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MAZDA 6: Stop-start and reach for the Sky
Date: 08 April 2013
Mazda's clean Skyactiv technology is set to put the new 6 at the top of the upper medium pile. UK MD Jeremy Thompson tells Jack Carfrae why.
It's a rare thing when a manufacturer openly states that it's been behind the times on the fuel economy front, but Mazda has made no secret of it.
The Japanese firm has been quite honest about the fact that it's fleet-central upper medium model, the 6, hasn't been able to keep up with the competition in its current guise, but Mazda is heralding the new model and the introduction of its Skyactiv clean-engine technology as the seeds of change.
It's a reasonable prediction too. The new technology is effective but it's not as space-aged as the name suggests, because it utilises existing systems such as regenerative braking, stop/start and other such measures to create very clean engines. The best is the 150hp 2.2-litre diesel putting out segment bests of 104g/km and 72.4mpg.
