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Mazda Claims 70 mpg For New Engine, No Hybrid Needed

Posted by timothy on from the zooming-along dept.

thecarchik writes "There's no word on when the new version of the Mazda2 will finally reach the US but when it does we can reveal that it will return a fuel economy of 70 mpg — without the aid of any electric motors. This is because the car will feature Mazda's next-generation of drivetrain, body and chassis technologies, dubbed SKYACTIV. The new Mazda 2 will come powered by a SKYACTIV-G engine, Mazda's next-generation direct injection gasoline mill that achieves significantly improved fuel efficiency thanks to a high compression ratio of 14.0:1 (the world's highest for a production gasoline engine)." I wonder if a real-life-real-drivers 70 mpg car is what will actually arrive, or if such promises will dissolve like Chevy's promises about the Volt did.

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  1. Re:Diesels already do this. by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Informative

    WTF is this news?

    VW Polo

    70 miles per US gallon highway.
    60 MPUSG combined.
    50 MPUSG City.

  2. Re:Diesels already do this. by aliquis · · Score: 5, Informative

    I actually RTF(2nd)A, and it says:
    "Mazda expects it to come in at 28 mpg city, 35 mpg highway with the five-speed manual, and 1 mpg less on highway mileage with the automatic."

    Does not compute.

  3. Re:Golf Diesel by DaleSwanson · · Score: 5, Informative

    The fact that modern vehicles often are in much worst shape after minor accidents is a trade off for the driver in them being in much better shape after major accidents. Many people with new vehicles will have full coverage and would rather their car be totaled in a fender bender than themselves be killed in a major accident.
    1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and 2009 Chevrolet Malibu in 40 mph frontal offset crash test
    Video
    1959 Bel Air after crash
    2009 Malibu after same crash

    I realize that is a greater difference in years, and safety features, than you were specifically talking about, but the principle still stands.

  4. Re:Diesels already do this. by Chelmet · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry to be a party pooper, but those numbers all stack up.

    A US gallon is 83% of a UK gallon, so the the MPG figures are going to vary.

    50 MPG (US) is roughly the same as 59 MPG (UK).

    When using US gallons, its hardly surprising that you reach the US figure, rather than the UK figure.

    Not everybody does things your way.