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A compact high-performance BMW sports car was already causing heads to turn and hearts to flutter over 40 years ago. Indeed, the BMW 2002 turbo perfectly encapsulated BMW’s resolution to deliver outstanding dynamics, exceptional agility and optimum car control. As if to demonstrate in similarly resounding style that this commitment is alive and well, BMW M GmbH can now unveil ...

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 ...

Mazda Motor Corp official announced to deliver a new engine with SKYACTIV technology on the next generation of Mazda2/Demio that capable to provide fuel efficiency of 30km/litre without any fancy hybrid technology. The new Mazda2/Demio and the new powerplant will be launched in Japan in first half of 2011.     Mazda is aiming to improve fuel economy on its ...