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Written by Tom Harrison
Brilliant news, everyone - Mazda has announced it plans to develop new six-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Well, we say announced". The news actually comes from a presentation delivered to investors and uploaded to Mazda"s website (slide 26, if you"re interested). Said presentation reveals the new engines will be mounted longitudinally, offered with all-wheel drive and that they could be paired with mild- or plug-in-hybrid technology. What does this mean for Mazda? Probably that it"s doing more big-ish cars. More SUV/crossover things, perhaps. At the very least, it seems likely the next Mazda 6 saloon will benefit from the new drivetrains, though it remains to be seen whether the company would even offer them as an option in Europe, or reserve them for the US and limit us to four cylinders. Same goes for any new SUVs - we might not get them. Mazda already doesn"t sell its big CX-9 SUV over here, and that"s a shame because it actually looks pretty good.
Date written: 10 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15677
Brilliant news, everyone - Mazda has announced it plans to develop new six-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Well, we say announced". The news actually comes from a presentation delivered to investors and uploaded to Mazda"s website (slide 26, if you"re interested). Said presentation reveals the new engines will be mounted longitudinally, offered with all-wheel drive and that they could be paired with mild- or plug-in-hybrid technology. What does this mean for Mazda? Probably that it"s doing more big-ish cars. More SUV/crossover things, perhaps. At the very least, it seems likely the next Mazda 6 saloon will benefit from the new drivetrains, though it remains to be seen whether the company would even offer them as an option in Europe, or reserve them for the US and limit us to four cylinders. Same goes for any new SUVs - we might not get them. Mazda already doesn"t sell its big CX-9 SUV over here, and that"s a shame because it actually looks pretty good.
Date written: 10 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15677
