Mazda2 model has been "specifically developed ... to suit the tastes of the Chinese market," but ...

Mazda goes green with "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The "Zoom-Zoom" campaign unifies Mazda's brand identity, and today Mazda announced how the company's environmental efforts will be unified under the new "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" idea. The multi-faceted "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom" campaign fits in things like the Japan-only Smart Idling Stop System, ...


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