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Originally Posted by Katmandu
They are the poor man's BMW. Very similar engineering.
My next car will be a Mazda 6. Hopefully.  |
Incidentally, while waiting outside to get a haircut, a Mazda 6 parked in front of me. Based on my buying a 14 y/o, Miata, I told him I was a big Mazda fan. He echoed the same. Without using any hypermiling techniques, he's getting 39mpg. Think he mentioned his wife drives a Mazda, too.
He mentioned that Ford is a Mazda investor. Because of that association, he discovered some Ford and Mazda part SKUs are interchangeable. What I like about that relationship is that Mazda has a "big brother", so to speak, with greater resources. And, of the domestics, the Blue Oval has my respect.
Mazda has always been a progressive car company. They introduced the Wankel rotary engine. When sports cars were a dying breed, they introduced the Miata, which, after winning every automobile award possible, became the best selling sports car in automotive history. In 2011, Mazda adopted a new design philosophy (skyactiv), where literally every part of the car was redesigned from a blank sheet and is now returning impressive MPG without performance sacrifices.
Sorry for the commercial, everyone. (shrug)