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and now for some Heresy. Mazda
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Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 05:38:05 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: So far mostly more expensive cars, steve, Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:36:52
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OK, don't shoot!
The Mazda 6 wagon actually doesn't look bad. Decently spacious. The V6 is a good engine, not the best for gas mileage. The 4 isn't bad.

Here's the real heresy - Mazda 6 4 door hatch. I don't know if they still make it, but my wife and I looked at a new one a couple of years back. It had almost as much room as a 9000. Not as much, but closer than I've seen in years. I've always been a hatchback geek. Since they don't make 9000s any more, the next car may be a wagon, but only if (1) we've run completely out of 9000s, and (2) we don't start getting any of the cool larger hatches that they sell in Europe.

The drawback to the Mazda that I saw was the dashboard looked like a cheap boombox. But that changes. Mazda will be coming out with a new 6 series shortly. So you might be able to compare/contrast while both are on the lot, and the old ones should be priced nicely. There have been reports of reliability issues, but I can't speak to that either way. But Mazda has a good rep for sporty cars. More cheaply built than Saabs, but less expensive, too.

If you can squeeze into a Mazda 3 wagon, you can get those in a pretty sporty version.

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