Mazda reveals new innovative compact SUV

Mazda has revealed the CX-5, the new compact SUV due to be officially unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show next month.

While being an all-new model in its own right, the car is particularly significant as it is the first production car designed and built with Mazda's latest SkyActiv technology.

Beneath the CX-5's 'Kodo' design language lies a lightweight modular platform which will underpin a range of forthcoming Mazdas of different shapes and sizes.

As well as new construction techniques, the brand's fresh approach will encompass a range of new engines and gearboxes. The headliner is the CX-5's 173bhp 2.2-litre turbodiesel which will develop 310lb ft of torque and CO2 emissions below 120g/km.

Mazda says a previously unheard of compression ratio - 14:1 - is the reason for the engine's impressive combination of power and economy. The latest 2.2-litre unit will be around 20 per cent more fuel efficient than the motor is replaces.

The Japanese firm is also promising class leading dynamics and refinement from the CX-5, which should reach the UK by the beginning of next year.

Source: autoblog.com

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There are affordable cars, and then there are cars that offer thrilling performance. Rarely do the two ever converge, but Japanese automaker Mazda has made a tradition of coming up with vehicles that combine both of these eminently desirable traits.

The Toyo Cork Kogyo Company, founded in 1920 in Hiroshima, Japan, used the name "Mazda" for its first three-wheeled truck, built in 1931. Company founder Jujiro Matsuda chose the word "Mazda" because it was the name of the Zoroastrian god of good and light. Work on a small sedan began in the late 1930s, but development was halted so the company could pitch in with Japan's war effort. In the wake of World War II and the rebuilding that followed, the company refocused its efforts on car development and manufacturing.

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