Vehicle
Mazda 3
Mazda's compact volume car, and the nameplate most of its Skyactiv knowledge is written against. The one fact that changes a diagnosis here: Skyactiv-G petrols run compression ratios normally associated with diesels, which makes them unusually sensitive to fuel quality and to carbon on the valves — a rough-running or misfire code on a healthy-sounding engine is worth chasing there before the ignition system.
Generations
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BK 2003–2009
The original, on a Ford-shared platform; MZR engines throughout.
- Body styles
- Hatchback · Sedan
- Platform
- Ford C1
- Engines
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- 1.4 MZR — petrol
- 1.6 MZR — petrol
- 2.0 MZR — petrol · 179–187 Nm (132–138 lb-ft)
- 2.3 MZR — petrol
- 2.3 turbo — DISI · petrol · 380 Nm (280 lb-ft) · MPS and Mazdaspeed3
- 1.6 MZ-CD — diesel
- 2.0 MZR-CD — diesel
- 1.5 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed automatic · 6-speed B2C2-B manual
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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BL 2009–2013
Late cars introduce the first Skyactiv engines alongside the MZR.
- Body styles
- Hatchback · Sedan
- Platform
- Ford C1
- Engines
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- 1.6 MZR — petrol · 77 kW (103 hp) · 145 Nm (107 lb-ft)
- 2.0 MZR — petrol · 88–121 kW (118–162 hp)
- 2.5 MZR — L5-VE · petrol · 125 kW (168 hp) · 226 Nm (167 lb-ft)
- 2.3 turbo — DISI · petrol · 191 kW (256 hp) · 380 Nm (280 lb-ft) · MPS and Mazdaspeed3
- 1.6 MZ-CD — diesel · 80–85 kW (107–114 hp)
- 2.2 MZR-CD — diesel · 110–136 kW (148–182 hp) · 360–400 Nm (266–295 lb-ft)
- 1.5 — petrol · 74 kW (99 hp)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed automatic · 5-speed G35M-R manual · 6-speed G66M-R manual · 6-speed Aisin AWTF-80 SC automatic · 6-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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BM 2013–2019
Full Skyactiv generation, and where the high-compression petrol's habits become the model's diagnostic signature.
- Body styles
- Hatchback · Sedan
- Engines
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- Skyactiv-G 1.5 — F-P5 · petrol
- Skyactiv-G 2.0 — petrol · high compression — sensitive to fuel quality and valve carbon
- Skyactiv-D 1.5 — S5-DPTS · diesel
- Skyactiv-D 2.2 — diesel
- 1.6 — petrol · 77 kW (103 hp)
- 2.5 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic · 6-speed Skyactiv-MT manual · 6-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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BP 2019–present
Adds mild hybrid and, in some markets, the compression-ignition Skyactiv-X — a petrol engine that behaves like neither.
- Body styles
- Hatchback · Sedan
- Platform
- Mazda Skyactiv-Vehicle Architecture
- Engines
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- 1.5 Skyactiv-G — F-P5 · petrol · 74–88 kW (99–118 hp)
- 2.0 Skyactiv-G — petrol · 88–110 kW (118–148 hp)
- 2.0 M Hybrid — SKYACTIV-G · mild hybrid · 213 Nm (157 lb-ft)
- 2.5 Skyactiv-G — petrol
- 2.5 turbo — petrol
- 2.0 Skyactiv-X — mild hybrid · 224–240 Nm (165–177 lb-ft)
- 1.8 Skyactiv-D — S8-DPTS · diesel · 85 kW (114 hp) · 270 Nm (199 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed Skyactiv-MT manual · 6-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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