Mazda to Bring Kiyora Concept at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show

After announcing earlier today that it will premiere two new engines and an automatic transmission at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, the Japanese automaker revealed that one of the company’s concepts, namely the Kiyora, will also be displayed at the event.

The event, which will take place between October 24 and November 4, will mark the Japan debut of the Kiyora concept car as an exhibit of Mazda’s next-generation environmental and safety technologies.

The compact concept car is fitted with a combination of a direct-injection MAZDA SKY-G 1.3 engine, mated with the lightweight six-speed Mazda SKY-Drive automatic transmission.

The vehicle will also feature the next-generation Mazda SKY concept powertrain technologies and other developments in weight reduction, that allows it to achieve a 3.1 l/100 km fuel economy (under Japan’s 10-15 mode test cycle).

That also thanks to the i-stop idling system, regenerative braking and a a compact body that is 100 kilograms lighter than Mazda’s current mass production model in the same segment.

As we previously reported, Mazda will also premiere the ‘Mazda SKY-G’ direct-injection petrol engine, the ‘Mazda SKY-D’ clean diesel engine and the ‘Mazda SKY Drive’ high-efficiency automatic transmission at the event.

Under “The Mazda SKY concept—Providing driving pleasure and environmental and safety features for all customers!” theme, Mazda will therefore display advanced technologies designed to improve the average fuel economy of the globally sold Mazda vehicles by up to 30 percent by 2015 compared to 2008 levels. This is one of the goals of Mazda’s long-term vision for technology development, Sustainable Zoom-Zoom.