ASH8

Well according to a Nikkei, Mazda Diesels are coming to USA next year 2017!!!

Wow, good luck with that, I hope it does well.

CX-5 and Mazda 6.

Exclusive: Mazda to introduce its first diesel models in US- Nikkei Asian Review

zoom44

if true maybe they will say something this wek at LA AUto Show

Mazmart

iTrader: (12)

It is true. I've known of this for a while now. I'd rather see them put the 2.5 turbo in the 6, but if they can market it properly and grab VW business, then more power to Mazda.

Also, it is running urea after treatment garbage to satisfy our EPA.

Paul.

ASH8

Agree with Paul...now I doubt they will do both (SA-G 2.5T).

Diesels are dead thanks to VW, I just don't see this going well for Mazda, IF Urea is required (only in USA) then that is just another servicing killer for the owner to do, every 10,000 miles (i think from memory), last urea used here was diesel CX-7, it is messy, crappy, line tubes block, its a nightmare after car is 2 years old.

Good luck to them I guess, but it will be a disaster...

If Australia can't sell Mazda 3 diesels and discontinued after 10 years, then ?, we have had them in Mazda's for 40 years in various models from first FWD Mazda 6 to trucks.
Very niche, low volume in CX-5 and 6, like a Rotary or worse.

Mazda in US will get a kick in sales for a few years...then they will break down, like they do here.
And become a PITA that Dealers hate, much like Rotaries.

ASH8

official...

Hiroshima, JAPAN--Mazda Motor Corporation announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show
today it will offer the SKYACTIV-D 2.2 clean diesel engine in the all-new Mazda
CX-5 for North America from the second half of 2017. It will be Mazda's first
diesel engine model in the North American market.

wannawankel

Bring out your D!

UnknownJinX

Don't forget GM before VW botched it. Diesel failure killed Oldsmobile brand.

Even Europe started killing diesel now. Some countries have plans banning diesel engines.

When I think of diesel, I think of the crappy, soot-spitting buses that should just be electric.

Hopefully, Mazda thought it through.

wankelbolt

iTrader: (21)

What? No.

Olds diesel was a blip on the radar. It was a fraction of Oldsmobile's total sales, and the most-successful diesel sold in the US for a few years. It outsold all other brand's diesels combined for at least 1981. The diesel did not kill Oldsmobile.

Inept management (looking at you, Roger Smith), poor quality, badge engineering, an aging customer base, and no clear market focus killed Oldsmobile. They started building compact, wrong-wheel-drive shіtboxes starting in the early/mid-80's. The Japanese were already building cars like that except not shіtboxes, and at a lower price, so Oldsmobile (all of GM, in-fact) went in the toilet. They threw away the full-size luxury cars they were (kinda) good at building and tried to compete with the Japanese on their own turf. Stupid.

wannawankel

wankelbolt is right - GM ineptitude killed it's brands (not focusing on quality, running plants and forcing inventory on dealers, aged styling, etc). The Olds Diesel (which my grandmother had in the 1982 Olds Delta 88) was an issue for mos towners but her mechanic - a true mechanic who worked on people's cars in his WW-II style alley shed - kept it alive but doing frequent maintenance. IIRC she had about 92K before she sold it to him.

wannawankel

Now how about at 2.5L Skyactiv-D in the RX-Vision. Just force it in that engine compartment.

Mazmart

iTrader: (12)

Why and why? Followed by, why?

Paul.

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

No.
Just no.

ASH8

Why?, and MMC does not make a 2.5l Diesel, largest is 2.2l

UnknownJinX

Diesel is pretty much the opposite of rotary...

Diesel is all about low-end torque with limited revs. IMO, diesel is only good for hauling stuff. Putting a diesel in a sports car is as silly as it sounds.