2014 Mazda 6 i Sport, 2014 Mazda 6 i Sport Images Review :
Family Athletics: A sedan for those who think six-pack doesn't refer to beer.
From the May 2013 Issue of Car and Driver TESTED Long limbed and slightly poisonous, the yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum) is a North American native whose looks are as terrible as you’d expect from anything with “sac” in its name. The little creature fell hard for the previous-generation Mazda 6, and for reasons unknown outside the arachnid world, the eight-eyed webmasters started shacking up in the 6’s evaporative canister vent line at some point between the plant and dealerships, prompting the recall of 65,000 cars. However, while spiders voted with their feet for the 6, Mazda always struggled to get actual humans into the car.
On average, Toyota sold more Camrys in one month last year than Mazda 6s sold all year. That overly large, personality-deprived 6 is gone, left to the arachnids. With the introduction of the new 6, Mazda didn’t just shake the Etch A Sketch, it threw it out and started over on an iPad. The 2014 Mazda 6 is a wholesale reboot. The body, suspension, powertrain, interior, and exterior—and even the evaporative canister vent line—are all clean-sheet designs. It’s not even built in Flat Rock, Michigan, anymore. The 6 picked up its bindle and caught the next boxcar headed for Hofu, Japan.
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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan PRICE AS TESTED: $21,675 (base price: $21,675) ENGINE TYPE: Atkinson-cycle inline-4, aluminum block and head Displacement: 152 cu in, 2488 cc TRANSMISSION: 6-speed manual DIMENSIONS: |
C/D TEST RESULTS: FUEL ECONOMY: TEST NOTES: Resists understeer more than you expect in a family sedan. Good grip here considering the all-season tires. Stable and controllable at the limit. Body roll stays in check. Seats that would work in a Miata keep you in place. Stability control is fully defeatable. |
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