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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 has announced it’s going to launch the all-new Mazda CX-five compact crossover SUV at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show (September 13 via 25, 2011). The CX-five may be the 1st of the new generation of Mazda products which will adopt the entire variety of Mazda’s breakthrough Skyactiv technologies and new design theme, ‘KODO – Soul of Motion.’ (continued below)

The Mazda CX-5 evolves Mazda’s hallmark exciting-to-drive character and will be progressively travelling to global markets from early 2012. Developed nearby the complete variety of Skyactive engineering – for instance all-new Mazda gasoline and diesel engines, manual and automatic transmissions, physique and chassis – the CX-five delivers precise response along with a high-good quality ride matched with powerful environmental and safety functionality.

The engine lineup for the European specification CX-five will incorporate Mazda’s Skyactiv-G two. gasoline engine Skyactiv-D 2.2 diesel engine obtainable in Common Power and Substantial Energy versions. Mazda dedicated to reaching exceptional environmental performance to get a compact SUV and targeted CO2 emissions of lower than 120g/km for your Skyactiv-D 2.two engine model. Read the rest of this entry »