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Until recently and despite their popularity in other regions especially in Europe, diesel vehicles haven’t yet win Japanese consumers. This is mainly due to expenses related to the NOx emission-reducing technologies which are required for diesel engines to fulfill the nation’s stringent exhaust gas regulations.

Mazda says they have overcome this matter using its brand-new SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine that made its debut about the CX-5 crossover.

Good company, the SKYACTIV-D 2.2 could be the world’s first passenger vehicle diesel engine to secure Japan’s Post New Long-Term Emissions Regulations with no dependence on expensive nitrogen oxide (NOx) after-treatment technology.

Furthermore, Mazda claims that this CX-5 SKYACTIV-D 2.2 may be the first passenger model in the country to blend a clean diesel with the idling stop system, called i-stop, which often can restart the engine in 0.4 seconds.
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Mazda fans could be unhappy in regards to the RX-8’s demise, but the Hiroshima-based automaker includes a history of displaying received well concepts that eventually enter production, such as the RX-Evolve and the Minagi.

You can actually latest concept could be the Takeri and it’ll be unveiled with the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show on November 30. The Mazda Takeri is often a mid-size sedan that effectively provides an earlier glimpse at the Mazda6′s replacement, which is required to arrive in the market inside the first half of 2013.

Like several recent Mazda models, concept and production alike, the Takeri adopts the company’s new “KODO – Soul of Motion” design language.

If you’ve found yourself in the evening name, the Takeri incorporates a very attractive design, both in and out, with many styling cues borrowed directly from the Shinari sports sedan study.

Mazda hasn’t been very forthcoming with details, even so the company did point out that within the hood from the Takeri sits a Skyactive D diesel engine that gets several fuel-saving gizmos, including auto stop/start in addition to Mazda’s first kinetic energy recovery system.

During braking, this method captures strength that would otherwise be dissipated as heat, converts it to electricity, stores it in capacitors and uses it to power the car’s ancillary electric systems, further reducing engine consumption.

We already knew that Mazda will quickly kill-off the RX-8 four-door coupe at some point. More strict fuel economy and CO2 emission regulations saw fot it, forcing the Hiroshima-based carmaker to drag it from overseas markets and make it alive in Japan only.

Today, Mazda announced it is launching a final exclusive edition of the rotary-engined fancy car, that may only be for sale in the domestic market with sales set to begin on November 24. Production will be limited by 1,000 units.

The RX-8 Spirit R is known as as soon as the final edition of that predecessor, the RX-7, and you will be purchased in two versions: one with a six-speed manual-transmission based on the Type RS plus the other having a six-speed automatic in accordance with the Type E model. Read the rest of this entry »