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Despite the race to develop credible, mass-market alternative fuel vehicles, Thompson reckons it's the most straightforward technology that's likely to win over fleets in the medium term: "I think deep down, what most fleet drivers want is a car that uses conventional technology but does it efficiently in a good package - and that's what we've tried to produce."
The 6 also debuts the company's new brake-energy regeneration system, known as i-Eloop. It differs from conventional systems because it uses a capacitor that recharges more quickly than a conventional battery and can, according to Mazda, independently run electrical systems for up to a minute with the engine switched off, so the effectiveness of the stop/start system is increased.
Thompson says the firm's policy is to fit such technology as standard across the range, to avoid having fluctuations in the efficiency of different variants.
"By 2016, everything Mazda makes will have Skyactiv technology embedded within it. So we don't just provide an eco badge solution where some of them are efficient and some aren't - this is 100% across the range and progressively rolled out across all car lines. An example of that is that you've got the i-Eloop system on the 6, which is on all derivatives from base, and that contributes to a significant fuel economy advantage. We've built these technologies in rather than having them as chargeable, additional extras on the car," Thompson concludes.
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