We didn;t see it yet on a autoshow or so, but here it is! A short first impression, but fun nontheless
In this clour it looks a lot like the Mazda6, which was introduces in red aswell. And of course the same lines.
And you can see that jumping cheetah here with this line.
And apart from that all the design gimmicks from the Shizari-concept. The line here is now chrome.
Then the rear, a lott of mass above the wheel. That is because the designer wanted the center of gravity there.
I don't like this line here, you see that more often on cars. The Mazda6 has a better rear, but wiht a hatchback, you can't have it all.
In the back, that was a big strong point of the new Mazda6, which is huge back here. Here it feels spacey.
And they created more space for your feet by putting the construction of the front seat further apart.
Head room is nothing special, but good enough!
Here inside with some of the engines. Skyactive technology, means no turbo on the petrol engines.
This 2.0 has e very high compression ratio. 14:1. That way they manage better burning and more torque.
And that saves fuell aswell. And like Mazda says: our engines save fuell not only on paper but on the road aswell.
That while turbo engines are not so efficient on higher revs.
And a little bonus: a static presentation, but a found a key: we can drive as well!
What I notice in here: the cockpit is a lot more clean than the CX-5 of Mazda6.
The moved the screen upwards and lost the buttons around it. Now only that button system here in the center console.
And here they lost the analogue speedometer, only digital now. And his big analogue rev counter, just like the McLaren 12C.
You can notice they wanted to make this car driver focused. It is really build around you.
The seating is good, the steering position aswell. They made an effort, you can tell.
This is the 2.0 with 120 PS. So a little getting used to no more turbo.. Just a linear power build-up.
Of course the power needs high revs, but it has enough torque to be capable at low revs.
That 120 PS is okay to get where you want to go.
The drive itself reminds me more of the previous Mazda3 than of the new Mazda6 and that is a shame.
Because that new 6 has a nice sporty drive. Not very refined compared to a 3-series, but nontheless.
But it has that zoom-zoom factor that Mazda claims. This 3, hmm a little less.
The steering is heavy, but the leather is slippary, So you have to clinch it to much.
And that heavy feel seems to be there as well. Of course I only have a short drive.
But eg a Honda Civic feels more playfull than this car. A little more ZEN in this car.
+ great interior, nice safetygadgets - not so much tax benifits, not that light Mazda6 drive.