Road racing Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D diesel

When luxury car brand Audi's German car maker Volkswagen to introduce its TDI diesel technology, they chose to race Le Man 24-hours in 2006 to compete with a used engine prototype this.
This was a risky decision because the R10 TDI will replace gasoline R8, the engine has won five consecutive victories. However, the success of the R10 engine and later the R15 engine that Audi was right.

Now car maker Mazda of Japan is also in this direction when launching new Mazda6 SKYACTIV-D diesel engine use on the highway Rolex Daytona race was held in the period from 26-27 / 1 to.

This decision was to prove the quality of this advanced diesel 2.2 Mazda engine will appear with 2.5 SKYACTIV-G gasoline engine equipped Mazda6 form in the second half of this year in the U.S. market.

Model Mazda6 will compete in the Grand-Am segment above the new GX is not a prominent prototype racing cars participating in LMP-1 Le Mans but the racing version of the compact four-door saloon car use diesel engine producing more than 400 horsepower.