Mazda Sky-D engine

[PricklyPete]

This engine diesel engine is really sounding great. I really hope Mazda comes through on their promise to bring this to the states.

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/first-drive-2012-mazda6-skyactiv-skyd-20110215-1aurs.html

I've also read elsewhere that it will be mated to both their new automatic and their manual (at least elsewhere). Hopefully both will be an option in the states. A Mazda 3 with this engine would be fantastic. I particularly like how they compared the response of the engine to a gas engine with a free revving nature.

 

[punjabiplaya]

it's getting at least the gas one

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/17/2012-mazda3-to-get-skyactiv-engine-and-gearbox/

 

[PricklyPete]

it's getting at least the gas one

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/17/2012-mazda3-to-get-skyactiv-engine-and-gearbox/

the gas one is all fine and good...but not enough of a difference from what other manufacturers are offering (at least from an efficiency/power perspective it seems). The diesel sounds awesome though.

 

[punjabiplaya]

yeah, but think of 40 mpg from a mazda3 (with the gas engine). However, that diesel could potentially do something like 60+ mpg in a car the 3 and who knows how much in a 2. Now, we just have to get this diesel stigma away from the US.

 

[Arkaign]

Part of the problem is diesel availability and prices, which are arbitrary due to gov't interference. Passing 7-11 at Park / Hebron here in DFW a while ago, one of the only stations in the area that even carries diesel :

87 : 2.97
93 : 3.17
Diesel : 3.55

🙁

Unless that diesel tech is a ton better than VW's, 60mpg isn't gonna happen with a car the size of the 3. The US EPA fuel economy standards are tougher than Euro, and the oft-quoted imperial mpg stats for Euro diesels don't translate perfectly. Remember the recent showdown where the Prius was a lot more efficient than the VW diesel in mixed use.