Mazda SKYACTIV-X: Reinventing the Gasoline Engine
Mazda's SKYACTIV-X engine. Note the belt-driven supercharger.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine. A big plastic shroud hides several components of the engine, such as the supercharged and the fuel lines.
Mazda's SKYACTIV-X engine. Note the belt-driven supercharger.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine. We recorded a 15.5% improvement in fuel economy with the manual transmission, and a 13.7% improvement with the automatic.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine. These prototypes were only camouflaged with a matt paint job.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine. Improved fuel economy and more engine torque.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine. Ligthly trimmed cockpit, typical of a prototype in its development phase.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine. This prototypes is equipped with an electronically controlled "brake-by-wire" system. The red button serves to deactivate it in case of emergency so the car can be stopped conventionally with its hydraulic brakes.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine.
Ichiro Hirose, powertrain development manager at Mazda.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine.
The Mazda3 Sport prototype equipped with the SKYACTIV-X engine.
Mazda's R&D centre in Frankfurt, Germany.
Mazda's R&D centre in Frankfurt, Germany.
New and improved platform that will serve as a base for the next-generation Mazda3.
New and improved platform that will serve as a base for the next-generation Mazda3.
New and improved platform that will serve as a base for the next-generation Mazda3.
