article thumbnail

Mazda starts US pre-orders for diesel 2019 Mazda CX-5

Green Car Congress

Mazda Motor Corporation announced at the New York International Auto Show that it has begun accepting pre-orders for the diesel-powered 2019 Mazda CX-5 in the US market. It is the first time Mazda has offered a diesel-powered passenger car in the US market. The 2019 CX-5 Signature AWD with Skyactiv-D 2.2

Mazda 207
article thumbnail

Mazda SKYACTIV fuel-saving technologies to make US debut at NY International Auto Show

Green Car Congress

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) will unveil its SKYACTIV technologies ( earlier post ) at the upcoming New York International Auto Show, alongside the North American debut of its MINAGI Concept and the United States debut of its refreshed 2012 Mazda3.

Mazda 199
article thumbnail

Mazda patents hybrid powertrain with rotary, 3 electrical motors

Baua Electric

To many purists, Mazda will perpetually be related to the rotary engine that the corporate first introduced within the 1967 Cosmo Recreation and after in a sequence of RX-badged sports activities vehicles. Mazda’s endmost rotary sports activities automobile, the RX-8, had handiest 232 hp however a V-8-like desire. marketplace.

Mazda 52
article thumbnail

Mazda Motorsports announces Skyactiv-D diesel racing engine program for new GRAND-AM GX series

Green Car Congress

Mazda Motorsports will supply racing versions of the new SKYACTIV-D diesel engines ( earlier post ) to customer teams competing in GRAND-AM ’s newly announced GX Class for advanced/clean technologies, beginning with the 2013 season. The engines—stock-block Mazda SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter Compared to Mazda’s current-production 2.2L

Mazda 218
article thumbnail

Mazda unveiling KAI Concept with SKYACTIV-X SPCCI engine; more details on the technology

Green Car Congress

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback ( earlier post ), powered by the next-generation SKYACTIV-X spark-controlled compression-ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine ( earlier post ), SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Mazda 170
article thumbnail

Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

Push EVs

share of the auto market in January, down from 90.5% The January auto market was highly anomalous due to the new year’s introduction of tighter auto emissions and tax increases, which had pulled sales forward into December. The auto market will resume more typical patterns in the months ahead. year on year. comprised 66.5%

Norway 59
article thumbnail

Engines vs motors, Mazda's SkyActiv-X engine, Niro Plug-In, electric-car sales: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we've got a pair of stories on internal combustion, covering Mazda's innovative and fuel-efficient new SkyActiv-X engine and a dismissive comment on electric cars from a Japanese CEO. If you think of the global auto. Also, a new Twitter poll to take and an update on U.S. plug-in electric car sales.

Mazda 90