— -- 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 ...

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 ...

In terms of innovative engine tech, Mazda's SkyActiv-G engine and Toyota's 2.5-liter Dynamic Force engine are two industry ...

Mazda has officially released pricing on the 2012 Mazda3. The Japanese automaker has dropped the price on the Mazda3 i SV sedan, which now carries a price tag of $15,200 (*plus a $795 destination fee) ...

While automakers chose to develop hybrids and hit or miss electric cars, Mazda is looking to forge a new era of more efficient, cleaner burning gas and diesel engines with its new Skyactiv technology.

Car companies are taking several different directions towards making their cars of the future more efficient. Some are going down the hybrid route, using electric motors to assist and occasionally ...

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 ...

1. The 2012 Mazda3 will be the first production model to receive a SkyActiv engine, with a 2.0L 4-cylinder making just over 160-hp and roughly 155 lb-ft of torque. 2. Mazda’s diesel engine makes ...

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, ...

Called SkyActiv, the car’s new 155-horsepower drivetrain — a direct-injection 2.0-liter four-cylinder with a six-speed manual or automatic — builds on aerodynamic tweaks to eke out competitive mileage ...

It may not look like much, but there’s some serious technology under the skin. 01-mazda-skyactiv-x-fd-1-jpg Drew Phillips 02-mazda-skyactiv-x-fd-1-jpg Drew Phillips 03-mazda-skyactiv-x-fd-1-jpg Drew ...

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 ...