
Geneva (Switzerland) .- booth Mazda at the Geneva Motor Show this year is greener than ever. One of the lines that Mazda has been explored for this has been the development of an idle cutting technology, which shuts off the engine when the car is stationary in traffic jams and similar situations, obtaining thus reducing fuel consumption. The new boot system designed by Mazda works differently to those used by other brands such as Mercedes with the Class A, Peugeot 308 Stop & Start or the Toyota Auris. While traditionally, the system first used in the Citroën C3, used the starter to start the engine after a stop at a traffic light for example, Mazda injects gasoline directly on the piston head,

Who am I? Japanese origins, profiles break, hip, tough, a 4-cylinder turbo under hood pierced by a large intake of air ... No, I am the new Mazda3 MPS. Abandoning sedans popular 3 volumes long, 4-door hatchback now seems to be the silhouette of favorite Japanese brands. Pioneer before the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback put it, the Mazda3 has offered recently restyled welcome, giving more character and identity to a front pass anywhere so far, in the spirit very successful MX5 NCFL and RX8 restyles.

The new Mazda 3 MPS will debut officially at the Geneva Motor Show to be held in those days. Meanwhile, we show you new pictures and other details of the "all-pepper" of the compact Japanese. As we have said, it was confirmed on 2.3 MZR turbo engine already seen on the previous generation, but the power was increased: in fact, the new Mazda 3 MPS works with 268 hp.

The Japanese beat the recall for 2 models of its range, "3" and "5". . They are respectively 257 and 7 121 copies which are in France. The manufacture dates are between December 26, 2006 and September 6, 2007 for the Mazda 3, and between April 19, 2005 and September 3, 2007 for the Mazda 5. And only models diesels are affected (MZR-CD). Failure identified concerns an engine support, including the screws can come loose after the repeated actions on the clutch pedal. AA term support can break or detach, resulting in very severe constraints on the gearbox, bereft of maintaining essential. In after-sales, a tightening control of the central screw support is carried out, and if the situation requires it, the screw and its support will be replaced.