SkyActiv technology from Mazda provides value where the disadvantages of hybrid engines cannot.

Disadvantages of Hybrid Engines

The unchallenged assumption among American drivers is that hybrid engines are the crown of efficient automotive technology. While there is no doubt that hybrid engines have contributed a great deal toward lowering drivers’ carbon footprint, hybrid technology is not the only means to those ends. Read the rest of this entry >>

The highly anticipated 2014 Mazda3 achieves the goals of the new Mazda KODO design language.

Mazda KODO Design Language

It evokes vitality and emotion. It represents a dignified tension and finely-honed balance of strength and beauty.

While these sentences appear at first glance to describe the closing paragraphs of a romance novel, they are actually the words Mazda uses to describe its unique KODO design language. In layman’s terms, a design language can be thought of as a principle that guides and influences every aspect of the design process. Read the rest of this entry >>

Mazda i-Eloop Technology

The innovative i-Eloop system alone increases fuel economy by ten percent.

Mazda of Lodi in New Jersey is proud to announce that Mazda has introduced yet another system to improve the fuel economy of their top-performing vehicles. First it was SkyActiv engine technology. Now it’s the Mazda i-Eloop technology, a brake energy regeneration system which has increased the fuel economy of Mazda vehicles by ten percent.

The system has three functions, the first of which  is regeneration, which takes kinetic energy normally lost when your car decelerates, and converts it to electricity. That electricity is then put into storage and saved for future use. The third function is to use the energy. It is not used to power the car but rather to power the electrical equipment, headlights, climate control and audio system. Read the rest of this entry >>

Mazda SkyActiv Technology

SkyActiv technology is helping to provide better fuel-efficiency than any other fuel-only engines on the market.

We all know first-hand that gas prices can be damaging to our wallets, and it isn’t likely that prices will drop any time soon. In response to this issue, car manufacturers are constantly working to find ways of increasing fuel efficiency. Honda’s response was what they call Earth Dreams technology. Though it has been effective in increasing fuel efficiency, no efforts have been as successful as Mazda SkyActiv technology. It makes us proud to be selling these environment-friendly vehicles at Mazda of Lodi.

SkyActiv engines have put up record numbers in fuel-only mpg ratings including 40 mpg highway for both the 2014 Mazda3 and 2014 Mazda6. Even the 2014 Mazda CX-5, a crossover SUV, is estimated at 35 mpg highway with a manual transmission. That number is higher than most smaller-sized sedans available on the market today. Read the rest of this entry >>