MazdACT Stories: Mystia's 2001 Mazda NB 8C MX-5

The second-generation Mazda MX5, known as make NB, was first previewed at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1997. With big shoes to fill, it came hot on the heels of the predecessor NA which first appeared in 1989.

MazdACT Stories: Thomas’s 1993 Mazda Autozam AZ1.

In the mid to late 1980’s, Mazda decided they wanted to make a Kei-sports car. A Kei (or ‘K’ car) is the smallest category of Japanese expressway-legal motor vehicle. The term 'Kei' is a shortening of kei-jidōsha, which translates to English as ‘light automobile’

MazdACT Stories: Lindsay’s 1989 AW11 Toyota MR2 (Vixen) 

1984. It’s the near mid-point of a decade still fondly remembered today in everything from pop-culture to the arts to apparel. James Cameron’s The Terminator has taken cinema by storm, the Olympic Games are underway in Los Angeles and there’s unrest in the middle east.

MazdACT Stories – Jason’s 1974 Mazda Series II RX3 sedan.

It’s a change of optimism and innovation that Mazda can surely relate. Following the successful introduction of the Mazda R100 into the Australian car market in 1970, the power of the rotary put down firm roots on roads and in hearts that developed into the iconic culture we know today.

MazdACT Stories: Lachlan Goffage’s 2018 Mazda 3 SP25 GT

Lachlan is at home with the piano. A musical vessel not easily mastered; his hands find solace in the exploration of the keys as they attune to jazz pieces such as Misty or Autumn Leaves. We learn that Deference for Darkness, a gorgeous film noir inspired track from the Xbox game Halo 3: ODST, is on his radar and only if to satisfy a stroke of luck in speaking with the game’s composer last year.

MazdACT Stories: Jeremy’s 1970 Mazda Series II R100. 

Squirrelled away on a rural property, far from prying eyes is the world of a mechanical wizard tinkering and revitalising rotary magic in an unsuspecting garage.

MazdACT Stories – Frank’s 1977 Mazda 1000 Ute 

Winter has returned to the capital region for another year. Though it's only May, the temps have begun to dip into overnight lows in the minuses. An early morning fog and frost greet the Carlective as a story of family and generational vehicle ownership takes the crew to a property near Springrange, New South Wales.

MazdACT Stories – Tom Walter’s 1999 Mazda NB MX5

It’s early April and Autumn has begun in the nation’s capital. Fonz Campa’s MPS 6 story has just been published when the team receives a message from local MazdACT MX5 member, Tom Walter.  

MazdACT Stories: Fonz Campa’s 2006 Series 1 Mazda MPS 6

It’s something Mazda turbo enthusiast Fonz Campa knows too well. His snowflake white MPS 6 is from a short-lived breed; the pinnacle of an era where Mazda’s fleet line up was as diverse as a standard city driver to a track ready beast and everything in between. 

MazdACT Stories: Barry Faux’s 1995 20B Eunos Cosmo

In 1962, The Jetsons fit took to the airwaves. The Hanna Barbera spin on a family set in the distant future was welcomed fondly for its big ideas of floating homes and flying cars.

MazdACT Stories: Jeremy’s 1974 Mazda RX4 Coupe

The thing to know about Jeremy is that, while he’s led an eventful life, his passion and enthusiasm for his Mazda vehicles is infectious.