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ar reviewers usually get more cranked up over a new pop-up toaster than a die-cut four-cylinder Japanese sedan. So what’s so exciting about the latest five-door Mazda? Step back from the new Mazda6 and you’re looking at a perfectly neat, unobtrusive, medium-sized car with sweet, clean lines and a mildly sporty profile. So
what? I hear you ask. Well, the cleverest things about the new Mazda6 Diesel are below the surface. Firstly, you’re looking at a minor moment in history. Yes, this is the only Japanese manufacturer to currently offer a diesel passenger car in a market increasingly obsessed with fuel prices and consumption. You’d have to go back a quarter century to the Isuzu-powered
Gemini, a practical but overwhelmingly uninspiring vehicle. This situation will change when other manufacturers inevitably follow suit, but full marks to Mazda for playing the first card in what will become a vigorous game when all Japanese manufacturers attempt to counter the European dominance in small diesel engines. Already a proven hit with petrol car OUTthere 57