Mazda Mulls AWD Option

Mazda Motor Corp. is evaluating ways to add all-wheel-drive capabilities to its Mazda3 and Mazda6 sedans.

The cars’ current front-wheel-drive platform with a turbocharged 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine can’t accommodate awd, Masahiro Moro, the head of the company's North American division, tells Australian website CarAdvice. But he says “huge demand” for awd in the U.S. likely will lead to the carmaker offering the technology in the future.

Moro didn’t provide a timeline for when Mazda hoped to add awd or say how it would be achieved.