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Mazda has announced that it will employ its new SkyActiv technologies in the 2012 Mazda3. The vehicle is set to debut at the upcoming Canadian International Auto Show, and it will boast the Japanese automaker’s much-gabbed-about SkyActiv-G gasoline four-cylinder engine and SkyActive-Drive gearbox.
Mazda says that the two new pieces of hardware should help the Mazda3 deliver more torque at mid-range engine speeds, and that the trick should be good enough to increase fuel economy along the way. As you may recall, the SkyActiv-G lump is a gasoline-fed direct-injection design with a low-friction block to minimize mechanical drag.
This will mark the first time that either the new engine or the gearbox has ever been offered in a production vehicle, and the company’s designers threw in a few exterior tweaks to mark the occasion. Buyers can look forward to slightly revised bumpers front and rear as well as new 16- and 17-inch wheels. Mazda says that we should expect to see the more-efficient Mazda3 land in dealerships by the end of this year. Hit the jump for the full press release.
[Source: Mazda]
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