Tag Archives: 2011 Mazda 2

The facelifted Mazda Demio  (known overseas as the Mazda2) with the SKYACTIV-G 1.3 gasoline engine, together with its development team, has received the 2011-2012 Car Technology of the Year award from the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (JAHFA). The Mazda Demio 13-SKYACTIV was launched in Japan in June 2011. The result was announced today by JAHFA, a registered nonprofit organization …

Today, Mazda Motor Corporation announced that the new SKYACTIV-G 1.3 direct-injection engine has been named the 2012 Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC) Technology of the Year. The SKYACTIV-G 1.3 engine is available in the new Mazda Demio (also known as Mazda2) in the Japanese market. RJC chairman, Hiroshi Fukunaga, announced the award after the final round of …

Mazda announced that the Skyactiv-G 1.3 direct-injection gasoline engine will debut on the facelifted Demio (known as the Mazda2 outside JDM) in Japan on May 18-20 at Tokyo’s Automotive Engineering Exposition. Mazda aims to increase its global fleet fuel efficiency by 30% by 2015 via its Skyactiv technologies.   The 1.3-liter engine features a record high compression ratio of 14:1 …