I knew it was too good to be true! They better keep the same styling if they make it bigger. I don't get it, the current 6 is a perfect size. We don't need bigger.
What do u think about the new 2009 Mazda 6?
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I knew it was too good to be true! They better keep the same styling if they make it bigger. I don't get it, the current 6 is a perfect size. We don't need bigger.
For the love of car enthusiasts everywhere don't do it MAZDA!!!!
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Well, if true, this is a huge disappointment to say the least.
mountjonas
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cock teasing bitches, i tell you...
orlandomsp
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it is weird though, people i know who drive small cars say that my speed is huge.
people that drive mid-size say my car is small...so i guess it is kinda in between...
This is not an accurate statement. While the NA version will possibly have some "slightly" different cosmetics it will be the same platform and the same size as the one in the pics. When I say slight, I mean the grille might be different or something like that, but the car will be the same.
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Jesus, why is it that everyone likes to over generalize Americans as fat and lazy i.e. requiring large cars to move their buts around. The car I see is beautiful, hopefully someone at Mazda will realize that they shouldn't try to compete with Camry and Honda. They need to follow their own path. Look at the 3. It's 10 times better than the Honda and Toyota conterparts. I say forget making the American 6 bigger and stay the course. Who knows Mazda maybe surprised by how many smart, lithe Americans there are over here
Jesus, why is it that everyone likes to over generalize Americans as fat and lazy i.e. requiring large cars to move their buts around. The car I see is beautiful, hopefully someone at Mazda will realize that they shouldn't try to compete with Camry and Honda. They need to follow their own path. Look at the 3. It's 10 times better than the Honda and Toyota conterparts. I say forget making the American 6 bigger and stay the course. Who knows Mazda maybe surprised by how many smart, lithe Americans there are over here
I really really really hope you are right. I understand some cosmetic changes are necessary to make it road legal in the US. Mazda, please don't mess this up.
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there goes the weight savings!!!!!!!!!!!!!(notcool)
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i hear they're dropping the speed version.http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/FREE/70820007&SearchID=73291025791639
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Mazdaspeed versions are released near the end of a product life. Expect a Mazdaspeed version to return near the end of the 2nd generation 6's life.
the gamper
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I read about the possibility for different sheetmetal and seperate platform last night and have been fuming ever since. If we get some craptastic carryover with new sheetmetal instead of this beauty the rest of the world gets, I am done with Mazda.
I really dont think a seperate platform would be cost effective for Mazda. The Accord does it, (Euro Accord is Acura TSX), but the Accord sells in huge volumes 250K per year, the 6 is nowhere near that.
I am worried though becuase the reason Americans have been deprived of some of Ford's best products like the Mondeo, Euro Focus, etc is because the platforms are deemed too expensive for American tastes. If that is the case here, the only way to make a totally seperate model for North America cost effective is to recycle and stretch the current platform and give it similar sheetmetal to what we have seen with the World Model. In the end it may be an improvement over the current model, but if I read one review of a Euro spec Mazda6 vs a North American Spec 6 and the authors gush at how much better the Eurospec version is, Mazda can keep their car, no way I am buying some second hand watered down version. I might be getting upset over nothing, but this is really make or break for Mazda with alot of its fans.
Give us the real deal Mazda!
I really dont think a seperate platform would be cost effective for Mazda. The Accord does it, (Euro Accord is Acura TSX), but the Accord sells in huge volumes 250K per year, the 6 is nowhere near that.
I am worried though becuase the reason Americans have been deprived of some of Ford's best products like the Mondeo, Euro Focus, etc is because the platforms are deemed too expensive for American tastes. If that is the case here, the only way to make a totally seperate model for North America cost effective is to recycle and stretch the current platform and give it similar sheetmetal to what we have seen with the World Model. In the end it may be an improvement over the current model, but if I read one review of a Euro spec Mazda6 vs a North American Spec 6 and the authors gush at how much better the Eurospec version is, Mazda can keep their car, no way I am buying some second hand watered down version. I might be getting upset over nothing, but this is really make or break for Mazda with alot of its fans.
Give us the real deal Mazda!
It all started here. MAZDA specific auto news.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123679289
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123679289
I have a very hard time believing that they'll do a different model for the U.S.
Mazda just generally doesn't have a lot of different models in production. It would be a huge waste of resources, money and effort for them to split the 6 into two completely different bodies/platforms for different markets.
I think someone is mistaken about this.
Mazda just generally doesn't have a lot of different models in production. It would be a huge waste of resources, money and effort for them to split the 6 into two completely different bodies/platforms for different markets.
I think someone is mistaken about this.
yeah, I am thinking the same thing. they have never done this anyways, it's always been basically the same car just different options and names
Headlight detail, grille detail, front bumper detail, and taillight detail will all be different for N. American-spec. Rear license plate will be mounted on the trunk (e.g. current Mazda6).
The N. American-spec Mazda6 sedan rear is like the new IS with CX-9 taillights.
The N. American-spec Mazda6 sedan rear is like the new IS with CX-9 taillights.
