Our Fleet Test Drive: Mazda 6 2.2D - 12th Report
Date:
03 February 2014
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Author: Tristan Young
Mazda 6 and MX-5 on the Young household driveway
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Mileage: | 10,566 | P11D price: | £26,290 | Our average consumption: | 48.4mpg | Official combined consumption: | 64.2mpg | Forecast CPM: | 59.8p |
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These days if you're an MP or, for that matter, a journalist, you have to declare your interests. So in the interests of openness I have to admit the Mazda 6 isn't the only Mazda on my driveway.
I also own, not one, but two others.
The one I've had the longest is a 2011 MX-5. I bought it nearly-new as a midlife-crisis toy, but it actually gets used as my wife's commuter vehicle almost every day it's not raining. Roof down every time, too.
The more recent acquisition is a 2007 CX-7. This is used by the aforementioned wife when it's raining and she needs a roof, or to take the kids somewhere.
I have to add that I didn't really set out to buy only Mazdas; they just tick all the right boxes, such as reliability, good looks and fun.
Pretty much like the 6, although it has a big advantage: it's also efficient, achieving nearly 50mpg. The other two never get better than high 20s mpg figures.
But the story doesn't end there. BusinessCar's editor also owns two Mazdas: an older MX-5 for fun, but his family car is a 2010 Mazda 3.
So with this all in the open, I can continue to report on the 6's progress.
Verdict
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- Best all-rounder in the segment
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- Low-grade plastics, mirrors don't auto fold
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