Today, 50 years ago, Mazda’s first diesel engine car was released.

Q: Although sudden, what day is today?
A1: Mazda’s founding anniversary . I celebrated my 97th birthday. In 2020, I will be 100 years old in the year of Tokyo Olympic Games!

Another, it is, as there is also the title,
A2: Mazda’s first diesel engine vehicle launched 50 anniversary is what.

On January 30, 1967, Toyo Industries (now Mazda) launched the first diesel engine car.

This car is a 2 ton loading truck “E2500 diesel”. The engine of displacement 2,522 cc (4 cylinder, XA type) was carried. At the time, it was developed jointly with Perkins Corporation of the UK which is one of the world’s leading diesel engine manufacturer, boasting the best class performance and fuel economy at the time.

We are loading a lot of luggage, “E2500 Diesel” of hard-working! This is the product catalog of “Mazda E2000” “Mazda E2500 diesel”. I thought whether I could tell even a bit of the atmosphere at that time,

Challenge Zhi continue it is unchanged even after about half a century,
Mazda has developed clean diesel engine, the SKYACTIV-D. Through various technological innovations, while complying with global emissions regulations, it combines excellent fuel economy performance and powerful running. (New type “Mazda CX – 5” SKYACTIV – D 2.2)

The first “CX – 5” which first loaded SKYACTIV – D was released as the first release of the new generation product group on February 16, 2012. The first “CX-5” has been sold annually and is one of the main models that occupies 1/4 of Mazda’s global sales. With this car as a trigger, Mazda sent vehicles with SKYACTIV-D one after another, and worked on spreading vehicles equipped with diesel engines.

The CX – 5 running at the top has been fully remodeled and will be released in Japan this February 2, 2017. Of course, SKYACTIV-D which evolved is also equipped.