Mazda to cut vehicle fuel consumption by 30%

Mazda continues to lead the industry in eco-friendly motoring with a bold plan to reduce the fuel consumption of its new vehicles by an average 30% worldwide by 2015.

Under its Sustainable Zoom-Zoom environmental plan, Mazda intends to upgrade almost all of its gasoline engines and introduce a more efficient diesel engine within the next few years. It is also developing safe lightweight vehicle platforms to reduce car weight by 100kg or more, thereby reducing the amount of fuel required to drive them.

Next year, it will begin mass production of its proprietary Smart Idle Stop System in one of its cars. The System is the only one of its kind in the world and improves fuel consumption by up to 8%. Also in 2009, it will introduce an advanced version of its unique Three Layer Wet Paint System, thereby vastly reducing VOC and CO2 emissions and making Mazda’s paint shops the cleanest in the world.

Further, Mazda aims to be using carbon neutral plant-based bio-plastics in the manufacture of all its vehicles by 2013. Currently, the car industry uses petroleum-based plastics for car parts such as the interior trim. In collaboration with industry, academia and government, Mazda has developed the world’s first bio-plastic that can be used in cars, thereby reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, as well as bodyweight.

For more information on the eco-friendly features of Mazda vehicles, call Sydney Mazda’s Artarmon Mazda dealership, Eurocars Mazda on +61 2 8905 5555 or contact through its web enquiry form.