On this week’s Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Green Editor John Beltz Snyder and Associate Editor Reese Counts. We talk about driving the updated, turbocharged 2018 Mazda6, 2018 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo 4S Sport Turismo and the 2018 Nissan Titan S 4×4 King Cab. We also discuss aftermarket parts for the Chevy […]
Tag: Mazda6
Turbo Mazda6 starts at $30,090, only base trim gets manual
We learned last fall that the 2018 Mazda6 is getting a slew of updates to its appearance and refinement, as well as introducing this generation’s first turbocharged engine (may we never forget the old Mazdaspeed6). Now we know how much it will cost to get that 2.5-liter four-cylinder‘s 250 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque: […]
Mazda CX-6: How a wagon could sell better than the Mazda6
There is no Mazda CX-6. It doesn’t exist, nor have we talked to anyone at Mazda about its existence. However, let me now say that there SHOULD be a Mazda CX-6, or to put it another way, a Mazda6 Wagon that’s been Allroad-ified with a modestly raised suspension, plastic body cladding and all-wheel drive. You […]
AWD Mazda6 or Mazda3? That could be a thing, but there's a problem
We wanted a stronger engine in the Mazda6, and last week at the L.A. Auto Show we got one, Mazda’s turbocharged 2.5-liter four. (Though some of us wanted a manual transmission with it, but didn’t get that.) And now we learn that apparently a lot of us would like to have all-wheel drive in Mazda’s […]
2017.5 Mazda6 gives you more for the same money
The current Mazda6 has been around since the 2014 model year, but Mazda continues to update it and make it more enticing. For this midyear update that’s earned the “2017.5” model year stamp, Mazda has added more standard features to both the base model Sport and midlevel Touring models. The Sport model now comes with […]
