{"id":448340,"date":"2010-03-19T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/19\/rumormill-mazda-considering-offering-diesel-on-cx-7\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T21:32:00","slug":"rumormill-mazda-considers-offering-diesel-cx-7-in-the-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/448340","title":{"rendered":"Rumormill: Mazda considers offering diesel CX-7 in the States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/crossovers-cuvs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Crossover<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/mazda\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mazda<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/diesel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Diesel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/gallery\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/mazdacx-7fl-still1jpg300-copy.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2010 Mzda CX-7 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nTwo years ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/mazda\/\">Mazda<\/a> introduced an advanced new 2.2-liter four cylinder diesel engine in the European market. Since then, we&#8217;ve asked Mazda officials on several occasions whether they would offer that engine in the U.S. market. The company has never ruled out bringing a diesel here, but it has also never said it would. Instead, Mazda has always said that it&#8217;s watching the market and if there was demand for a diesel in the U.S., it would look at offering the efficient engines. Perhaps the success of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/volkswagen\/\">Volkswagen<\/a>&#8216;s diesel offerings in the U.S. has convinced Mazda to look more seriously at oil-burners.<\/p>\n<p>Mazda also offers a higher revving, more powerful 2.3-liter diesel which would be better suited to U.S. tastes. Mazda already offers the CX-7 with an SCR after-treatment system that would go a long way to meeting American emissions standards. However, at last fall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/category\/Tokyo-Motor-Show\/\">Tokyo Motor Show<\/a>, the company also showed a next-generation diesel dubbed Sky-D, which is 20 percent more efficient. According to <em>Road &amp; Track<\/em>, Mazda has acknowledged that the Sky-D diesel could be part of the lineup for the next generation CX-7 and CX-9, but the obvious question is: When?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/low\/\">2010 Mazda CX-7<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/mazdacx-7fl-still1jpg300_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/mazdacx-7flstill17jpg300_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/mazdacx-7flstill6jpg300_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/mazdacx-7flstill5jpg300_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazda-cx-7-0\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/mazdacx-7flstill4jpg300_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.roadandtrack.com\/mazda-eyes-diesels-for-america\/\">Road &amp; Track<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/19\/rumormill-mazda-considering-offering-diesel-on-cx-7\/\">Rumormill: Mazda considers offering diesel CX-7 in the States<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:00 EST.  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Since then, we&#8217;ve asked Mazda officials on several occasions whether they would offer that engine in the U.S. market. 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