No mention of the bit at the end where the guy said, this same engine is coming to an AWD Mazda6 soon? For me, that was the most important thing that was revealed. Maybe an AWD Mazda6 with the 2.5T engine will be a possibility soon.

Why didn't you get a CX-5?

At that point, with your turn signal already on, there's nothing else you can do other than wait for the opportunity to change lanes safely. The only other option is to speed up even more to be able to get some distance and hopefully be able to find space to change lanes. Brake-checking should never be an option…

The driver in front could have turned on his signal to change lanes instead of brake checking. Turning on his signal would indicate to the driver behind that he has the intention of letting him pass, just not right at this moment. The driver behind would then understand that he needs to wait a little bit longer before…

There should be a way to control the brightness of the dashboard illumination/lights, at least there is one in the CX-5 and Mazda3s. You might have to check the manual to find more info on it.

The cops are stationed nearby, usually overlooking the service road where this accident happened. The Corvette accident in the 2nd video also happened on the same section of the service road.

Hey this is the one in Grand Prairie, TX. Me and the wife were wondering for a couple of days, about what could happened to one of the street lights on that road LOL.

Great idea!

Again there are good tuners out there and there are bad tuners. The Cobb “off the shelf” tunes aren’t all that bad in that they still restrict boost to a certain amount to keep the engine safe. When it comes to custom tunes, you are at the mercy of the knowledge and expertise of the tuner you choose. It is your…

I don’t think you quite understand why people have their cars tuned. Adding performance modifications on a car like say intake and exhaust mods, aren’t much use unless the car is tuned to take advantage of those mods. This is especially important for boosted engines. Slapping an aftermarket intake on car is not…

Mazda doesn’t have a V6 engine. They chose to invest their engineering into 4 cylinder engines, hence the turbocharged inline 4 SkyActiv engine powering the new CX-9. If you think it is stupid for them to put a turbo 4 banger into a CX-9, then by all means don't buy it when it comes out. You "deserve" far better for…

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Could it be possible that he said that to avoid losing sales on their current cars? I mean if I was a buyer looking to get, say a new CX-5 or Mazda6, and I hear about Mazda saying that they will put the new 2.5 turbo engine into the CX-5 or Mazda6, I will most likely hold off on my purchase and wait for that.

I now understand what you meant, when you said you were curious about the "techno-geek details" of the engine :)

Read the press release. Seems like they designed a new turbo specifically to work with SkyActiv engines. And they are using some kind of "cooled" EGR system.

It’s simple. It took them this long to develop and properly test a working turbocharged SkyActiv engine. They had some hurdles along the way since the SkyActiv engines were all high compression ratio engines, which don’t play well with turbos. I’m not surprised that this new engine only has a compression ratio in the…

There are no noticeable gains unless you can tune for it. A possible exception here are NA cars with big displacement engines, like say a 5.0 liter V8. They seem to react better to aftermarket air intakes. Still, you are limited by the car's ECU here. If it doesn't know how to take advantage of the extra induction…

They have a partnership with Toyota. Which if I'm not mistaken, is a leader in hybrid tech.

You're welcome!

They have a partnership with Toyota now. They might be able to leverage some of Toyota's hybrid tech.