The hatch is back: Mazda6 a fun ride
The hatch is back: Mazda6 a fun ride
This is a fun review from the Ft. Wayne (TX) Journal Gazette:
Just when you thought you had seen every variation of the sport utility phase. When you thought you had driven past enough “crossovers” and “flexible” vehicles and all kinds of other odd, segment-busting names that usually send traditionalists running for cover, along comes a hatchback.
Yes, a hatchback.
Simple. Effective. And hardly in vogue, right?
Right. And wrong.
Around the time the Big Three started slapping badges on massively oversized vehicles, hatchbacks were considered passe.
They were uncool. They were old school.
Well, Mazda is trying to muscle into the American market with a flexible notion: Hatchbacks can be fun again. Hatchbacks can be useful. And the Mazda6 hatchback is a great case for bringing the five-door back again.
Developed using BMW, Honda and Toyota as benchmarks, the Mazda6 comes as a sedan, a five-door hatchback and a wagon.
Ignore the fact that they put a picture of the Mazda 3 5-door next to the review. D’oh!