SaskPro

For those that didn't see it Motoring 2003 on TSN in Canada named the Mazda6 the car of the year. It won in the family sedan class and the overall winner. They called it the new benchmark in the class and the best FWD car they've ever driven.

Can't wait to get my hands on one

Kincaid

Dear god I don't care about AWD. Just bring the car! lol

220HP/192TQ with I/H/E, Diablo chip, Intercooled turbo/wastegate/blowoff. OMG.

And 19's, drop on JIC suspension, big brake conversion w/4 pot calipers.

Shaved door handles, remote door open, MazdaSpeed6 Version side mirrors, shaved door mouldings, sport grille.

DRooooooooooooooL..............

2003ProtegeES

im about 100% sure that the MS6 would have more HP than 220.

260-280 perhaps?

Kincaid

Specs have been released on the MPS6 and it does have 280.

BUt I'm not waiting another possible year for it to come. If at all.

highhat

If you missed it,the program is repeated On januaray 3 @ 4:30p.m. EST on TSN.

cpie

I drove the new 6. The V-6 is a Ford and you can tell. Handles great but I will still buy a Honda Accord so that I get a Jap powerplant.

cpie

Lets not be insulting here. Yes, I know Mazda is a Japanese company, but Ford is not. Therefore, the engine is not Japanese, it is Japanese-American. Remember the Ford Focus recalls? Do you really want Fords hands on the engine in your Mazda? I don't.

ZoomZoomH

yeah calling someone a jap is derogatory.

ZoomZoomH

Ford didn't have a hand on the engine, it's actually the other way around, Mazda took the Duratec block and built a completely different engine from it.

cpie

What is duratech? Ford? Mazda? Hmm.

I did not call anyone a "Jap." I simply referred to a Japanese engine as a Jap engine, Jap being short for Japanese. You fellas are a little too PC. Oh no, I mean "politically correct." Wouldn't want to be derogatory. I thought someone might be interested in the fact that I had driven a 6, not how I abbreviate in my typing. I will give you deragotory, but true...

YOU ARE A DUMB@SS!

ZoomZoomH

how can you tell it's a Ford engine as soon as you drive it? Can you give more specific examples.


and as for you...

cpie

Think Jewish people don't want you to use the term "Jew." What about Japanese Jewish people?

As I read through this forum I find that it is more of a place to argue rather than share information.

I drove the car. It is a good car. It is not a Protege. I did not get to spend an entire day with the car, but relative to all the Mazdas I have owned, which were all J-A-P-A-N-E-S-E, the 6 accelerates more like the Contours but with a little more ***.

Have any of you driven the 6? Let me know when you do.

BTW, does anyone know where the expression "The Man" orginiated. It is a derogatory term that has been overused so much that it has lost it original meaning. I hope all of you who buy into this PC bullshit continue to do so. In the end, you won't learn anything about Proteges or Mazdas in general, just who shortens words to get the point across quickly. Isn't this forum about, Proteges/Mazdas?

cpie

POS accord? Oh, I get it now. If it is a Protege or any Mazda, it is the best, hands down. Good for you. If you buy what they build w/o question, you get what they build.

Too deep for you? Is the Accord a competitor for the 6? Yes. Maybe Mazda can improve it next year. Between the two, Honda wins with me. Not allowed to have an opinion here? Well, let me just jump on the Bandwagon Idiot. I love all Mazdas, even the ones with Ford engines. Oh hell, I love even one that is a Ford with a Mazda badge on it.

How was that?

Kincaid

Top ten in Japan the 6 was in it as number 3.

Kincaid

And yes the Accord is competition. The new design entered at number 1.

However we are obvious Mazda enthusiasts on this site. So I'd say you'd get more positive feedback and discussion on http://www.superhonda.org/.

Unless you're on commision with Honda for new sales and I doubt that