Exciting innovation...

Mazda's SKYACTIV®-D 2.2L Twin-Turbo Diesel Engine | Mazda USA

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

This looks interesting. 14:1 compression and no urea injection. A diesel with Japanese reliability - could be a good combination.

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'66 VW 1300 96K miles
'97 E300D 239K miles
'85 300D 203K miles (sold Sep 2012)

If it ain't broke, 1981 mercedes benz commercial - YouTube

Don't fix it.



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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

on that note, found this post hurricane Sandy 300D owner video... Gotta love it. Post Hurricane Sandy I saved my Mercedes 300D pt 2 - YouTube

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

Thats pretty awesome

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2004 F150 4.6L -My Daily
2007 Volvo XC70 -Wife's Daily
1998 Ford F150 -Rear ended
1989 J-spec 420SEL -passed onto its new keeper
1982 BMW 733i -fixed and traded for the 420SEL
2003 Volvo V70 5 Speed -scrapped
1997 E290 Turbo Diesel Wagon -traded for above
1992 BMW 525i -traded in
1990 Silver 300TE -hated the M103
1985 Grey 380SE Diesel Conversion, 2.47 rear end, ABS -Sold, really should have kept this one
1979 Silver 300D "The Silver Slug" -Sold

Only 114K miles on that 300D.

If Mazda brings that diesel Wagon to canada I am buying it, no questions.

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1987 300D

Lower compression, lighter materials, blah, blah, blah....to me it seems to scream "Hey! We converted a gas engine into a diesel!"

Hopefully it's a legit diesel engine & will be a great car, but the video sounded like a recap of what GM did in the early 80's with their 350 gas to diesel conversions....and we all know how well that went.

Mazda does have some experience with diesels though. Back in the 80's they used to put diesel in 626's and some of their pickups, so hopefully it'll be a great ride. But I still couldn't deny all the similarities of their new engine to those old GM oil burners.

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1980 240D (Mileage Unknown, broken odo say's 160K)
1985 300SD (213K) SOLD

Canada, cold, 14:1 compression??? Hope it comes fitted with a block heater.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I think Mazda are using some of the same parts in a petrol engine.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Mercedes has always used a lot of the same parts in gas and diesel engines, including blocks and cranks. the problem with GM was they did not build a quality engine even though they knew how to do so, having built Detroit diesels for decades.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

This Mazda engine is a completely new engine, designed as a diesel.

I can't wait until its out an the Cruze diesel so I can test them both out. The Mazda will be offered with a 6 speed manual and the Cruze, only an automatic

What would be awesome is the diesel in their wagon or the Mazda Speed 3 or whatever it is

Sorry folks I didn't make myself clear.

The petrol engine version of this diesel one has a very similar compression ratio =>

SkyActiv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Seems interesting. I recently bought a 2013 TDI Sportwagen. CDI engines are amazing. Unsure about how all that complexity is going to pan out in the long run though. So far so good, wife drives mostly city, been averaging almost 34mpg with the 6 speed manual. Its pretty fun to drive too. Not as spacious as our older boxy MB's tho. I'll stick with my W126's and W201. We traded the 300E in on it as it was just to beat to be worth saving.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)