As I said before the Mazda MPS or now called MazdaSpeed6 was to be released for Aussie and NZ around April next year.

Well good news is the final production version was released at the Paris Motor Show over the weekend.

Sadly its been detuned to only 190kW in Euro spec which is probably the same spec we will get.

Anyway enough of the bullshit here are some pics.

I will post a detailed spec sheet as well for you Propellor Heads (Hymee and Taka :P)







Enjoy :D

 

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mmmmmmmmmmmm,very nice..........

Love the interior, wonder if the sat-nav will come to the Aust market. Seats don't look too supportive though.

The exhaust cut outs seem a bit large making the rear end look like the silly front end of the Magna.

 

Power / Torque Graph

 

Love it. Sound like an everyday drive. Pricey for a family sedan though. It is an odd price to pay for $60K for a Mazda sedan still as it is sitting somewhere between a sport saloon and a family car.

Nice concept for people who want a bit of both. Like me :D

 

At the end of the day, it's a riced-up FWD car (OK a factory rice job), and looks disturbingly like a WRX. $60k for a sedan? There's better cars around for that price.

 

I thought it was a 4WD, change of plan again? Confirmation required from Mr. Maestro

 

Reasonably sure it's AWD... either way... thumbs down from me, just doesn't look the goods like the concept did... and enough already with this detuning stuff Japan!

 

Yeah its 4WD with some pretty trick bits........ I'll just post the spec from Mazda than blap about it, Cause i'm Lazy and I don't get paid by Mazda anymore :P

 

Interesting though, Mazda will now have two cars on the market with very similar prices, performance and people carrying capacity... with two very different purposes... wonder what will happen.

 

How is it riced up?
By putting on a bodykit and increasing the performance of the 6, you're calling it riced?
By your definition the BMW M3 is a riced up 3 series coupe?



It looks like the nearest competitor is the Subaru Liberty GT, which happens to be also a sedan and sells for around the same money.



Have you driven this car?
Then how do you know there are better cars if you have nothing to base your comments on?
I hardly call a pov pack Audi A4 or BMW 3 series (for similar money) a better car.


I'M NOT HATING, JUST EDUCATING. :p :p :p

 

Subaru has the Liberty GT and the STi WRX which are similar in performance and price.

Yet these cars are aimed at two completely different target audiences and do a roaring trade.

As long as Mazda does a good enough job marketing the 6 and the 8, they should not clash even though they are somewhat "similar", yet, different at the same time.

 

a friend of mine is already thinking of getting the AWD 6 next year. as long as mazda offers similar standard features say.... a honda accord euro/liberty, and keep the price right, that it would be a saler.

a 4 door family sedan, a turbocharger and a AWD system, you cant go wrong with that :D

 

Too bad it is manual only, otherwise I will convince my dad to buy one... still aiming the 5 series dad :p

 

OMG

Click this, scroll down the bottom and amaze the size of rim they have got !!!! :p
http://www.mazda.com.au/currentnews....cleZoneID=3209

Hint: Tires & wheels
Tires - front & rear
215/45R 18 93Y

Tires - front & rear
18 x 17 J aluminum wheels

 

I wonder how long it will take them to fix that typo?

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

nice

 

You reckon is a typo Hymee, I thought they are making a Mazda semitrailer

 

Naaa its just ruuning 335 front and rears for extra Traction for the NNOOOOSSSS !