Mazda delays SKYACTIV-D diesel until spring

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 01/09/2014 at 10:11 • Filed to: mazda, diesel, skyactiv, skyactiv d, skyactiv-d, zoom zoom, tips, just the tip

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It meets emission standards, but Mazda doesn't think it quite has "the right balance between fuel economy and Mazda-appropriate driving performance".

So not enough zoom?

I think they just want to wait until it's warmer out, to avoid any cold weather problems. Because diesel.

Link to Autoblog story

daender > Takuro Spirit 01/09/2014 at 10:12

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More torque!

moralderpitude > Takuro Spirit 01/09/2014 at 10:20

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From what I heard from 'straya, the Mazda diesel has had some serious mechanical problems. I think they're taking time off to work on the reliability issues now that it meets emissions requirements.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Takuro Spirit 01/09/2014 at 10:21

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Maybe I'm a loon, but isn't the whole point of the Skyactiv branding to emphasize a particular kind of compression management and stratified charge running, both of which are utterly meaningless for a diesel in the manner employed on a gas?

I mean, maybe compression controls are present, but high efficiency gas =/= high efficiency diesel. If they're nuking compression under reduced load to reduce pumping losses and reduce NOx, that'd IIRC actually be almost the exact opposite of a Skyactiv gas in some respects (conditional compression increase). Maybe the execution is similar, just more typically on? I don't know.

BoumboQC > moralderpitude 01/09/2014 at 10:34

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Interesting, do you know which components ?

moralderpitude > BoumboQC 01/09/2014 at 10:39

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Most of the noise is about the particulate filter but over in the FP article on the subject it looks like they have other troubles as well.

BoumboQC > moralderpitude 01/09/2014 at 10:45

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Intersting, thanks!