Mazda3 Skyactiv X Review

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Mazda3 skyactiv x review. This may look like a humble if rather stylish hatchback but there s more to the mazda 3 skyactiv x than meets the eye. This is not the diesel like economy mazda promised with this engine. It is the most economical engine in the 3 lineup by mazda s claim. And some refinement has been lost with skyactiv x with more diesel like noise in certain scenarios.

Mazda s unconventional approach to automotive design has born real fruit when it comes to the engineering of this mazda3 skyactiv x model. List price new 26 675 list price now 27 440 price as tested 27 545 dealer value now 22 178 private value now 19 714 trade value now. We all know that x means buried treasure in the wo. It is in essence another 2 0 litre four cylinder petrol engine.

But we digress the mazda 3 skyactiv x is as much about being green than it is whizzing along a forested road. On that governing body s highway cycle which. The mazda3 makes most sense in skyactiv x petrol form. The mazda3 skyactiv x actually falls into a lower motor tax band than the skyactiv g and over a week of driving my fuel consumption was the same 6 6l 100km.

Jonathan crouch explains why. Electric vehicles might be the path of the future but if the present is here to stay mazda s attempt at prolonging the life of the petrol engine appears to have been worth the effort if not the expense. For reference the 2 0l g claims 6 1l 100km and the 2 5 g 6 5l 100km all on the combined cycle. Most impressively the mazda 3 equipped with the skyactiv x 2 0 liter engine gets 50 mpg according to the optimistic nedc european combined test cycle.

Mal flynn tests mazda s new skyactiv x engine technology in the mazda 3 hatch at its international launch. The mazda 3 x20 astina skyactiv x m hybrid isn t a green car superstar and it s all the more entertaining for it. 5 3l 100km for the manual and 5 5l 100km for the auto.