This is an interview with Mazda' John Doonan, who works at the racing division that's bringing the Skyactiv-D to Le Mans. He confirmed that there WILL be a diesel engine coming to North America =), whether indirectly or directly.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-qa-with-john-doonan/
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Here's the quick snipit:
Q: What was the decision to go with a diesel engine?
DOONAN: The SKYACTIV suite of technologies: chassis, body, engine and transmission, are both gasoline and diesel. We've won successfully with the rotary engine, which makes Mazda different than any other brand. And the diesel engine will be very much a global engine for our brand.
We are the first Asian automaker that will bring diesel engines to the U.S., so this was a perfect opportunity to do parallel development between our GRAND-AM GX program and LMP2.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-qa-with-john-doonan/
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Here's the quick snipit:
Q: What was the decision to go with a diesel engine?
DOONAN: The SKYACTIV suite of technologies: chassis, body, engine and transmission, are both gasoline and diesel. We've won successfully with the rotary engine, which makes Mazda different than any other brand. And the diesel engine will be very much a global engine for our brand.
We are the first Asian automaker that will bring diesel engines to the U.S., so this was a perfect opportunity to do parallel development between our GRAND-AM GX program and LMP2.