- Mazda says it’s happy being the automotive industry’s “black sheep.”
- But the Japanese automaker admits there's a fine line between being a rebel and falling behind rivals.
- It continues developing combustion engines, with the new Skyactiv-Z arriving next year.
Mazda has never been particularly interested in following the automotive herd. While much of the industry has spent the last few years rushing toward an electric future, the Hiroshima-based automaker is perfectly happy doing things its own way. And it apparently has a name for that approach: being a “rebel with a cause.”
