New Mazda 5

[giant_mtb]

[omicron]

That is all.

[r0tor]

another 

[Raza]

another 

Yeah, but that palm is hiding a bigass retard smile under there.

[SVT666]

That is all.

Thanks a lot Omi.  I just got a hard on.

[Byteme]

I like the styling of our 2006 3 and 2007 6.  I don't like the new 3 or 6 as much.  The new 5 just turns me away althgether.  I'm glad I'm not in the market for one becasue I'm spared the disappointment.   The sides are hideous, IMHO.  On the interior I'm not fond of mixing round and rectangular AC vents either.  I like them either all round like our 6 or all rectangular.

[the Teuton]

I bet after the IIHS has its way with it, insurance will not be too cheap for the new 5.

[2o6]

Omi just reminded me how far Mazda has fallen. The 90's was a good decade for them.





I hope they still can deliver on the fun-to-drive quotient.

[93JC]

Omi just reminded me how far Mazda has fallen. The 90's was a good decade for them.

These cars were mind-numbingly boring appliances.

[2o6]

These cars were mind-numbingly boring appliances.

Those cars look good.

[the Teuton]

I like the Millennia, but the 626 was just terrible.

[93JC]

Blech. The Millenia was mildly interesting because of the the engine, and the 626 had... pretty much no redeeming value whatsoever.

Sorry, I'd rather have the "enormous Camry clone" 6 and smiley-faced 3 than either of those.

[2o6]

Blech. The Millenia was mildly interesting because of the the engine, and the 626 had... pretty much no redeeming value whatsoever.

Sorry, I'd rather have the "enormous Camry clone" 6 and smiley-faced 3 than either of those.

From what I gather, it drove like a 4-door Probe/MX-6. It had the same engines and basic suspension setup, IIRC.


THIS 626 was impressively bland.

[93JC]

Whatever, you know which one I meant. I care so little about the 626 I can't remember which is which.

[the Teuton]

From what I gather, it drove like a 4-door Probe/MX-6. It had the same engines and basic suspension setup, IIRC.


THIS 626 was impressively bland.

It also blew head gaskets and automatic transmissions like Monica Lewinsky, well, you know...

The 626 needed to be replaced. It's just unfortunate that we got a soft piece of mush to replace the 6 instead of a real Atenza.

[ChrisV]

I almost bought a '99 Millenia S just like this one:



Was really nice, actually. Well built, rapid, comfy. But I couldn't get them to budge on the price, so I went with my first choice, the SVT Contour.

[Onslaught]

These cars were mind-numbingly boring appliances.

That 626 was a good car. If I remember right it was the first Japanese sedan in that class with a V6. And you could get it with a 5 speed. It was more fun then anything that Honda or Toyota had out at that time.
The 626 that replaced it was the one that was so dull.

As for the Millenia S, it was one of the best built cars of it's day. I worked on hundreds of those things and they are put together very well for the time. It was going to be a bottom of the line Amati until the recession kicked Mazda's ass. And unlike other luxury Japanese brands they didn't just take another car and stick leather all over it and charge more. It was a new car from the ground up and built much better than other Mazda's. Makes me want to see what they could've done with their other cars. I never found it to be dull compared to the other cars in it's class for the time.

[Onslaught]

It hurts me so much to ask this... what car is this? I now hang my head in shame.

[giant_mtb]

No worries, man...I'm not sure what that is, either.

[Onslaught]

Must have been in the early 90's. I see Protege and MX-6 in it. I could see it on a lot with them and MX-3's and RX-7's.

[2o6]

It hurts me so much to ask this... what car is this? I now hang my head in shame.

Mazda Lantis. It was sort of an "alternative" to the 323/Protege or 626.

[the Teuton]

Looks like a four-door "coupe" to me.

[2o6]

Looks like a four-door "coupe" to me.

That's what it was marketed as.


It came in a 5-door hatch, 4-door sedan, or 3-door hatch.

It also got a 2.0L V6.

[Onslaught]

Looks like you could get them with a 2.0 V6 and 1.8 4 banger

[The Pirate]

These cars were mind-numbingly boring appliances.

Dude, the Millenia was a fantastic looking (and driving, from what I hear) car.  I'd rock one.  I happen to like the 626, but it is rather bland looking.

[Onslaught]

I liked the first gen Millenia more than that one. It had real glass headlamps rather than plastic ones.

[omicron]

Our 1994-1997 Mazda 323 Astina Hatch and Hardtop:







Very smart cars indeed, as was the related Eunos 500 of the time:

[2o6]

I've always admired the Astina/Lantis and Eunos 500 from afar. They look GREAT.

[the Teuton]

Why didn't we get the cool cars? Recession?

[Atomic]

advise for mazda: just do not mess with my mazda3!