Mazda reaches for the Sky

I HAVE to say it was little surprise this week to see an announcement from Mazda that it is to increase production capacity of its new crossover SUV, the CX-5, from 200,000 units to 240,000 units per year.

It was no surprise either that the Japanese outfit is to double annual production capacity of its new SkyActiv Engines to 800,000 units when production volume will be increased from 400,000 to 800,000 units per year this October.

Mazda says the capacity increase is in response to increasing demand for cars incorporating the company’s ‘SkyActiv’ technology, including the new SkyActiv-D, which is a new-generation clean diesel engine engineered to make internal combustion as efficient as possible.