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If you have driven by the gas pump recently then the interest in cars with more fuel-efficient gasoline habits probably doesn’t surprise you. Most manufacturers are trying to accommodate the change in consumer perspective, especially in the U.S. automotive market. Mazda is onboard with their recent announcement of the SKYACTIV line of more efficient engines. The first engine to appear is the 2.0-liter four-cylinder that is said to deliver 40-mpg when placed in the Mazda3. However, the more recent news is centered on the 1.3-liter SKYACTIV-G engine ear marked for the Mazda2—some of...
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2012 Mazda3 SkyActiv-G Engine: How Much More Fuel Efficient?Next year's Mazda3 models will deliver fuel efficiency gains over their 2011 counterparts, the company said today, as it unveiled refreshed versions of its popular compact hatchback and sedan, to go on sale later this fall. The 2012 Mazda3 will offer as an option what Mazda now calls the SkyActiv-G...
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Next-Gen Mazda2 Will Return 70 MPG, Without An Electric Motor
The U.S. is just getting its first taste of the funky Mazda2, a car that has helped rewrite the rulebook on affordable hatchbacks by showing that cheap doesn’t have to mean drab and boring to drive. However, the next-generation of Mazda’s global small car is currently in the works and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
