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    Aug 16, 2020 4 minutes
    ANDY ENRIGHT

    Model Mazda 3 Skyactiv-X Astina hatch

    Engine 1998cc 4cyl, dohc, 16v, s’charged

    Max power 132kW @ 6000rpm

    Max torque 224Nm @ 3000rpm

    Transmission 6-speed automatic

    Weight 1416kg

    0-100km/h 8.2sec (claimed)

    Price $40,590

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    WE’VE WAITED a very long time for this. The first time Wheels got to try a prototype version of Mazda’s Skyactiv-X petrol compression ignition engine was in Summer 2017. It was clear that there was potential in the technology, Mazda promising the performance of a 2.0-litre MX-5, which gets to 100km/h in seven seconds, with the fuel economy of a 1.5-litre Mazda 2 diesel – a barely credible 2.8L/100km. It sounded almost too good to be true.

    Last year, I got to drive the Skyactiv-X

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