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Mazda 6 2.5 Sport: One Minute Test Drive

Date: 21 April 2008   |   Author: Tom Webster

Category: Upper medium
Prices: £15,110-£22,330
Key Rival: Ford Mondeo

What's new: Mazda's all-new upper medium hatch offers one diesel and three petrol engines. This is the premium, £19,375 170PS 2.5-litre petrol.

Excellent: Sport trim and bodykit and Aurora blue mica paint make this a very good-looking car. Rapid throttle response, top speed of 137mph and 0-62mph time of 8.0secs means it's brisk as well as handsome.

Good: Compared to its diesel compatriate, the engine is beautifully smooth and quiet. Blue back-lit speedo dials are lovely and strangely calming, lending a unique air to the cabin.

Average: Despite not being slow, an engine size of 2.5-litres meant we expected a quicker acceleration time and more than just 170PS.

Poor: A lack of parking sensors makes this very large car tricky to manoeuvre into tight spots around town.

Verdict: Sub-£20,000 and 51.3ppm makes this one of the pricier 6s in the range, but the engine just about does justice to the looks.


Verdict


Sub-£20,000 and 51.3ppm makes this one of the pricier 6s in the range, but the engine just about does justice to the looks.

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