Hamburg - The current Mazda 6 is now available on the European market with Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) drive and the company is considering plans to make the Mazda 5 and new generation 2009 Mazda 6 model available with LPG. The basis for the conversion is the two-litre MZR petrol engine. Like most LPG cars, the vehicle starts in the petrol mode and then switches automatically to LPG drive when the engine has reached normal operating temperature.

The 66 litre LPG tank is fitted into the spare wheel compartment. The conversions costs 2,368 euros (3,443 dollars), according to the car maker.

The LPG conversion includes some modifications made to the cylinder head after the car maker carried out a 100,000 kilometre test run on a prototype conversion.