Mazda Heritage Switches to Sustainable Fuel

It’s been a busy week for Coryton and it’s rather excellent sustainable fuel. Just yesterday, we brought you news of how you can fill your classic up with this good stuff. Today, we’re celebrating the fact that the UK Mazda Heritage fleet will be running on it, too. It’s a great move by Mazda, as it makes its stunning heritage fleet net zero, probably better in fact, given that these cars have more than offset their carbon footprint thanks to being in service for so long.

the 15-car Mazda UK Heritage Fleet will be filled with SUSTAIN Classic Super 80 supplied by Coryton, each time the cars are driven or loaned to media. Further highlighting the flexibility of this drop-in sustainability solution – none of the cars required modification to run on the petrol, which can be used by any standard petrol-fuelled vehicle.

Developed by UK firm Coryton, Super 80 is one of three fuels in the recently launched SUSTAIN Classic range. Super 80 is a second generation bio-fuel created using 80% agricultural waste, such as straw, by-products and waste from crops which wouldn’t be used for animal or human consumption. The fuel offers a reduction of at least 65% in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to fossil fuels.

With a 98-octane rating and bio-ethanol content of 1%, SUSTAIN Classic has been technically tailored for classic vehicles. It’s also formulated with a premium additive package included, which stabilises and extends the life of the fuel and helps clean and protect the engines.

David Richardson, Director at Coryton, said: “We’re delighted that Mazda has decided to place its trust in SUSTAIN Classic to fuel its important fleet of heritage vehicles. We believe that SUSTAIN Classic is the world’s first ever publicly available sustainable fuel catering for classic vehicles and we hope that these fuels will give classic car owners confidence that there are options for them to continue running their vehicles in a sustainable way in the years to come.”

Adding, “now is a vital time to start proving that sustainable fuels can have a real future fuelling our transportation – past and present. While other technologies are given the necessary time to develop, sustainable fuels are here and ready to go to help tackle emissions from the existing fleet of classic and modern cars on our roads – and can be scaled up relatively quickly if needed. Every kilogram of CO₂ we avoid adding to our atmosphere, by replacing fossil fuel with sustainable fuel, is a win. We don’t instantly have to go for the full switch to start making a genuine impact. As more feedstocks become available, these fuels will start to contain even higher levels of traceable sustainable elements.”

Commenting on the switch to SUSTAIN Classic by Coryton, Jeremy Thomson, Managing Director of Mazda Motors UK said: “our heritage fleet highlights Mazda’s long tradition of engineering ingenuity and stand out design. Mazda’s ‘never stop challenging’ approach can be seen throughout our heritage, so it’s great that we can highlight the potential sustainable fuels can play in the future as part of a multi-solution approach to CO₂ reduction. While our new car range will feature ever more electrification as part of this multi-solution approach, using a sustainable petrol in our heritage cars is a great way to highlight the role these fuels can have in reducing the environmental impact of the combustion engine cars that will remain on our roads for decades to come.”

This is a truly brilliant thing to see. Mazda making this leap to support its heritage in this way. A heavy-hitter like Mazda getting behind this will no doubt be a great driver (pun intended) for this exciting fuel that promises to be the future of classic cars and legacy ICE vehicles. Plus, the more widely it’s known, the greater the momentum becomes to get this future fuel flowing from your local petrol station. Exciting times.