Test drive Mazda Mazda 6 (Atenza) Sedan since 2007 sedan
Zum-Zum and Kizun-the motive of this song
She became an example of a good combination of elegance, sports control, worthy of comfort and reasonable price. But the time came to raise the bar ... Anatoly Fomin appreciated the new height. Photo by the author and Mazda. Fighted
The second-generation Mazda-6 is a really new car, although power units are inherited from the last family. Other only the flagship 2.5-liter unit, which replaced the 2.3-liter. It is only 4 hp with power. It surpasses the previous one, but consumes fuel by 6.9%less. The four-cylinder engine is equipped with a variable intake pipeline VIS and a phase change device S-VT. The high stroke of the piston (100 mm!) Monitated the growth of torque by 19 n.m.
If the same technologies were used in the new Mazda as in the previous one, it recovered by 90 kg. But high -strength steel, other decoration materials and other measures allowed even to lose 35 kg. For example, the replacement of speakers with ordinary magnets with light and powerful neodymiums helped to lose 1.5 kg. By the way, a digital signal amplifier and a noise level in the cabin were used in the audio system. In general, noise and comfort have become one of the most important indicators during refinement. For the sake of them, the body carefully worked, strengthening not only the details that are responsible for the structural strength or optimal deformation in the accident, but also analyzing areas that resonate the suspension or motor in the beat. The noise is much more effective to strangle in the bud than spending kilograms of mastics and mats. The result is 2.5 dB at a speed of 60 km/h!
The changes did not bypass and the suspensions are changed behind the fastening sites, shock absorbers are vertically located and silent blocks are enlarged. This improved comfort without loss of controllability. In addition, the invressed masses were reduced by 4 kg. Even more changes in the front: six points of attachment of the subframe instead of four, new pendants levers, one ball support instead of two in the lower lever, everything is aimed at the best steering wheel. The electric amplifier also promotes it, thanks to which they got rid of the defect of the last version: the insufficient performance of the pump at low engine speeds, due to which the efficiency of the hydraulic power steering was not enough with sharp maneuvers. By the way, the electric amplifier is installed not on the shaft, but in the steering rack itself, which allows you to more effectively damp the irregularities of the road.
TOP DOWN So, the engine is 2.5 liters, 18-inch wheels, leather seats with electric drive, a complete set of everything that is supposed to be in the Luxury configuration. Yes, the salon of the new Mazda looks much richer. I remember that earlier large riders complained about a narrow back and insufficient rigidity of the frame of the seats. Everything is much more solid here. Even too much for my 75 kilograms.
We ride along the ring racing highway. A large white sedan demonstrates all the signs of good education: if it is too fast, a little slopes out, it takes it inside for the discharge of gas. The engine allows you to do all the exercises in the third gear, without thinking if there is enough thrust on the wheels. Her with excess, when trying
the acceleration from turning from turning into the business enters the stabilization system more actively. If you turn it off, the car will screech with the inner front wheel and fall out. The two-liter Mazda-6 on 17-inch wheels seems ... more frisky compared to the first generation. But in order to enjoy traveling on it, move the gear lever more often. But you will open the temperamental nature of the motor at high speeds. Here are just turns, which on a 2.5-liter car, without hesitation, rolled on the third, now I have to go to the second, inhibiting the entrance energetically and earlier straightening the trajectory in order to switch painlessly during acceleration.
There are only 120 horses and five gears in a 1.8-liter motor. Modest 16-inch tires for 20 mm already and 15% higher in profile. A pleasant surprise: the car gets in the program, but, of course, goes slower. The fourth is no longer discussed, and in the turns of the reaction of the car became calmer. But high tires with large angles of the departure allow what it did not work out on more powerful versions: to accurately and confidently enter the turn on the discharge of gas and without hesitation, press the pedal long before the exit, without fear of falling out with the right trajectory. The shifting of the tires is now not only tangled on the steering wheel, but also well heard. The trajectory can be chosen by the tonality of squeak! A car with the weakest engine and stretched gear rates is also able to give the joy of movement. Unless, of course, you will not have enough pleasure from a 5-liter fuel consumption on the highway.
Yugen, Rin, Saichi
Zom-zum advertising slogan Mazda is uncomplicated: translated (yes, precisely in translation!) He represents the imitation of the work of the motor. Now he also has a kizun addition. In Japanese, this is an emotional connection that is installed between the car, its driver and passengers. According to the developers of Mazda-6, it should reflect the feeling of reliability, comfort and empathy. Want an example? For example, the management of the audio system, where the backlighting of the buttons is turned on by touching them, and the brightness of the pulsation of light indicates an increase or decrease in the parameter, providing intuitive feedback.
The main thing in the new car is not technical achievements; There are more advanced designs in this class. The main harmony. After the lecture on Japanese traditions, you begin to perceive the balance of characteristics wider. Yugen is not only harmony with nature, but also the combination of the sports sharpness of the steering wheel and the comfort of the suspension. Rin is not just the tension of the lines, but the absolute uniqueness of control. Saichi is sophistication not only in the smallest details of the finish, but also in the voice of the engine or in the sound of closing the door ... Understanding the veiled meaning of Japanese hieroglyphs is often not easy. But Mazda engineers managed to make their hidden poetry public. Mutual understanding is also facilitated by prices of a base car with a 1.8 liter engine will cost 653 thousand rubles, a well -equipped two -liter 823 thousand, a top version of 909 thousand. Very harmonious ...
Mazda-6 credit of trust in the Japanese quality is great, the technical level is high, which means that the ambitions of the company are justified.
Time to be Japanese
Yoichi Sato, the chief designer of Mazda-6, has been working with the company for many years. Its first work of the rear-wheel drive model 626, later the first front-wheel drive 323 and 626. Among the most noticeable machines that became serial: the MX-5 Mazda and the third-generation RX-7 Mazda. After that, Sato-san studied only concepts for a long time. Mazda-6 first after a break, work on the conveyor. According to Sato-san, the approach to design should be thin and thoughtful. We do not strive to manage nature, but look for our place in it. This is the basis of a Japanese character. We prefer meaningfulness and sophistication of insolence. We care about hidden in the depths of the essence ...
Source: The magazine "Driving"
