http://carsguide.news.com.au/story/0...003140,00.html

in the above review, from The Daily Telegraph, for the MPS 6 the author states

Is he serious? the TC AWD Saloon market in OZ has a high demand for Autos?

thre are a couple other statements that make me question his experience

for instance

 

I think if you take the two comments together, he obviously can't drive a stick shift very well, and would have had a lot more fun if it was an auto.

 

FYI in good old Aussie lingo..

"The Tele is most often found lining your cockies cage or as emergency supplies in the dunny".

Yep fair dinkum, that blokes a "bogan tool"!

 

To translate ( ), the Tele is a crappy tabloid. The motoring section is really just an excuse for classified ads and advertorial type journalism.

That being said, Mazda Australia seems to want to pitch the 6 MPS into a classier market segment (than say, the WRX) and in that endeavour it will be hampered by the lack of an auto (whatever we enthusiasts might think of slushboxes). You only have to see how many of the more powerful Liberty's are sold with auto transmissions to understand that.

 

This is Sydney for you

 

...says the bloke from a city where they will devote 20 pages plus to aerial ping pong (including in depth articles on some pretty boy's groin strain) before covering any real sport.

 

Clearly you read the paper too..

 

Only 'when in Rome'...and it doesn't take me long.

 

Skips the words & sticks with the pictures??

(Sorry too easy!)

 

BTW, he's right about the clutch on the 6 MPS. I'm sure you'd get used to it and adapt, but having test driven the car twice, I found it a PITA

 

i actually got that the first time round

 

You've been hanging out with the Aussie's too long Zoom.

 

Of course, I'm a visually oriented kinda guy.