Mazda 6 Wagon - Road Test - Car and Driver (blog)

It's the G-rated matinee of the dealership over there in the corner of the showroom, the one with the dinky engine, automatic transmission, and six-month supply of Gerber prune packs thrown in. You, the parents with the convertible to trade, sign... Now, if Mazda were to build the BMW 3-series wagon, dollars will get you doughnuts the options sheet would include the M3 's engine. Well, Mazda doesn't build the 3-series, but it does make the 6 s sedan, which won Car and Driver 10Best honors in 2003, and it does have its "zoom-zoom" tag line around its neck as well as one that states, "It's all about the drive. " Build a Mazda 6 wagon that isn't all about the drive, and people are likely to start throwing prune packs. But Mazda kept its head in the game and delivered both a wagon and a five-door hatchback with as much amusingly youthful performance as you're entitled to get for this price. In fact, you can't even buy a wagon with the base Mazda 6 2. 3-liter four. Source: www.caranddriver.com