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"Mazda&amp;#039;s excellent SkyActiv diesel technology was supposed to arrive stateside at some point this spring, but today, Mazda announced that we won&amp;#039;t see the oil burners until later this year. The official word is that the company still has some work to do in order to &amp;quot;deliver the right balance between fuel economy and Mazda-appropriate driving performance.&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;m hoping that the PR lingo translates into, &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re making sure the car(s) will be fun to drive.&amp;quot; If this is actually the case, then do keep working away, Mazda. Diesel has the potential to be both fast and fun, and we know that Mazda&amp;#039;s already pretty good at both of those things. We also know the potential of Mazda&amp;#039;s SkyActiv diesel tech. In a show of confidence, Mazda has decided to use a 2.2-liter four-cylinder diesel in its 2014 entrant in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. Diesel has certainly come a long way in recent years, and with the rise of diesel engines in high-level motorsports, we&amp;#039;re looking forward to seeing more of that on-track performance make its way into consumer vehicles. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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