Mazda takes wraps off new engine

It's a major breakthrough," said c, chairman of automotive engineering company AEMSS

Mazda Motor s aid it would become the world’s first automaker to commercialise a petrol engine using technology that deep-pocketed rivals have been trying to engineer for decades, a twist in an industry that is increasingly going electric.
 
The Japanese automaker, with a research and development (R&D) budget a fraction of those of major peers, plans to sell cars from 2019 with compression ignition engines - a type of cleaner, more fuel efficient petrol engine that has eluded the likes of Daimler AG and General Motors.
 
“It’s a major breakthrough,” said Ryoji Miyashita, chairman of automotive engineering company