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Originally Posted by Z_ealot
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What we need in the future are insanely high compression V8's, like Mazda's SkyActiv. If that could be implemented in every motor, you'd see greater power and efficiency. In fact, you could use a lower displacement engine because you'd be pushing that kind of power.
That said, Mazda has only utilized the SkyActiv tech in their inline-4 gas and diesel motors. There's probably a good reason why they didn't roll it out to their V6 motors, among them detonation, fueling, strength of components, etc.