— -- Mazda's banking a lot on a new technology template it developed, marketed as Skyactiv. The technology mainly involves a revised way to design and tune an engine and transmission, but also ...

Ever since it launched its first rotary-powered car in 1967, the Cosmo Sport, Mazda has gone against conventional wisdom when it comes internal-combustion engines. Today, Mazda continues that ...

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Full disclosure: before we jump in I have to let you know that over the last 3-4 years I have developed a couple of pre-conceptions about diesel cars in general and about the latest Mazda cars in ...

Mazda's SKYACTIV engine family debuted in 2009 and was first launched with the Mazda DEMIO in 2011. The lineup includes traditional SKYACTIV-G gasoline engines and SKYACTIV-D diesel engines that power ...

Mazda has announced a new four-cylinder engine, the Skyactiv-Z. Set to replace the Skyactiv-G and Skyactiv-X engines, the Skyactiv-Z aims to build on Mazda’s commitment to high efficiency and low ...

The internal combustion engine, now more than 200 years old, will be with us for a long time to come yet. Powering more than 1 billion vehicles on the planet and almost 100 million new ones each year, ...

About 45 percent of European orders for the CX-30 compact crossover are specified with the SkyActiv-X, a four-cylinder engine with spark-controlled compression ignition, a supercharger, the Miller ...

Mazda has been vocal about its plan to continue developing internal combustion engines despite a major industry push towards electification and EVs. The company displayed its innovative Skyactiv-X ...

Diesel’s on the outs in Europe, and EVs aren’t ready for prime time. Skyactiv-X seems, at this juncture, a hedge bet against both aspects. EV infrastructure lags massively behind our petroleum ...

Briefly offered in the CX-5 crossover and slated for the Mazda6 sedan, the Skyactiv-D engine is now a thing of the past. Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an ...