Big Bets, Small Engines: Two new families of 'Sky' gasoline, diesel engines should blanket about 75% of Mazda's lineup

摘要

ALL-NEW GASOLINE AND DIESEL ENGINES, A NEW AUTOMATIC transmission, a next-generation short-throw manual transmission and improved steering, braking and suspensions figure prominently in the long-term product plan for Mazda Motor Corp. At a media event in Berlin to unveil these new technologies, Mazda executives make it clear the auto maker will do nothing to diminish its "zoom-zoom" brand character, even in the face of a 35.5-mpg (6,6 L/100 km) U.S. fuel-economy mandate by 2016, with steeper regulations to follow.