Mazda3's 1.5-litre named Best Diesel at 2016 SCOTY

Mazda has scooped a pair of titles at the annual Scottish Car of the Year Awards, taking the extremely competitive 'Best Diesel' title with the recently launched 2017 Mazda3 and securing the 'Best Used' car award with the ever-popular third generation Mazda MX-5.

With a 14.8:1 compression ratio that sets new standards of efficiency and performance, it enables the Mazda3 to have 270Nm of torque and a 0-100km/h timing of 11 seconds. The Mazda3 1.5-litre SkyActiv-D also features Mazda's new Transient Control technology where it allows the car to have a more positive throttle response.

Refinement has also been enhanced thanks to the introduction of Mazda's Natural Sound Smoother technology, which reduces knock noise during starting and low-speed acceleration by suppressing the resonance from the piston and connecting rod using a dynamic damper installed to the inside of the piston pin.