SPY PICS: New Mazda CX-9 breaks cover - Motoring
Mazda is sticking with petrol-only power for its second-generation CX-9, spotted for the first here undergoing testing in San Bernardino, California, ahead of its world debut at the Los Angeles motor show in November. But as we reported in April, Mazda's new flagship seven-seat SUV will be powered by a turbocharged version of Mazda's 2. 5-litre SKYACTIV four-cylinder powerplant. Ditching the Cyclone 3. 7-litre V6 that powers the current CX-9 should reduce fuel consumption considerably, as well as improve economies of scale for Mazda broadly, and for its Hiroshima engine plant in particular. The factory builds the current V6 on the same production line as SKYACTIV four-cylinders of varying capacity , but each V6 takes about eight seconds longer to build than the four-cylinder engines. As the last Mazda model to receive the SKYACTIV engine, chassis and design treatment, the CX-9 will miss out on the Japanese car-maker's SKYACTIV II powertrain technology , which is expected to include homogeneous-charge compression-ignition... This is the next step on Mazda's path to reduce corporate average fuel consumption, which began with a target to lower the figure 30 per cent across the range by 2015. That was the measure that drove the development of the current SKYACTIV... Source: www.motoring.com.au
