Mazda in the UK claims that its Skyactiv technology, which boosts fuel economy and lowers average CO2, is boosting its sales in the fleet sector. It said its UK fleet sales were up 80% in the financial year ended March 31.
Mazda says the core attributes of Skyactiv are low CO2 emissions delivering cash-saving benefit-in-kind tax opportunities to company car drivers as well as fuel economy.
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Skyactiv technology was initially introduced on the Mazda CX-5, followed by the fleet mainstay Mazda6 and this year on the new Mazda3 – helping the brand, it claims, to an increasing share of the corporate market.
Mazda says that the advanced powertrain technology has helped to deliver year-on-year fleet sales growth for Mazda in 2013/14 of 80%.
Chris Stableford, Mazda’s National Fleet Sales Manager, speaking at the recent annual Fleet Show at Silverstone said: “Fleet operators and company car drivers alike are looking to save money and Skyactiv technology in the all-new Mazda3, Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5 enables them to do just that.”
Both the new Mazda3 and Mazda6 ranges feature the 2.2-litre Skyactiv-D 150ps engine, which is Euro6 emission compliant and returns up to 72.4mpg (Combined) with CO2 emissions from just 104g/km.
