What is a Mazda Speed 6?
Under the Mazdaspeed 6’s bulging hood resides a turbocharged, direct-injected 2.3-liter inline four-cylinder engine. Output is impressive at 274 hp and 280 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed manual transmission (no automatic is available) sends the power through Mazda’s Active Torque-Split all-wheel-drive system.
Is the Mazdaspeed 6 a good car to buy?
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When did the Mazda 6 Atenza come out?
MAZDASPEED6. The 2006 Mazdaspeed Atenza (known as Mazdaspeed6 in North America and Mazda 6 MPS in Europe, South Africa and Australia) is a high-performance version of the Mazda 6. Its mission statement was written with the help of Peter Birtwhistle, chief of Mazda’s advanced design studio in Germany at the time.
What makes a Mazda a Mazda or Mazdaspeed?
The MAZDASPEED banner incorporates factory-built vehicles that offer the highest-possible performance, yet are true to their donor vehicles; factory-developed and -warranted street and racing performance parts and accessories; and MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development, the company’s racing division. Mazda has always been a powerplant pioneer.
Is the Mazdaspeed Atenza an all wheel drive car?
The all-wheel-drive system uses Mazda’s Active Torque Split computer-based control, which routes up to 50% of the power to the rear wheels depending on driving conditions. The Mazdaspeed Atenza competed with the Subaru Legacy GT and less directly with the compact Subaru Impreza WRX STi and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.
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What kind of engine does a Mazda 6 have?
New for 2006, the Mazdaspeed 6 is a high-performance version of the standard Mazda 6 sedan. Along with expected upgrades like a tightened suspension and bigger wheels, tires and brakes, the Mazdaspeed 6 features a direct-injection, turbocharged 2.3-liter, four-cylinder engine and a sophisticated all-wheel-drive system.
The MAZDASPEED banner incorporates factory-built vehicles that offer the highest-possible performance, yet are true to their donor vehicles; factory-developed and -warranted street and racing performance parts and accessories; and MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development, the company’s racing division. Mazda has always been a powerplant pioneer.
What kind of suspension does a Mazdaspeed 6 have?
As you’d expect, the suspension–unequal-length control arms in front, a multilink rear–has been stiffened, with higher spring rates, firmer shock damping (monotube at the rear), harder bushings, and heftier anti-roll bars fore-and-aft.