Ohhhhhh 8 Mazda 6

[exitspeed]

Pics leaked ahead of schedule. The front's OK, the taillights...looks like the crappy Sebring Sedan.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/09/autoblog-mazda-6-002.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/09/autoblog-mazda-6-027.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/09/autoblog-mazda-6-005.jpg


Discuss...

[VROOOM]

looks good from the front, but im not sure about the back.

[exitspeed]

^
Yea it looks too hatch-ish (which I believe the second pic is) doesn't it? Not enough sports-sedan-ish-ish-ish.

[ManoNegra]

Looks good but then again a lot of new cars today have that 'look'.

[tacotacotaco]

Ok im not familiar with mazda ready. The speed version is turbo awd correct?

[exitspeed]

Ok im not familiar with mazda ready. The speed version is turbo awd correct?

Correct. There won't be a MS version right away.

[OptionZero]

Negative. Original was cool, newer one looks like too much like newer Ford/Volvo styling.

[P4rD0nM3]

Looks like a mommy's car from the back and a yappie's car up front.

[Daniel.]

looks better than the new accord.

[iwishiwas-all*]

very sexyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[SiI40sx]

looks better than the new accord.

lol aint that the fuckin truth! man all these new cars are making our old ass cars look better and better lol....

[SiI40sx]

By the way Im surprised no one mentioned it has a the new IS body style look to it.

[exitspeed]

looks better than the new accord.

Yea, and unfortunately that aint' sayin much. I'm extremely disappointed in Honda and the new Accord.

It doesn't look like the 6 has increased much in size, which is a good thing.

[Kn1ves]

Yea, and unfortunately that aint' sayin much. I'm extremely disappointed in Honda and the new Accord.

It doesn't look like the 6 has increased much in size, which is a good thing.

it actually lost weight compared to the current generation


It looks amazing from this angle

http://www.km77.com/00/mazda/6/gra/004.jpg

[exitspeed]

it actually lost weight compared to the current generation


That's the direction I want to see everyone going in.

[wootwoot]

If they made it rwd I would have sex with it

[exitspeed]

I don't see Madza with a inexpensive RWD sedan. I do however see them with perhaps coming out with a Mazda 9 that could be RWD. That would be interesting. I don't know what platform it would be on though. None of Fords platforms would work.

[thatdrifterguy]

lol. it looks like a lexus

[LigouriRd]

Looks nice, I just hope they have fixed it software and electronics-wise, the throttle lag on the current generation (except the speed6) is hell.

[smellslikecurry]

looks kinda like the g37 and the is350 and the new wrxs

its ugly

whatever happened to classic styling...progression in the looks department is lacking...

[SexPanda]

hmmm... interesting... I dont like it. lol

[atom]

It looks kind of schweet. A little more grown up. The current 6 looks kind of boy racerish.

[bamaboy]

reminds me of what I left in the porcelain this morning after getting fit shaced drunk last night and eating mexican food.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

looks like a stretched out mazda3. i dunno. it fits in with their zoom-zoom marketing image. problem is, like all the current mazdas, it's a zoom-zoom IMAGE exclusively. they best be putting in a 260+hp v6 with a 6-speed, or honda and toyota will continue to kill them.

[VROOOM]

looks like a stretched out mazda3. i dunno. it fits in with their zoom-zoom marketing image. problem is, like all the current mazdas, it's a zoom-zoom IMAGE exclusively. they best be putting in a 260+hp v6 with a 6-speed, or honda and toyota will continue to kill them.

id be happy with the mazdaspeed3 motor. wonder how it would look as a wagon. for some strange reason i like wagons alot

[prang11]

lol. it looks like a lexus


Reminds me of an IS250. Its a decent looking car.

[WilloW]

Doesn't look too bad, but then it looks like they just hacked up the old pile and jazz it up a bit. The rear looks like they took the old tail lights, and while trying to improve it fucked up horribly (not that the original shit looks any better) in an attempt to make it look like an IS just like ^^ they said.

[kyoru]

damn looks really good, kinda reminds me of the new altima coupe for some reason.

[ixfxi]

http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/07-is350-hero.jpg

yeah...... thats not a BITE off of the Lexus IS.

what a hunk of shit. i hate mazda.. and this just makes me want to sell that POS miata we have.

[SimpleS14]

I like the styling of the car...I'd never get one, but I like it. I wonder how it will fair against the Altima, since I don't care much about the Accord and Camry.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

I like the styling of the car...I'd never get one, but I like it. I wonder how it will fair against the Altima, since I don't care much about the Accord and Camry.

oh yeah, i forgot about the altima. so that makes 3 big ass powerful v6's that it needs to overcome. as for the 2.3l turbo from the speed3 and 6, i mean, i highly doubt that a 30 year old mother of 2 would care for a turbo 4-banger. the 6 has a great chassis (like all mazda's) but it definately needs a boost from the 200hp ford engine it has now. i wouldn't buy it, but to be competitive in this ultra competitive sector, you've gotta do it because everyone else is.

[Kn1ves]

id be happy with the mazdaspeed3 motor. wonder how it would look as a wagon. for some strange reason i like wagons alot

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/09/autoblog-mazda-6-001.jpg

More pics can be found here
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2008-mazda6-2/384633/

[Matej]

It would look better if there weren't already so many other cars like it. I mean, if that was the first car I saw after being in a coma for the past 5 years, I'd think, "wow, what a great looking car," but right now the styling doesn't do anything for me anymore.

[azndoc]

It looks ehhhh

Just lame that it looks so much like the new IS

As if they just ran out of ideas.

[VROOOM]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/09/autoblog-mazda-6-001.jpg

More pics can be found here
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2008-mazda6-2/384633/

wagon looks cool!!

[cdlong]

^
Yea it looks too hatch-ish (which I believe the second pic is) doesn't it? Not enough sports-sedan-ish-ish-ish.

the silver one is a hatch. they offered one on the previous generation too.

i like it. if i was in the market for a fwd sedan it would be pretty high up there. i think a non mazdaspeed6 version of the turbo direct injection engine (like in the CX7) and fwd would be a cool combo. probably better mileage than a similarly powered v6. it doesn't drive like a turbo 4.