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2009 mazda6

2009 Mazda6 Pricing Revealed In Online Survey, Starts Under $20,000

Looks like Mazda is shopping around pricing and package options among its most die hard fans (like Zach at Mazda6club.com) and there is quite a range of trim and options. Spread across seven different option levels, the Mazda6 looks like it will start in the neighborhood of $19,850 for the Mazda6 i SV with the 170 HP four, and an array of options and will go all the way up to $29,150 for the gee-whiz Mazda6 s Grand Touring with a 272 HP 3.7L V6 and nearly every gadget and gee-gaw you can think of. Complete breakdown with all known options below — keep in mind this is still subject to change, but we're pretty impressed with what they've put together at this point

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9:40 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,667 views, 35 comments

Latest by BlownOring: I hoep my V6 with a manual will stop depreciating like an SOB now. more »

2009 mazda6

2009 Mazda6 Interior Pics Emerge From The Frozen North

Though now we're waiting for info on the European 2010 Mazda6 MPS, we've still been waiting for more pics of the North American 2009 Mazda6. Thankfully, the Canadians were nice enough to post them to their Mazda site. Thanks Canada. As you'll remember, the North American Mazda6 gets the 2.5-liter inline four-cylinder available in Europe, as well as a version of the 3.7-liter V6 found in the CX-9.

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2:40 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,375 views, 20 comments

Latest by johnnyichiban: As far as automanuals go, Mazda and I think BMW are the only ones that seem to get it. "-/+" not "+/-" more »

2010 mazda6 mps

2010 Mazda6 MPS Could Debut In Paris, Get All Wheel Drive

The Euro version of the new Mazda6 will get hotted up with an MPS version at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. Of course, the MPS is the rest-of-world version of the US Mazdaspeed moniker, so our pointy little ears perked right up. Nihon Car is reporting the MPS will be sporting a tweaked 2.5 L turbo four pumping out around 280 HP, and as important will include all wheel drive. Though it will add heft to the bottom line, the added driven wheels will undoubtedly make for much more entertaining handling... that is if Nihon Car is right. Let's hope they are. [Nihon Car]

1:40 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,681 views, 19 comments

Latest by GTBruiser: @Novaload: Amen! So many cool new cars with crappy, forgettable, alphanumeric names. Mazda was probably worried that Americans would call the 'Speed models "PMS" rather than "MPS". more »

jalopnik reviews

2008 Mazda RX-8, Part Three

Why you should buy this car:
You've been complaining that no one makes interestingly different cars anymore, and now you have a chance to own one. You like the idea of an engine that not only can but must spin above six grand to be entertaining or useful. You think all doors should be suicide doors. You've never thought fuel economy or stoplight drags were primary considerations in buying a car. A good healthy session of Wankelry is an important part of your day. The thought of having one of the best-handling vehicles on the road is enough to make you overlook a few considerable flaws. You're the kind of person who laughs often, for a lot of reasons, and want a car with a similar disposition.

Why you shouldn't buy this car:
You don't get jokes. Ever. You like to let others have the interesting new experiences and the headaches that come with them. You have a thing about good old stump-pulling torque, or at least briskly-away-from-a-stoplight-pulling torque. You strongly disapprove of rear-hinged automotive access apertures and call them "genocide doors." You can't get past the idea of getting 16 city mpg and a 7-second 0-to-60 time out of the same vehicle. You were brought up to believe Wankelry is immoral, filthy and should be outlawed. Handling either just isn't important to you or you live where it isn't even a factor.

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12:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By John Krewson
6,834 views, 49 comments

Latest by kwanzabot: Hi all, I leased an '07 because it is quirky & unique and also because I wasn't sure if that rev-happy engine would last to 100k. Do I enjoy merging onto a highway in 2nd gear, screaming up the more »

jalopnik reviews

2008 Mazda RX-8, Part Two

Exterior Design:***
The 2008 Mazda RX-8 shows all sorts of pleasing shapes amidst all of that strong idiosyncrasy. It's good clean fun to look at the profile of the front fenders rising slightly above the curve of the hood while you're driving. Molded-in Wankelry on the hood flows nicely into subtle twin speed bumps on roof, but then the line drops into the rear, which is just kind of there. Our test car had the optional chrome Wankelry on the front and rear air dams. Frankly, there are better ways to spend $159. From outside, the infanticide —er, "Free Style" doors are well-integrated. Overall, a rather handsome car with "grows-on-you" versus "...Damn!" styling — although we hear the Mazda killer-guppy front fascia will be somewhat improved for 2009.

Interior Design:***
The 40th Anniversary edition includes leather trim and seats in a color Mazda calls "Cosmo Red," but your parent's living room group knew it better as "Dusty Rose." It seems, unfortunately, like a compromise color. The exterior Wankelry extends to the interior in the shape of the shift knob, headrest inserts, special badges on the floor mats... Rotors, rotors, everywhere rotors as far as the eyes can see. The instrumentation is crisp, but the luminous blue LCD-lit dials (Warning! Digital speedo, Will Robinson!) contrast with the red LEDs in the center stack, giving a pleasingly patriotic affectation to the dash.

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12:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By John Krewson
5,371 views, 43 comments

Latest by Unregular: excellent, thanks guys. more »

cougar ace

Cougar Ace Mazdas Face The Crusher, We Cry

We thoroughly enjoyed Joshua Davis' thrilling tale of the salvage operation of the Cougar Ace — a subject we've covered on these pages more than once. Finally, we've now got the answer to the question of what you do with a boat-wrecked shipment of Mazdas. You take the 4,700 formerly brand-new automobiles and send 'em to the crusher. Although we knew this already, we still think they could have at least sent them out to hoons like us as, after all, it's not like we're the types to really give a damn about a warranty. Or they could have started the "Shipwrecked Mazda Cup." They could've done something epic, but no, they shredded up all those poor little zoom-zoom'ers for scrap. Damn you, Mazda! Damn you and your silly liability insurance concerns and your million-man attorney army. [WSJ via CarDomain]

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By marnold
3,071 views, 53 comments

Latest by G for GRENADE: I live in Portland, and a buddy of mine wanted me to go with him to watch these getting crushed (you can see many of the cars in the parking lot from the St. Johns Bridge), but you can't close more »

down on the street bonus edition

Welcome To Burnaby, Where The Europas And Beats Roam Free

We saw the Chuck D-centric Olds 98 in Toronto a couple weeks back, and now the Canadian contingent is back with a whole bunch of seriously rare machines for our enjoyment. Donkeyassman has spotted a Lotus Europa, Lotus Elan, Chevy Chevelle, Mazda Eunos, and a pair of Honda Beats in the city of Burnaby, B.C. So put on your tuques and make the jump for many more photos and Donkeyassman's description.

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3:00 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,814 views, 40 comments

Latest by v8corvairpickup: What we need is to see fuel prices rise (I didn't say that!) so we can have easy access to the low mileage (kms) kei cars being dumped from the JDM. I'd love to have cheap gas so I can more »

jalopnik reviews

2008 Mazda RX-8, Part One

I'm going to go ahead and hazard a marketing-based guess that the good folks at Mazda want me to think of the 2008 Mazda RX-8 40th Anniversary Edition as the culmination of their design and engineering genius. Unfortunately, the first thing going through my mind was that the suicide-doored, rotary-engined little 2+2 is one profoundly and unapologetically weird automobile. And figuring out whether the RX-8 was the refreshing and fun Mitch Hedberg/Lotus Europa/Devo kind of weird or the exhausting and tiresome Gallagher/Citröen DS/Buckethead kind of weird was not immediately apparent to me as I tried like hell to get as far from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway as possible.

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12:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By John Krewson
5,654 views, 111 comments

Latest by Moordryd: I've owned an '04 RX-8 for over 4 years now. I am so happy that it has the free-style doors, two useable back seats and a trunk. This is truly a "family sports car". Although the gas more »

down on the street

1982 Mazda 626 Luxury

I must admit that the Mazda 626 has spent its entire existence without really registering on my personal automotive radar screen. A generic-looking Mazda sedan with no rotary? Yet the first-generation 626 sold quite well and gained a reputation for reliability... and now most of them are gone forever, fed into the ravenous jaws of The Crusher. So even though it's no AE86 or RX-7, this car has earned DOTS status by surviving everyday use for 26 hard years.
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9:00 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,481 views, 48 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: @ejacobs: Wait now, 69 HP out of a 1.3, but 75 out of a 2.0? Must be a helluvalotta torque out of that two-liter. I kinda like this car. Never seen one here in New England - a shame, really, but even more »

mazda

Solstice Crushes the Miata on CarDomain

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2009 mazda6

2009 Mazda6 Unveiled For North America

Mazda today released the first photos of the 2009 Mazda6. Clearly embracing Ford's kinetic design, this new generation sedan looks more like the Ford Mondeo than the previous generation's Mazda6. According to the company, this vehicle will go on sale at the end of summer 2008. How does our version differ from the European Mazda6? First, the North American model is slightly larger than the other version with handing and comfort designed for American road conditions (whatever that means). In addition to the base 2.5-liter inline four-cylinder available in Europe, Americans will be getting a version of the 3.7-liter V6 found in the CX-9. The fourbanger gets a six-speed manual transmission or five-speed automatic while the V6 gets only the six-speed automatic with manual shift. Unfortunately, the press release says that the "North American Mazda6 will be available only as a four-door sedan." Let's hope that doesn't stick. Press release below the jump.

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8:40 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Matt Hardigree
7,927 views, 72 comments

Latest by ShantJ: @DieterX: This is a sad reality... However, the Nissan Altima has a standard six-speed with the V6. I may be rather chunky, but I know the meaning of driving pleasure. I DESPISE automatics. I drive one ONLY because the car was for more »

engine of the day

Engine of the Day: Mazda 13B

Here's an example of an engine we couldn't really include in the Workhorse Engine of the Day series, because in spite of its incredible power-to-weight ratio and overall screamin' glory, the rotary engine is just not bulletproof enough to be considered a true workhorse. All that's changed with the new EOTD series, however, and we can now celebrate the nonreciprocating awesomeness that is the Mazda 13B. In truth, all the Mazda Wankels are variations on the same design; we just selected the 13B as the flavor that was built for the longest period, 1973 through 2002. Cosmos, RX-7s, 7-second Starlets, you name it, the 13B has powered it. Make the jump for our favorite hypnotic GIF animation. [Mazda, Wikipedia] More »

5:40 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Murilee Martin
31,001 views, 79 comments

Latest by Jake: @Towhook I would imagine not. That motor is obviously built for drag racing, so it probably doesn't matter that much either way. When you only have to run at full power to for probably less than seven seconds what's a little more »

beijing motor show

Chinese Customs Search Mazda Taiki Concept, Looking For 'Nam Grass?

On the way from Japan to Beijing for next weeks' auto show, the Mazda Taiki was stopped by Chinese customs at the border for what we're told was nothing more than a random customs check. We're not buying it. We're assuming it was really to have their dogs try to find any psychedelic drugs that may have been used to create this multi-folded concept car exhibiting the "Dave's not here" design language of Ford's Japanese brand. Fortunately for the design team, the Taiki survived the check — with one of the designers, a Mr. Anthony "Man" Stoner, expressed what we can only assume was the team's obvious relief, saying "What's the Immigration Service doing here, man?"

[xinhuanet.com via autohome.com.cn]

8:38 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Ray Wert
826 views, 15 comments

Latest by MazdaEric: @Novaload: what's an album? more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Rotary Swap Hell Edition: Honda 600 or Toyota Starlet?

Technically, the Peugeot Mi16 beat the Mercedes-Benz 6.9 in last Friday's Choose Your Eternity poll, but we're talking 327 to 317 votes here. When all is said and done, however, France still needs to take on Britain in a PCH Superpower Challenge... but we're postponing that apocalyptic battle for another day, because tipster EdNiedermeyer sent in a mighty Wankelized contender from not-often-seen-in-PCH Japan (earning a half-credit towards a Project Car Hell Tipster T-shirt in the process), and we've found a Rotarian opponent that stacks up pretty well against it. So throw those pistons in the trash and stagger into the sumo ring to face your 800-pound opponent, because it's Rotary Swap Hell Day!
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5:15 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,371 views, 36 comments

Latest by joneez: The 600. I was gonna put a turboed 1200 Goldwing engine in one of these but this is SOOOO much more over the top! more »

beijing motor show

Mazda Announces Beijing Motor Show Lineup Including Taiki Concept, Mazda6

Mazda has announced its duds for the Beijing Motor Show that will be taking place towards the latter half of April. To be unveiled at the show is the new revision of the Mazda6, which will be known as the Mazda Atenza in Japan. Also set to be shown off is the Taiki Concept, which looks like something even Batman wouldn't drive. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,289 views, 13 comments

new york auto show

Mazda2 Named World Car Of The Year

A committee of fat old men "experienced auto journalists" (i.e. not us) have named the Mazda2 as the world car of the year. Just beating out the Ford Mondeo and Mercedes C-Class in a thoroughly interesting, relevant and credible competition. Additionally, all three finalists for World Green Car Of The Year were diesel powered, with the BMW 118d Efficient Dynamics winning. The Audi R8 surprised no one by receiving the cardboard pyramids representing both the World Car Design Of The Year and World Performance Car awards.

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9:16 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Wes Siler
1,284 views, 15 comments

Latest by Spasticteapot: @ash78: Actually, the fuel economy on a Mazda 2 is quite good. It's basically a Ford Fiesta on a crash diet. 5th gear said it actually handled pretty well, too. more »

found on craigslist

Does Your Protege Have Insufficient Cargo Space?

Right about now, it would be easy to make some jokes about moving your sourmash still from one pine forest to another... but there's no need. Simply looking at those Georgia pines, with this fine custom motor vehicle in the foreground... well, these photos tell a long story. We're not dealing with a Protege that's had the trunk converted to a pickup bed here- it's an actual truck bed welded to the ass end of the Mazda, and "ITS ON THERE GOOD!" It's not street legal in Georgia (apparently other states will accept it, though they aren't mentioned by name), but it is "INSANELY RELIABLE." Thanks to Beater Review for the tip! [Craigslist Atlanta; go here if ad disappears]

2:45 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,830 views, 43 comments

Latest by Turboner: @pride156: Headers work for exhaust, so why not the intake? They really should have done a 1-2-4 type setup, though. Equal length, too ;) more »

24 hours of lemons

Move Aside, LeMons Teams: Evil Genius On Board!

So the official list of teams accepted for the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Altamont is out, and my team made the cut! So we'll be out there on the track with the Porcubimmer and some other Jalopnik-related teams you'll be hearing about over the coming weeks (including the Carpet Pissers, who were also accepted for Altamont). And, you know, I actually feel sorry for those other teams. By God, I do! You see, we've got a new guy on the team, and he knows a thing or two about racing...

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2:30 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,564 views, 32 comments

Latest by sajeevmehta: Alright Mister Martin, I gotta know how much that tank weighs. Hot Rod Lincolns Rule! :) more »