Mazda to unveil next CX-7

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Neil Dowling
Contributing Journalist
14 Aug 2009
2 min read

Now, that smile will get even bigger as it spreads across the grille of the updated CX-7 SUV. Expected in Australia late this year after showing its face at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show, the CX-7 also gets the family diesel engine as an option.

Mazda Australia spokesman Steve Maciver says it's too early to confirm the diesel though an announcement on the oil burner — with an auto box — is likely over the next few weeks. The 2.2-litre turbo-diesel — shared with the Mazda6 and Mazda3 models — has been tweaked to boost low-speed torque and make maximum power arrive lower in the rev range.

Mazda claims the new CX-7 will be the first diesel-engined Japanese passenger car fitted with a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system. The good news is that SCR cuts nitrous oxide emissions by 40 per cent. The bad news is that, at the moment, it will only be specified on European models in acknowledgement of tougher emission laws being imposed by the European Union.

The SCR system — like Mercedes-Benz's BluTec and Volkswagen's BlueMotion — introduces ammonia into the exhaust system to chemically remove nitrous oxides. Mazda says refills of its AdBlue liquid to the SCR system are required only during scheduled maintenance.

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Neil Dowling
Contributing Journalist
GoAutoMedia Cars have been the corner stone to Neil’s passion, beginning at pre-school age, through school but then pushed sideways while he studied accounting. It was rekindled when he started contributing to magazines including Bushdriver and then when he started a motoring section in Perth’s The Western Mail. He was then appointed as a finance writer for the evening Daily News, supplemented by writing its motoring column. He moved to The Sunday Times as finance editor and after a nine-year term, finally drove back into motoring when in 1998 he was asked to rebrand and restyle the newspaper’s motoring section, expanding it over 12 years from a two-page section to a 36-page lift-out. In 2010 he was selected to join News Ltd’s national motoring group Carsguide and covered national and international events, launches, news conferences and Car of the Year awards until November 2014 when he moved into freelancing, working for GoAuto, The West Australian, Western 4WDriver magazine, Bauer Media and as an online content writer for one of Australia’s biggest car groups. He has involved himself in all aspects including motorsport where he has competed in everything from motocross to motorkhanas and rallies including Targa West and the ARC Forest Rally. He loves all facets of the car industry, from design, manufacture, testing, marketing and even business structures and believes cars are one of the few high-volume consumables to combine a very high degree of engineering enlivened with an even higher degree of emotion from its consumers.
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