Test Drive Mazda MX-5 (MIATA) 2005 - 2008 Convertible
Driving culture
Zoom-Zoom! They say kids in Europe, rubbing toy cars. Our equivalent of Vzhik-Vzhik!. And also zoom-zoom is, as you know, the name of the branded Mazda concept. The car market is preparing for the reception of the new adult toys, which Mazda showed on the 62nd Frankfurt Motor Show. The developers of the new Mazda6 call it the work of designer art, resting at the sports image of the six. However, it is where the old version is now more solid. At the same time, if you look at the appearance of new items, the features of Xedos 9 are still aimed at the bottom of the sixth family. The new Mazda6 is larger than the predecessor: 65 mm longer, wider 15 mm and above 5 mm. The wheel base has grown by 50 mm. This will appreciate the rear passengers. Changed the proportions of the body he looks more hardly. Apparently, the kinship of the sixth model with the new Ford Mondeo machine was built on one platform.
In profile, kinship is also traced that, perhaps, it will be necessary to taste not to all fans of the Japanese brand. Way out the glasses is Mazda6 ready in the body wagon. The car in this version did not particularly complained the consumer, but in the updated version it looks very impressive. The smoothness of the forms is well affected by aerodynamics, the frontal resistance coefficient of 0.27 for the wagon is very worthy, sedan and hatchback is less than one hundredth.
The interior is generally calm. Anyone who is familiar with the previous Mazda6 will easily be mastered in the news salon. The look clings for a combination of dial instruments on a sports manner placed in wells, supplying red-blue illumination. Beautiful! The manufacturer emphasizes that the quality of finishing materials was particularly trembling. Designer barcode Aluminum inserts add the front panel of sportiness, but in the general salon restrained and practical. It is worth mentioning the Karakuri branded system, which herself lays the rear seats, it is worth only to pull for a special loop in the depths of the trunk. Gasoline engines with a volume of 1.8 and 2 liters are familiar to the previous generation of the model, the same applies to a two-liter turbodiesel, and here the place of the 2,3-liter gasoline unit will take a 2.5 liter motor engine built on its base. Postering of cubes raised torque by 10%, the power of the new motor 170 hp Special attention developers have paid security. Six pillows are provided in the basic version. Active Security will provide ABS, TCS (Dynamic Stability Control) and Brake Assist. Careful attitude towards pedestrians Topical theme: the front of Mazda6 is designed to minimize their injuries with an unfair meeting with the car.
Will the new Mazda6 predecessor success repeat? Competitors are strong, and the decisive role here will play the price, which has not yet been announced. Points over I can be placed soon, the beginning of official sales in Russia is not far off. Report on the test of the novelty We are planning to publish in the next issue.
Leonty Tytelev
A source: Magazine Motor [September 2007]
