Denying a Japanese newspaper report that Mazda Motor Corp. plans to cancel up to 40 percent of its U.S. dealer franchises, officials at the company's U.S. headquarters said Wednesday...

...common platform and earned overall ''acceptable'' ratings; Nissan's Sentra small sedan, ''acceptable''; Mazda Motor Corp.'s MPV minivan, ''acceptable''; and two mid-size sport-utility vehicles that share a platform, Isuzu...

...RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Other Japanese manufacturers, including Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Suzuki Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. (controlled by Ford Motor Co.), are cranking up their small-car engines in response to U.S. consumer worry...

...much improved from what they used to be.'' Tom Matano, executive designer in charge of global advanced design at Mazda Motor Corp., said it's easy to understand why hatchbacks got labeled ''econoboxes'' about two decades ago. They were...

...F-Series pickups, Mercury Mountaineer SUVs, and select SUVs and light trucks built by General Motors Corp., Mazda Motor Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. Ford Motor has replaced 46,000 Firestone tires overseas -- in Colombia...