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The all-new Mazda6 is the second model of Mazda’s Zoom-Zoom line-up (after Mazda2) to be evolved to the next level and is engineered to deliver three key values to customers. It is ‘emotional and sporty’ with design appeal and high levels of driving fun. It provides an ‘exclusive experience’ with quality feel and superior driving attributes, and an ‘insightful package’ that delivers roominess and comfort without negatively influencing the car’s dynamic design. The combination of these three values is creates a strong emotional tie between the car and its owner, like a close friendship, which is called Kizuna in Japanese.

Design – Japanese Aesthetics
The new Mazda6 inherits the same athletic look as the very successful outgoing model, but communicates this in a more radical way. Longer, wider and taller with a longer wheelbase, the new model’s exterior design is executed with exquisite build quality and a sense of form based on Japanese aesthetics for high emotional appeal that is unmistakably Mazda. The new Mazda6 saloon is longer (4,735 mm + 65 mm), wider (1,795 mm + 15 mm), taller (1,440 mm + 5 mm) and has a longer wheelbase (2,725 mm + 50 mm) than the outgoing saloon. It features a flowing roofline that is steeper at the C-pillar and a sculptured rear end for a sporty elegance. The new hatchback is much different. It has the same dimensions as the sedan and features a sleek roofline at the C-pillar for a coupe-like character. The estate is the longest (4,765 mm + 75 mm), and it is wider (1,795 mm + 15 mm) and only slightly higher (1,490 mm + 10 mm) than the previous model with a kick-up belt line and sleek side windows. On the inside, the new Mazda6 is even roomier and more inviting than before. It has higher levels of quality feel with interior forms that are appealing to look at and use. Its cockpit allows the driver to feel at one-with-the-car and it has a floating-look instrument panel that gives a sense of roominess.
Quality, Comfort & Equipment – Premium Look and Feel
Mazda6’s design appeal does not come at the expense of C/D-segment (family-sized) roominess and practicality. In fact, it has more of both. The new Mazda6 has more rear legroom (+20 mm) and shoulder room (+ 9 mm) thanks to its larger exterior dimensions. The driver enjoys a better view of the road and one of the segment’s best views for forward-upward visibility. Newly-designed rear head restraints and door mirrors ensure a better view to the rear. Mazda6 is more convenient than before as well, with one of the segment’s widest boot/tailgate openings (1,066 mm for estate), a Karakuri rear seat folding system that not only drops the 60/40 rear seats down by pulling a latch in the boot trim, but also has a new Karakuri tonneau cover that automatically rises when you open and close the tailgate (estate only).

Comfort is improved too with new seat frames for good long-trip and side support and a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system with separate temperature controls for the driver and the passenger. The cockpit is now even sportier with an at one-with-the-driver feel. It features blackout driver metres (depending on grade) with new amber-red illumination circled by indirect blue lighting, new sports car-like steering wheel and gear shift lever positions that are closer to the driver for easier control and shifting.

All this is carried out to deliver an ‘exclusive experience’ with Mazda quality evolved to the next level. In an interior with lower levels of cabin noise (-2.5 dB at 60 km/h from 70 dB to 67.5 dB), choice leathers and fabrics are used, and the floor console has a premium dimpled finish and a sliding centre armrest in leather with detailed stitching (depending on grades). Also available is a new Action Illumination system with light fade up and down, and interacti

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