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<\/strong><\/p>\n Mazda says it will offer a mid-size car with a fuel-efficient diesel engine in the U.S. by 2012. (This would seem to indicate an oil-burning 6 sedan, given that it’s the firm’s only mid-size car.) The car will be rated at up to 43 mpg in highway driving and be Mazda\u2019s first diesel offering on our shores.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n It will employ a diesel engine called the SKY-D, which was announced<\/a> alongside the SKY-G gasoline engine and an automatic transmission called SKY-Drive at last year’s Tokyo show. We’ve now learned that all three technologies will make their way to American vehicles.<\/p>\n With lower internal friction and \u201cinnovative combustion\u201d techniques, the SKY-D engine should be 20 percent more fuel-efficient and offer more torque than Mazda\u2019s current 2.2-liter turbo-diesel (which we sampled in a Euro-spec Mazda CX-7<\/a>). A ceramic diesel particulate filter means the engine will meet American emissions standards without a urea exhaust-treatment system.<\/p>\n In 2011, Mazda will launch the SKY-G engine globally. The gasoline engine will reportedly be 15 percent more fuel-efficient and offer 15 percent more torque than today\u2019s comparable engines. The improvements stem from a higher compression ratio, reduced internal friction, optimized combustion, and \u201cintake volume control.\u201d SKY-G will become Mazda\u2019s core powerplant and is said to offer zesty performance on top of the fuel savings.<\/p>\n Both engines will use the SKY-Drive gearbox, an updated version of Mazda\u2019s six-speed automatic transmission. It will lock up the torque converter more often, making it five percent more efficient than Mazda\u2019s current automatics while offering a direct feel and quicker shifts; Mazda says the automatic will feel like a dual-clutch transmission.<\/p>\n Related posts:<\/p>\n Mazda says it will offer a mid-size car with a fuel-efficient diesel engine in the U.S. by 2012. (This would seem to indicate an oil-burning 6 sedan, given that it’s the firm’s only mid-size car.) The car will be rated at up to 43 mpg in highway driving and be Mazda\u2019s first diesel offering on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Return](\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Return-to-the-2010-New-York-Auto-Show-Full-01-440x62.jpg\" "\\"Return")
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