A few days ago, Mazda just celebrated100th birthday and became another car company with a century-old history in the world. At the same time, foreign media also exposed a patent applied by Mazda, including an in-line six-cylinder internal combustion engine and an 8AT gearbox. Are you familiar with L6 engine +8AT?
In fact, the information about this inline six-cylinder engine appeared in Mazda's internal meeting last May, and it will evolve into Skyactiv-D diesel six-cylinder engine and Skyactiv-X gasoline six-cylinder engine, so the appearance of this inline six-cylinder engine is not accidental, but Mazda has fulfilled its promise.
In addition, this inline six-cylinder engine will also incorporate 48V light mixing technology and be compatible with plug-in hybrid power. This is undoubtedly good news for domestic consumers, because under the dual-point policy, the fuel consumption brought by the hybrid system will be reduced, and it will be possible to meet the national six emissions, so the probability of meeting this straight six engine will be greatly increased, and the rest depends on whether the engine oil can keep up. ...
In addition to the six-cylinder engine, the focus is on the 8AT automatic gearbox in this patent application. Want to know if Mazda's 6AT automatic gearbox is better than BMW's ZF? 8AT is more efficient, and now it is believed to be a lever to build 8AT. The design of this Mazda 8AT is more ingenious than ZF's 8AT, and it is similar to the ordinary 8L90, but the shifting efficiency is higher.
Judging from the information exposed last year, this powertrain will be installed in large quantities? Building a large car architecture is, to put it bluntly, the exclusive platform for Mazda's medium and large products in the next stage. Isn't this the next generation of mazda 6? In addition, there may be a higher-end flagship car. Don't forget, Mazda once had a flagship car like 929, which can be used as the benchmark of LS car.
Also, this architecture will definitely be a vertical layout (vertical? Layout), and compatible with i-Activ four-wheel drive system, in other words, the basic state is the front and rear drive layout. Coupled with the straight 6 engine and 8AT gearbox, isn't this a proper "BMW"? However, in the next five years, there will be such a power system product, which is really appetizing.
It is worth mentioning that due to the close cooperation between Toyota and Mazda. Therefore, Mazda's SkyActiv-X inline six-cylinder engine will not only be used in its products, but also used by Toyota and Lexus. Foreign media speculated that Lexus will use this power system to replace IS, RC and other models.
In this way, Toyota can help Mazda share the high cost of engine research and development without relying entirely on BMW's B58 straight 6 engine. At the same time, Mazda will also cooperate to launch medium and large-sized cars with new rear-drive structure, so the money earned can continue to "upgrade" the rotor engine. Isn't it a three-pronged approach?
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