Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that its independent development of a new generation of "creative Chi sky" gasoline engine "SKYACTIV-G1.3 was awarded the 2012 Technology of the Year Japan award, RJC Chairman, Mr. Fu Yong Chung in the final round of voting after the announcement of these results.

     "The Creation Chi sky" to create a breakthrough in petrol engine production car industry record high compression ratio, especially at low speed and high load conditions to achieve a high combustion efficiency. To solve the conventional engine at high compression ratio is difficult to avoid the cylinder knock problem, "first-Chi Blue Sky," the effective application of a number of gasoline engine technology. Demio 1.3L models created in the sky carrying Chi "Chi hit the blue sky" gasoline engines, but also equipped with Mazda's unique "i-stop Smart Idling Stop System" and the continuously variable transmission (CVT), 30 kilometers per liter to achieve ultra-high fuel economy.