Mazda may have found the apex in ICE design with the Skyactiv-Z

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Mazda may have found the apex in ICE design with the Skyactiv-Z

Despite its critics and moves toward electrification, the internal combustion engine is not yet dead. Though its design for passenger vehicles may have begun to reach its apex with Mazda’s Skyactiv designs.

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