Tom Matano is not a household name like Enzo Ferrari or Ferdinand Porsche, but he built icons. As the man largely responsible for the design of the Mazda MX-5 Miata, Matano helped redefine everything ...

Tsutomu “Tom” Matano, the Mazda designer known to car enthusiasts as the “father of the Miata,” died on September, 20, 2025, at age 76. The news circulated on social media, with no official statement ...

Tsutomu “Tom” Matano, the designer behind such legendary Mazda sports cars as the Miata and FD RX-7, passed away on September 20. He was 76 years old. Matano is known to many enthusiasts as “the ...

Respected car designer Tsutomu “Tom” Matano has died at 76 years old on September 20, 2025. Tom Matano held several design-related positions at General Motors and BMW early in his career, but he’s ...

Roger Biermann is an automotive journalist of 13 years and has been the Managing Editor at CarBuzz since 2021. With no formal post-high school education, Roger launched his career as an automotive ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced today the successful completion of the first enrollment period for its innovative Florida Panther Payment for Ecosystem Services ...