Mazda: Small, But Mighty Through Engineering - Autoline After Hours 459

[@gregb7353]

Interesting discussion on the congestion schemes in larger cities. I was impressed that on street parking was identified as a major source of the problem. When most people think of on street parking in a place like Manhattan you think it's all metered, but it just isn't. 78k of the 90k street spots are not metered. Ban street parking one block at a time and that will do a lot to fix congestion. Sell "idle permits" so delivery vehicles and taxi/uber/lyft can idle in these spots for drop offs and deliveries and you are no longer blocking the driving lanes. Finally, while ride share has only made it easier to take a taxi and thus increased congestion; you can also have pooled rides. With a taxi this is very difficult but in a place like Manhattan, this is pretty trivial to do given the sheer number of riders. You don't need much improvement to fix the problem.

[@roger_oahu]

The new 3 is gorgeous!

[@geofromnj7377]

Gary introduced Moro with the title, "Senior Management Executive Officer". What the hell is that?

[@adriancooper78]

You gentlemen may not be aware of it, but every time a building goes up in New York, the new building codes require that they put a substantial amount of parking in the construction of the building. This help alleviate congestion and the problem with parking when a new high rise building goes up.

[@Agent77X]

15:00 talks about Mazda and Toyota joint ventures!

[@electrictroy2010]

Toyota has been selling Mazda’s for years (rebadged as Scions or Toyotas) .

[@theevermind]

And Mazda has had a hybrid in Japan that uses Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive for several years.

[@darssmare915]

Absolutely, there still are customers looking for a Diesel car with a manual transmission!

[@ultrastoat3298]

Darss Mare 😂

[@electrictroy2010]

diesels have Soot filters where gasoline cars do not. That makes the diesel cleaner than gasoline that is spitting Particulate matter out the exhaust .

[@electrictroy2010]

In the USA diesel NOx, CO, CO2, HC pollution is also required to be equal or lower than gasoline cars .

[@darssmare915]

@@electrictroy2010 I know and having true low pollution is very important. I had a TDi manual which I returned to VW because it was polluting and bought a Nissan with a naturally aspirated engine and a CVT. The Nissan handles OK but doesn't come close to the VW, plus I now have range anxiety ;), went from 1100 to 1200 km for a full tank of Diesel to 500 to 540 km for a full tank of gasoline! And that CVT won't be so bad if it could be controlled manually with a lever or such...

[@electrictroy2010]

A Prius hybrid would kill me.... diesel would not (no carbon monoxide) .

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Welcome to 2010. Things have moved on.

[@aussie2uGA]

Wonder how much the Mazda / Skip Barber Racing School association improved the image towards the male performance buyer?

[@DocWolph]

I would Wish that Mazda would bring back the 929 or "9". I know that won't happen given the current market climate, but I miss that car SOOOO much.

[@dougsmith7908]

Mazda’s are great. As far as autonomy the majority of people will not want it and not trust it. The sensors don’t work in snow, icy conditions, and certain rural areas. It’ll be 30 years before they get a big portion of the market

[@ultrastoat3298]

Doug Smith whoa. Seems like your the kind of guy that gets displaced and then gets angry about it.

[@dougsmith7908]

Lol not angry at all . Just stating a fact. The majority of Americans like their driving freedom too much to turn everything over to autonomy. America’s unique and often crumbling infrastructure isn’t even compatible with Autonomy in most area. FACT.

[@csours]

Rotary engine: Never Give Up, Never Surrender!

[@peterfireflylund]

By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!

[@787brx8]

My prototype allows you to maximize the timing advance in most vehicles. It's like running 110 octane or higher in your vehicle, with the price of low octane pump gas. I have A short video of my test car showing full throttle pulls at maximum ignition advance.

[@irrickw]

Watched this episode of AAH. Would like to say to Todd Lassa: You shouldn't be talking about things you know nothing about. I'm referring to your comments on the Boeing 737. The 737's manufactured today, including the 737 MAX, are not even close to being the same as the first 737 which was a -100, made decades ago. There isn't any components in the latest B737's as there were in the first generation aircraft. You essentially started talking about how an aircraft made in 1967 should not be expected to perform to today's standards. Well, that type of statement allows us all to know just how clueless you are. My suggestion, stay in your own lane and quit talking like a teenager.

[@sgouletas1]

As old as they are the Model S and X are still by far the best electric cars in their categories. What does that say about the ineptitude of every other auto manufacture?

[@rstar88105]

Wish Todd didn't waste so much time talking about his own cars, it was intresting hearing about what's going on at Mazda.

[@electrictroy2010]

diesels have Soot filters where gasoline cars do not. That makes the diesel cleaner than gasoline that is spitting Particulate matter out the exhaust .

[@electrictroy2010]

In the USA diesel NOx, CO, CO2, HC pollution is also required to be equal or lower than gasoline cars .

[@electrictroy2010]

Electric motors are also 19th century. Does that mean we should abandon them? (No.) .

[@norwegianzound]

The 3 looks and drives great but goes the speed of a slug.

[@claytonroot806]

10:39 Are you serious? This is NOT a beautiful car as you seem to think, it is fugly, especially from the rear 3/4 view. The front is actually pretty good but now that you are partnering with Toyota, you could ask their designers to screw up the front end look as well. They're experts at that! Then you could have a vehicle that approaches the overall design aesthetic of a Pontiac Aztek or AMC Pacer. Those sold in fantastic numbers. The current Mazda 3 looks O.K. and the Mazda 6 is quite beautiful so Mazda does have the capability. Sadly, the new Mazda 3 is not it and I predict it will be a resounding failure in the market. 26:25 Apparently Todd, you're unaware that there is already a high performance sports car in the market with Rotary Power. It's called a Tesla Model S P100D, or even a Model 3 Performance edition. The Wankel Engine is dead. Let it R.I.P.

[@macbomb]

They have to suck up to the guest.

[@panzer_TZ]

Completely disagree. I admit I didn’t like the new 3 hatch from pictures but in-person I have to say it looks great.

[@GA-wq8xq]

@@panzer_TZ agreed, in person very attractive. Clayton probably hasn`t seen it and even if he does, he is not in Mazda's target audience

[@sgouletas1]

You guys have been wrong for nine years in a row about Tesla going out of business. When will you realize that they are way ahead of every other manufacturer and the rest of the industry is struggling to play catch-up. I predict that if you total the last three quarters they Tesla will show a profit. Also a quarter from now they will be able to say they were profitable for the last four quarters in total.

[@karlp8484]

Ford are all completely out of ideas. They will just concentrate on the F150 so they can avoid CAFE and the existing cars have rubbish engines. What Ford do to avoid future massive lawsuits about their engines and transmissions like powershift, is they simply stop making them. Retreat back into F150 land in other words. Death spiral.

[@electrictroy2010]

The 3-cylinder turbo engine is not rubbish. It has won awards year-after-year (so have it’s larger turbo siblings) .

[@karlp8484]

@@electrictroy2010. Crap. "Awards" by who, Ford? "Awards" are the biggest scam on the planet, there are so many different organisations awarding randomly it doesn't mean anything. Ford boy.

[@electrictroy2010]

Awards by engineers that understand the tech. I’ve driven the Turbo-3 designed by Europeans..... it’s second best engine I’ve encountered (after Honda’s Hybrid-3). Gave me 50+ MPG and took-off rapidly (turbo) .

[@phileasler5401]

The need ev’s .....

[@electrictroy2010]

EVs are sold at a loss (according to Fiat’s CEO). Mazda’s small size doesn’t have room for losses .

[@hornprof46]

E-Tron will not be a match for the Tesla. Beautiful car from Audi, but 204 miles of range when Tesla has over 300; that's a non-starter for Audi

[@gnoxycat]

Also no super charge network. LA to Vegas aint happening in that thing.

[@electrictroy2010]

There’s plenty of Chademo chargers that can refill the Etron to 80% in 30 minutes (slightly slower than a Tesla supercharger but not objectionable) .

[@gnoxycat]

@@electrictroy2010 I make 3x trips in my Model S where I use the supercharge network extensively. LA to Vegas, LA to Phoenix, LA to ABQ. About once a month for each. Try and plot a course with Chademo with charging times. I am being realistic here. I truly think Jag and VW will fail because of the lack of a supercharge network.

[@electrictroy2010]

Plenty of Chademo fast chargers on the routes you describe (you just never looked at a Charger location map) .

[@jtmcanada234]

Very respectful and well spoken gentleman. However I did not get to the end of the interview - Mazda has no new technology. The future of cars are plug ins and evs. Mazda will collapse without new technology. Could you imagine a Miata EV? It would sell like hotcakes

[@electrictroy2010]

14-1 compression ratio with standard gasoline is new. No other company does that. EVs are sold at a loss (according to Fiat’s CEO). Mazda’s small size doesn’t have room for losses .

[@electrictroy2010]

Why do Tesla fanboys ATTACK other human beings? It makes you look very bad & doesn’t persuade anybody .

[@theevermind]

"Mazda has no new technology" - They have an HCCI engine. That's a MAJOR new technology. That alone disproves such a nonsense claim. @electrictroy2010 Their Skyactiv-G engines are only 13:1 in the US where 'standard' gasoline. Internationally, the CR is 14:1. Yes, it's notable that Mazda does this because because a Ford rep on this network openly declared that going above 12:1 was impossible without higher octane gas.