If you are planning to buy or already a Mazda 6 owner, mind to share your view and driving experience?

I am new to Mazda 6 and in the past i am a pure Honda fan but the new 6 attract me much and make me to switch to it finally.

Overall the 6 is good but drawback its poor noise handling and wind noise penetration when you r crushing at high speed, i wonder why Mazda overlook this, else it can make the car compete with the European car.



This post has been edited by kizuna6: Jul 3 2008, 11:40 PM

jchue73, the road noise is obvious when you hit bumpy road. that's the only drawback i had thus far.

quick_shaq, ya the design is cool and from side, it is able to compete with BMW5 series and with overall very sporty look. Mazda claim the Cd is only 0.27 in which you only see this range of factor in luxurious sport car like the new Nissan GTR?

i think the 6 is nicer with 18" rim so i will prefer to live with the noise...

Before i switch to Mazda, i did ask my dad generations how's the perception on Mazda. Most of those used to be younster but now uncle claim that it is a reliable car and good handling.

Mazda had been shaded away on 90s and bought by Ford. They came back with the Mazda6 which won numerous awards and successfully bring up the brand with 'Zoom Zoom' philosophy. And in the new Mazda 6, you can hear the 'Zoom Zoom Zoom' sound when you started the car.

As on the spares part/maintenance concern, i have pretty high confident on JP CBU and hardly complaint the build quality. So i would say in terms of quality, it has a point ahead on the CKD.

not the engine vibration noise, it's the wind noise when you crushing at the speed of >100km/h.

i heard the current batch of M6 has been stuck at Port Klang due to some AP issues (perhaps Bermaz is new in AP? Vincent Tan need to have good hand with Rafidah perhaps?) and also the front/rear sensor installation going to take sometime.

Btw, do check out the proper installation of the front grille mesh after installation on the sensors as when i got mine, the mesh was not installed properly.

Mazda6 is a sport sedan so the engine rev grooving sound must be there....else i think those who like quiet engine sound should opt for more luxury continental car like Bently..

after driving my new 6 for 2 months, the ride is good and you will bump into a few speed racers in the road trying to 'challenge' you for a race. i encounter a modified mitsubishi lancer couple days ago approaching from my back while i am driving comfortablely with sentimental music play on with the good bose system. The Mit lancer driver apparently looking for a horse power test. Well, he have it. The acceleration with manual mode is good and the MZR show its power to the Mivec.
Too bad the 'race' was then constraint by 2 slow protons in front of us. But after the 5 mins fast & furious, it is a good match. Cheers

yupe, also have bump into camry 2.4 and apparently the new 2.5 Mazda6 has an edge in my driving experience. The paddle shift work very nice and the gear response overall is good. If you used the paddle shift, you will able to hear the 'roar' of the MZR engine esp. beyond 4K RPM. FC thus far is around 26-27 ct/KM based on urban drive.

hey, besides tinted glass. Did you guys put on (or plan to) anything to your new M6? i am thinking of getting an Ipod interface and the gear knob change. saw that in the net, pretty awesome.

heard that the mazda6 price revised to increase again? Reason given is JP YEN increasing.

Still hardly find any M6 OTR except mine. Kind of 'boring'

Looks like we have many OKK (orang kaya kaya) here. 3 years loan..hmm. I am taking 5 years loan on my M6. The new Audi A4 is a good consideration over ls250 in term of value for money. ls250 is good but it's over priced in malaysia. No wonder the AP holders make lucrative income out from imported cars...

My 6 is clocking 16KM now....Still hardly
can see Mazda6 OTR in my place.