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2006 MAZDA6 facelift/updates
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Changes: Exterior- New front grille design New front/rear bumpers New side sill garnish design New black bezels for front/rear lights New 16-, 17- and 18-inch alloys Front fog lamps integrated in bumper facia Available HID headlights New Exterior colors (Dark Cherry and Tungsten Gray for Sports Sedan & Sport Wagon, Bright Island Blue and Tungsten Gray for 5-Door) Interior- New trim materials, including thicker armrest material Door handles front/rear on passenger side Dark Titanium colored center panel New sporty seat design and new cloth fabric Comfort and Entertainment- Voice control navigation system available Powertrain- Refined 2.3-liter and 3.0-liter engines (V6 now rated at 215 hp, 199 ft-lb torque) New five-speed Sport Shift AT automatic transmission for 2.3-liter engines Chassis - Retuned front and rear suspension bushings |
The V6 HP rating was lowered. Not again. Unbelievable.
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My previous 6s didn't feel like the advertised 220hp when I had it.
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From what I recall they dyno much like the 8 too. It's about time they come with those options, especially the HIDs. The headlights on my wife's 6 (before we traded it for the STi) sucked balls. Also why they made NAV and HIDs available on the 3 before the 6 never made sense to me at all.
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Oh a loss of 2 hp, maybe the emissions was cleaned up a bit.
Did they add variable resonance to the V6, that would explain the torque increase. and add refinement/mileage. When will the new 3.5 come? The 3.0 still blows. Why no 6 speed automatic on the 2.3? |
meh.
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There isn't any engine changes supposedly. Mazda is just "re-rating" the engine based on its actual performance. Dyno's indicate we were overrated on hp (go figure right?) and underrated a bit on torque. Looks like the new numbers reflect that, though we still think its more like 210/200.
Thanks for posting the photos. Btw the Euro 6i gets a 6spd MTX. The US one doesn't though...sigh :(. |
Looks pretty much the same to me. Looks like the Shinka color.
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Nice thing about the V6 is that its underrated on TQ and with a simple CAI, you can add nearly 20WHP. Now thats power from an intake.
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Yeah--the Mazda 6s are nice--sidenote I did the 1/4 on Gran Turismo 4 with the Mazdaspeed 6 and it pulled a 14.2. Slightly higher than my pass in an RX8--so I kept running the 8 until I got a 14.0 pass.
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Originally Posted by DreRX8
Yeah--the Mazda 6s are nice--sidenote I did the 1/4 on Gran Turismo 4 with the Mazdaspeed 6 and it pulled a 14.2. Slightly higher than my pass in an RX8--so I kept running the 8 until I got a 14.0 pass.
BTW, was your GT4 RX-8 stock when you got 14 secs? The best 1/4 mi. I could pull with a stock RX-8 was 14.4 in GT4. But I wasn't trying real hard. |
Well while of course you wouldn't use its results as real life :rolleyes: but you can compare two cars in the same game ;) In all honesty they are actually very close to real world projections save for the environmental/weight differences. Its a decent theoretical indicator--they are in a wide ballpark of actual performance.
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looks the same to me
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Originally Posted by mikeb
looks the same to me
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looks the same :x
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I see the difference ... the color!! Ha ha. Oh and fog lights.
I guess the new toys are kinda neat like the voice activated Nav. Wooo --> 18s! |
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