For those of you who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of diesel-powered Mazda vehicles in the country, here’s some information you’ll want to pay attention to. A source within Bermaz Motor has revealed that nearly the full range of SkyActiv-D Mazdas will be launched in Malaysia soon.
Yes, the Mazda CX-5, 6, CX-3 and 2 will all be offered with diesel engines soon. Unfortunately, the 3 will not be offered as an oil burner. In terms of pricing, we only have two so far – the CX-5 and 6 will have an estimated price of RM166k and RM206k, respectively. As for the CX-3 and 2, both models will be launched alongside its larger siblings, but will only be available later.
Out of the four models, only the diesel CX-5 will be a locally-assembled model. In fact, the diesel SUV is already being assembled in Inokom’s Kulim plant here for export to the Thailand market. The 6 will come fully-imported from Japan (CBU) together with the CX-3, while the 2 continues to be sourced from Thailand.
As a brief recap, under the hood of both the diesel CX-5 and 6, there is a 2.2 litre twin-turbo SkyActiv-D inline four-cylinder engine. The mill outputs 175 PS at 4,500 rpm and 420 Nm of torque at 2,000 rpm, and is mated to a six-speed SkyActiv-Drive automatic transmission. You can read our thoughts on the pre-facelift (pictured here) Mazda 6 2.2L SkyActiv-D, here. We’ve also had a go in the diesel CX-5, and you can expect to read about it on paultan.org really soon.
Moving on, the CX-3 and 2 gets a 1.5 litre SkyActiv-D four-cylinder engine (104 hp/270 Nm) instead, mated to a six-speed SkyActiv-Drive automatic transmission. We’ve highlighted the capabilities of the diesel-powered 2 in our earlier review, where we took one from Bangkok to the Malaysian border (over 1,000 km) on a single tank of diesel.
With almost the entire range of SkyActiv-D Mazda models coming to Malaysia, which will you be aiming for?
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