Here She Is, America's Sweetheart: Paris 2012 Live Shots

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

The 2014 Mazda6 wagon was shown in the buff today, causing the American contingent of journalists to spontaneously ejaculate in their pleated Wal-Mart trousers. Meanwhile, Europeans yawned with the sort of withering ennui that would have made Derrida blush. Predictions of the Mazda6 Skyactiv-D wagon 6MT selling 400,000 units have been running rampant today, mostly from “Top Auto Writers” who don’t own cars – let alone new cars.



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  • 200k-min 200k-min on Sep 27, 2012

    At first blush I'm not in love with the thing. The grill & front end just don't appeal to my tastes. The styling while similar to the new Fusion just doesn't look as clean. More curves and organic flow, which isn't my cup of tea. Then again, I liked the angular design of the 1990's. Love the idea of a wagon but the raked back screams form over function. I want a wago for utility without having the penalty box of driving an SUV/CUV. Give me a volvo wagon with a 90 degree vertical back window. Lastly, my biggest concern with Mazda is past experience of them being just not very well put together. The sheet metal was like rice paper, or at least felt that way. My Accord by comparison felt like a tank, yet gets better MPG's. What gives Mazda? Make a class leading interior, which all your recent stuff isn't even at Hyundai standards and Ford easily beats you.

  • Otaku Otaku on Sep 28, 2012

    I honestly can't remember the last time I looked at the front end of any Mazda product and didn't think to myself: "What a stupid looking car! Who the hell designs these things?" Nice to know some things never change.

  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
  • Jalop1991 what, no Turbo trim?
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