— -- 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 ...

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 ...

Mazda has announced a new four-cylinder engine, the Skyactiv-Z. Set to replace the Skyactiv-G and Skyactiv-X engines, the Skyactiv-Z aims to build on Mazda’s commitment to high efficiency and low ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mazda has detailed the next-generation of its SkyActiv engine family, which will feature innovative compression ignition technology. While the new SkyActiv engine is still under development, Mazda ...

About 45 percent of European orders for the CX-30 compact crossover are specified with the SkyActiv-X, a four-cylinder engine with spark-controlled compression ignition, a supercharger, the Miller ...

Mazda has been vocal about its plan to continue developing internal combustion engines despite a major industry push towards electification and EVs. The company displayed its innovative Skyactiv-X ...

Diesel engines are pretty cool and have a lot of benefits. If you want good fuel economy and enough torque to change the rotation of the Earth, then an oil burner is a pretty good option. Though, if ...

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 ...