its the same principle in basis, its not the same technology. and diesel is a poor example because it never caught on en masse. remember methanol powered cars and filling stations? yeah, neither do i. the success of direct injection will be pass/fail based on what mazda chooses to do from here with it. they have a four cylinder that makes 260 crank horsepower with 15psi of boost. tell me whats so special about that, honestly, that other manufacturers haven't met or exceeded now or on past vehicles. i can name several without so much as an effort or thought.
i'm sorry, you really aren't justifying your argument.
at present, i can think of innumerable reasons why i wouldn't take a DI over FI engine on this price category;
- fuel economy is no better
- air/fuel mixture is no better tuned. take a look at your tailpipe.
- power per liter is arguably worse than, or at the very best no better than, comparably tuned port injection cars with similar purposes
- parts are going to be cheaper outside of warranty
- vehicle will be easier to work on outside of warranty
if you like it and like the technology, thats cool. it has potential. but it is in its practically applied infancy and in practice has yet to prove itself vastly or remotely superior to port injection. the numbers and real world results bear that out. it has a ways to go, so based on all of that it doesn't "make no sense" for them to drop everything they presently produce and apply it to everything else. i'm not dogging the system, but its not the answer in its present form to a problem that honestly doesn't really exist.